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• Friday 20 December 2024 Year 3/4- December 2024- Christmas Party Fun! Year 3/4 had a lovely time at the Christmas party. It was nice to see the children enjoy themselves and show off their excellent moves! Well done to all of the winners of the games. Have a lovely Christmas everyone.
• 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 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.
• 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.
• Monday 11 November 2024 Remembrance day in Reception Reception have been learning about the significance of poppies. We learnt all about wearing a poppy, who we are remembering and why. The children then used collage materials and the technique of scrunching to create their own poppy. They have been displayed outside of our classrooms for everyone to share. At 11am today we held our 2 minute silence as a sign of respect.
• Friday 8 November 2024 Awesome Art The children in Blue Class have started work on their inspiration page for their artist this half term, Friedensreich Hundertwasser. They chose pictures that they liked, along with words they thought best described the artwork. The children loved using their sketch books!
• Thursday 7 November 2024 Go bananas for red words! The children in Pink and Blue class love it when the weekly banana delivery comes. It is another fun opportunity for the children to get in that practice of reading red words. Miss Cameron gets to work with her trusted sharpie adding lots of words to the fruit for the children to read at break times.
• Wednesday 6 November 2024 Children in Need Fun Run The children in Year 3 and Year 4 completed their 1 mile fun run around our school to raise money for the Children in Need charity. This meant we had to run around the school ground 5 times. The adults were very proud of the children - they demonstrated so many of our Fell Dyke Values! The children's friendship and determination were particularly on show as they rallied each other on to complete the challenge. Every single pupil got involved and gave it 110%. What's more, we knew our challenge was making a difference for others so it made our accomplishment even sweeter.
• Tuesday 5 November 2024 Something Spooky This Way Comes... Nursery had a wonderful time preparing for Halloween. They listened to and retold spooky stories and explored lots of interesting activities in our learning environment. The children especially enjoyed making their own potions and observing the frozen witches fingers!
• Tuesday 5 November 2024 Super Soft Play Nursery have started off this new half term exploring the soft play in the school hall. They used their gross motor skills to crawl, climb and jump their way around an obstacle course.
• Monday 4 November 2024 Reception Stay and Play Reception held their first stay and play of the year in the last week of Autumn half term. It was lovely to see so many parents in the classroom exploring all of the spooky challenges which were set. The children loved having their nearest and dearest to support them. Here are just some of the wonderful pictures from the morning. We hope to see you all next time!
• Friday 1 November 2024 Autumn in Pink Class What a great first half term we have had in Pink Class! We have particularly enjoyed developing our computing skills, showing off our creative skills in the construction areas and learning about The Great Fire of London in history. We have loved learning about animals and living things and can’t wait to continue this learning in science next half term!
• Thursday 24 October 2024 Orange Class Visit to Live Theatre The children in Orange Class had a fantastic visit to the Live Theatre today in Newcastle. We started off the visit with a lovely photo opportunity on the Millennium Bridge before starting the workshop. The children loved the workshop and came up with a very imaginative story.
• Thursday 24 October 2024 Partitioning Numbers in Jade class Jade Class have loved partitioning numbers on the yard using chalk and base ten. They took turns rolling a dice to make a three digit number then represented it in a part whole model. Once they had represented the number they used chalk to draw the addition sentence below.

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