Monday 17th November saw the whole school take part in an 'Enterprise Day' in the style of Dragon's Den. Children in Key Stage 2 were organised into mixed age groups with Year 6 pupils taking the lead. Each group designed and created something to sell at the Christmas Fayre. They presented their ideas to 4 dragons who then chose one group to produce a Christmas shaker for the fayre. One of the dragons was Mr Patterson a Governor for maths and business enterprise.

Children sharing ideas on their product.
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Children working together on their Christmas crackers idea.

The winning prototype.

On the 5th November Zoo Lab came in to school to work with Year 1 and 2. It was a fantastic, fun learning experience which was linked to science. The theme of the session was 'Halloween' and the children were given the opportunity to view and handle some unusual creatures including, a spider, a large snail and a snake.

On Wednesday 12th November pupils from year 1 attended Heworth Grange Comprehensive School where they participated in a multi skills challenge. The large hall had twelve stations where pupils had the opportunity to practice throwing, kicking, jumping, balancing and a varity of other skills; along side pupils from other schools. One of our teams came third overall. Well done Bill Quay!

Year 1 took a trip to Aldi to find out about the final part in a fruit or vegetables journey from seed to sale. First we searched for unusual foods that we had not seen before and wrote down their names. We saw butternut squash, avocado, chilli peppers and asparagus. Next we tasted a range of fruit and vegetables and described how they tasted. Lastly, Mrs Lane gave us a bag of fruit and vegetables to talk about back at school.

On the 14th October year 1 visited Bill Quay farm. They looked at the animals and the difference between the straw used for their beds and the hay they eat. Then they looked at berries and talked about harvest time and what the berries could be used for, pies, ice cream etc. At the end of the visit before they came back to school the children played a harvest game on the cafe lawn. They all agreed it was great fun!

Welcome to year 1, our class teacher is Miss Moore

Year 1 visited the Discovery Museum in Newcastle to take part in 'Science Storytime' linked to their Science and Literacy topics. The pupils listened to a story ' The Lighthouse Keeper's Catastrophe' by Ronda and David Armitage. Then they participated in a series of group activities to develop the central themes from the story; exploring light, electricity, pulleys, life processes and floating/sinking.
The children had great fun while taking part in all these activities.

Year 1 visited the Sand Park at Bill Quay on Monday 2nd June as part of their literacy topic. They are looking at sequencing and will be re-counting the visit in order, using text and photographs.

Looks like they are having great fun!

Year 1 children visited the Safety Works Centre at Benwell this week where they learned all about road safety, metro safety, fire safety and stranger danger. They took part in role play activities, watched a video and revised The Green Cross Code using a real pelican crossing. The children had a great time and met some Police Officers and a Fire Fighter. Phoebe-Bea dressed up as a policewoman and Ethan posed as a stranger who was arrested and put in the mock prison cell.

Children revising 'The Green Cross Code'.

The children in Key Stage 1 joined in with the visiting music workshop where they learnt about pitch in music. The musicians read and acted out the story of The Three Billy Goats Gruff, and children were chosen to accompany them with instruments. They also joined in with singing high, low and medium notes. All the children enjoyed playing instruments, learning some new songs and moving to the music.

The musicians acting out the story of The Three Billy Goats Gruff.

Children enjoying taking part in the workshop.

Children in Year 1 visited Seven Stories this week where they talked to illustrator Derek Matthews about how he made his 'Snappy' pop up books. Then they had the opportunity to work alongside him making their own pop up Christmas cards.

Year 1 drawing some wonderful pictures for their cards!

Welcome to Year 1.
This term our theme is based on the book 'Handa's Surprise' we are learning about healthy eating, growing plants and their habitats and how we can improve our local area.

We know we will have a lot of fun!

The topic this term is The Lighthouse Keepers Lunch and on Monday 21st May 2007 we visited the beach at Marsden. We looked at the human and physical landscape and made sketches of the seascape. We also visited Souter Lighthouse to see how a real lighthouse works and for inspiration for our own lighthouse models.

We went to the Shipley Art Gallery where we worked with a ceramic artist to make a clay turtle. The children were also given the opportunity to look at examples of Art on display in the gallery.

These are the clay turtles the children made.

Year 1 and 2 went to the Discovery Museum.
We took part in an interactive puppet show on The Great Fire of Gateshead.

Year 1/2 visited Norwood Park linked to their Art topic, they looked at sculptures in the environment. They also made mini- sculptures of their own as well as collages and rubbings using natural materials.

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Year 1/2 visited Buddle Arts Centre, Wallsend to see a play called 'A Handful of Sand'. A leading children's theatre company 'Monster Productions' performed the play. The Play was about a child's sandpit games, being magically transformed into a desert adventure. The children also took a flying carpet ride to meet the Teeny Weeny Genie and heard words of wisdom from a wise old camel called Jamal.

Linked to Year 1/2 RE topic ' Special Times' pupils took part in a mock Christening. Ruby and Aaron, who were the parents, chose Lewis, Imogen and Ryan to be the Godparents. They invited the rest of the dass as guest, along with their own photographer Emily, who took some beautiful photographs.

This year we are learning about Mr Grumpy's Outing. One of our 'volunteers' called Rachel has been helping us make a giant car for the wall. It is now complete and is up on our classroom wall and it looks fantastic!

Welcome to Year 1/2, this year we are learning about Mr Grumpy's Outing. One of our 'volunteers' called Rachel has been helping us make a giant car for the wall. We will publish a photograph of it when it is complete. We have lots of exciting visits planned and will give you more details of them soon. Looking forward to a great year ahead!