​All the children had a wonderful day at Beamish Open Air Museum, stepping back in time to 1913. They experienced rides on old open top buses and trams, travelling from the Pit village to the town. They looked around an old Victorian school and the pit cottages and even had to use some of the… Read more »

​In Year 1 we had an afternoon focused on introducing Global Goals. We watched a video which told us about some of the problems we have in the world today. Working together, the children drew pictures and talked about what they had seen, heard and learnt. As a class we talked about worldwide issues such… Read more »

Today, Year 2 entered the Victorian classroom for their introduction to the Victorians. The boys and girls were separated and taught in separate classrooms. First, the children were given Victorian names such as Gertrude and Harold. Then they took part in a PE Lesson (known as a Drill) and learnt some of the Victorian Class rules. … Read more »

Year 1 celebrated Roald Dahl week by exploring the book ‘The Enormous Crocodile’. We produced artwork based on characters from the book and on Friday, the children dressed up as their favourite Roald Dahl characters.

​As part of our new Scrumdidlyumptious topic, we are learning about plants. We spent an afternoon exploring the different parts of plants, cutting them up and labelling the different parts that we know, including petal, leaf, stem and roots. We then thought of some investigation questions that would help us to find out more.