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• Monday 20 January 2025 Computing in Bronze class This half term Year 2 are learning about algorithms in Computing. This week we have been giving commands to the Blue-Bots to move them in a straight line and turn left and right.
• Tuesday 14 January 2025 Year 2 - Hundertwasser Art In Autumn term we learned about the artist and architect Freidensreich Hundertwasser. We learned that he was inspired by nature and he liked curved rather than straight lines. His paintings are very colourful so we used our colouring skills to create our final masterpieces.
• Tuesday 14 January 2025 Year 3 - January- Maths Jade Class have enjoyed using counters to represent arrays. They have been writing repeated addition number sentences and multiplication number sentences to match the arrays.
• Monday 13 January 2025 Year 3/4 - November - Great North Museum Jade, Scarlet and Gold class visited the Great North Museum as Historians and Scientists. They learned how rocks are formed and classified them. They travelled back in time to the Roman Empire and learned what it was like to be Roman soldier living on Hadrian's Wall.
• Wednesday 8 January 2025 Year 5 Arts Week Year 5 had an outstanding opportunity to work with the artist Jayamini de Silva. The artists visited Purple class and discussed the 'Day of the Dead' celebration and the imagery surrounding it. After that, the class created their own sugar skull designs in the style of the 'Day of the Dead'.
• Wednesday 8 January 2025 Year 1/2 - November - Art Week
• Friday 20 December 2024 Year 3/4 Christmas Party Fun!
• Thursday 19 December 2024 KS1 Christmas Party KS1 had a fantastic time at their Christmas party! They dance, played games, ate party food and even had a visit from a very special visitor!
• Thursday 19 December 2024 EYFS Party! Nursery and Reception had a wonderful time at their Christmas party this week! They were so well behaved that Santa decided to make a surprise visit!
• Friday 13 December 2024 Brilliant Brass! The children were treated to a special event today! The People's Mission Silver Band came to visit and played some carols and Christmas songs for us all to enjoy! The children especially enjoyed singing Starry Night and Jingle Bells along with the band.
• Wednesday 11 December 2024 Crafty Christmas Fun! The children in Nursery had a wonderful time completing Christmas Crafts with their parents and carers on Monday. They enjoyed showing their grown-ups around the setting and making some special Christmas items to take home.
• Monday 9 December 2024 Reception trip to Hall Hill Farm Pt 2 Reception have been on a very exciting trip to Hall Hill Farm. We have been learning all about farm animals and their babies, the role of a farmer and why they are important.
• Monday 9 December 2024 Reception trip to Hall Hill Farm Part 1 Reception have been on a very exciting trip to Hall Hill Farm. We have been learning all about farm animals and their babies, the role of a farmer and why they are important.
• Wednesday 4 December 2024 Year 6 Nissan Visit Our Year 6 pupils enjoyed a fantastic visit to Nissan in Washington, learning all about the company, its ethos and the types of jobs that are available there.
• Wednesday 4 December 2024 A festive visit from Tiny Tweeties Nothing quite gets us in the festive spirit like having a visit from Tiny Tweeties. We sang songs about snowmen and Rudolph, danced and stomped in the snow and
• Tuesday 3 December 2024 'It's Beginning to look a Lot Like Christmas!' The children in Nursery had an exciting start to the week! A beautiful Christmas tree was waiting for the children as they arrived at Nursery ready to be decorated. The children took turns adding baubles to our real life tree. They also added some festive touches to our Home Corner and enjoyed sharing stories about how they are preparing for Christmas with their families.
• Wednesday 27 November 2024 Terrific Tiny Tweeties! Nursery had an amazing time with our special visitors Rachel and Chris from Tiny Tweeties. They brought their Christmas magic to our morning and afternoon sessions and got us all feeling festive. The children sang winter and Christmas themed songs using instruments and puppets. They used their speaking and listening skills to follow the rhythm of the music, learn new vocabulary and respond to different instructions. Everyone had an amazing time and is looking forward to another visit from our Tiny Tweeties friends!
• Tuesday 26 November 2024 Artist Visit Reception have had a visit from the artist Jayamini de Silva this week. Jayamini talked to Reception about Rangoli patterns and the festival of Diwali and taught the children how to create their very own Rangoli patterns.
• Monday 25 November 2024 Visiting Artist The children in Nursery had a wonderful time working alongside visiting artist Jayamini de Silva as part of the school's arts week. The children used coloured rice to decorate rangoli patterns. It was wonderful to revisit our learning on Diwali and explore this art form further.
• Sunday 24 November 2024 Year 6 SafteyWorks! Year 6 learnt how to stay safe on their trip to SafetyWorks! They found out what would happen if they broke the law. Also, how to remain safe out in our community and make good choices if they ever experience peer pressure.
• Thursday 21 November 2024 Purple Class Climb Everest! Well... sort of.
• Tuesday 19 November 2024 Christmas Events Please see below for dates and times for key events for children and parents in the run up to Christmas.
• Friday 15 November 2024 Children in Need The children in nursery had a wonderful day dressing up and completing Pudsey themed challenges for Children in Need 2024!
• Wednesday 13 November 2024 Reception's Celebration Assemblies Autumn 1 Every Friday in Reception, Red class and Rose class come together to celebrate the children's success and achievements of the week.
• Tuesday 12 November 2024 KS1 Sponsored Run Well done to our children in Key Stage 1 who raised money for Children in Need by completing a one mile sponsored run around the school grounds! It was lovely to be cheered on by spectators on Springwell Road! A huge thank you also to our super Y5 Playground Leaders who supported the children on the run. And finally thank you to the parents, carers and families who have donated to the cause.
• Tuesday 12 November 2024 Robinwood Update Another fantastic day. The children have been really settled and given the activities their all. We're sure everyone will sleep well tonight!
• Tuesday 12 November 2024 Robinwood - Day 2 The children continue to have a fantastic time at Robinwood. It really is non-stop! A few more pictures from this morning are available below. Apologies if we've missed your child out, there just isn't a lot of time to compile images to send out during the day - a bigger post will follow soon.
• Tuesday 12 November 2024 Super Sportsability 15 children from Orange Class attended a Sportsability festival at Gateshead International Stadium. The children took part in 8 different activities. The children demonstrated all of our Fell Dyke values. We are very proud of them all. Take a look at what we got up to.
• Monday 11 November 2024 Robinwood - Day One The children have arrived safely, been well fed and had a fun day of activities. We will post more on Tuesday but, for now, here are a few pictures from today.
• Monday 11 November 2024 Happy Diwali This week we are learning about the festival of light - also known as Diwali.

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