Wow!  What a fabulous morning had by parents, children and staff.  A great opportunity for parents and children to share learning.  Both participated in a typical Read, Write Inc (phonics) session.  Each group learnt a new sound, practised some speedy spellings and read a book.  After that we took parents onto the playground to play… Read more »

​In preparation for our Riddle writing, and as part of our animal topic, we have been researching different animals.  First, we worked in groups to write down information that we already know about different animals.  We then looked at different pieces of information to find more interesting facts.  Our job was to record as many… Read more »

​As part of our ‘Animal Kingdom’ topic we have been learning about the Artist, Rebecca Cole.  She uses recycled paper to make three dimensional, butterfly pieces of art.  We decided that we would make our own paper and created patterns in polystyrene tiles.  Next, we painted it and printed it onto the paper.  The final… Read more »

​Wow! What an exciting week!  We have been practising ready to perform in front of our family.  The day to perform finally arrived.  We took our families on a trip down memory lane to show them how much we have learnt this year.   This included Global Warming, The Victorians and the retelling of the Julia… Read more »

This week we have been learning how to give clear instructions and used this to learn how to make pancakes.  We all had to give Mrs Robson (Robot) instructions.  The first instruction was to crack the eggs.  As you can see we weren’t clear at first but got much better as we worked through the… Read more »

​We visited the Head of Steam Railway museum to learn about how Victorian’s would travel on their holidays to the seaside.  We looked at the different jobs that people did on the railway such as the train driver, ticket collector and fire man. We handled some objects and discussed how they were used. After, we… Read more »

​Today we have used ‘Google Maps’ to track the start of the River Tees from the top of ‘Cross Fell’ to the coastline where the river joins the sea.  The pupils enjoyed watching new streams join the river and were fascinated with the curving path which the river took on its journey.  We looked at… Read more »

​This week, Year 1 have had their very first ‘Stay and play’.  The children had designed their own version of a fairy tale house from the Jolly Postman story and today they got to work with somebody from their family to make it.  Very excited children worked alongside family members in an afternoon to treasure.

In Year One, as part of our ‘Fairy Tale Town’ topic, we have been looking at maps and our local area. We began by looking at our classroom and creating a simple map. After this, we used ‘Google Maps’ to look at Darlington and the key features of our town. We took a journey around our… Read more »

​Today, we were learning all about the games that rich and poor Victorian children liked to play. Some of them were similar to the games and toys we play with today but there were no electronic toys.We had lots of fun singing Ring a ring of roses, Oranges and Lemons and we loved playing Hopscotch.