Safer Internet Day 2026 was marked on Tuesday 10 February, centred around the theme “Smart tech, safe choices – Exploring the safe and responsible use of AI.” This important event encouraged children and young people to think carefully about how they use artificial intelligence, voice assistants, and online content, helping them make safe and informed choices in the digital world. Across the whole school—including Year 2—children took part in an online assembly featuring safety talks and thoughtful discussions about the theme.Following the assembly, pupils designed and created their own AI safety posters to share the messages they had learned.

This week in Nursery we continued our topic of Traditional Tales and focused on The Gingerbread Man . 🍪📚 We had lots of fun listening to the story and retelling it with our friends. The children enjoyed acting out parts of the story and talking about what happened to the Gingerbread Man as he ran away. 🏃‍♂️ In maths, we used our number recognition and counting skills  to give the Gingerbread Man the correct number of buttons. 🔢 We also worked together to build bridges  to help the Gingerbread Man cross the river safely. 🌉 In phonics , we learned the letter ‘n’  and practiced recognising its sound in different words. 🔤 It has been a fun and busy week of learning!

Year 4 used playdough to create models of the different types of human teeth. They labelled their models and described the function of the teeth. Great work Year 4!

Year 4 used clay to explore how mountains are formed. They went on to label their model using key vocabulary. Well done everyone.

Year 5 had a brilliant start to their Hoops4Health basketball coaching programme with the Newcastle Eagles this week. The children threw themselves into the session with fantastic enthusiasm—listening carefully, working as a team, and learning a range of new basketball skills. The coaches were hugely impressed with their focus and effort, and the class are already excited for the sessions still to come. The programme will conclude with an exciting competition at the Vertu Motors Arena, the home of the Newcastle Eagles Basketball Club—an experience the children are very much looking forward to!

Year 5 have had an exciting start to their Hidden Treasures Art and History project in partnership with North East Museums. The project began with a fantastic visit to the Great North Museum, where the children took part in hands on activities focused on exploring, analysing, and interpreting real artefacts. They listened brilliantly, demonstrated excellent behaviour throughout, and impressed the museum staff with their curiosity and teamwork. Back at school, the class were joined by Morgan from the Great North Museum for a follow up workshop. The children deepened their thinking about what “treasures” can be—both historical and personal—and began to develop ideas for their own treasures that will inspire their artwork. The project will continue later this term with a visit from a professional artist, who will guide Year 5 in creating a large scale collaborative artwork. Their finished piece will be proudly displayed in the Great North Museum’s Hidden Treasures gallery from May to September—an incredible opportunity for our young artists to showcase their creativity to the wider community.

Year 2 carried out a fair scientific investigation to explore the question: “Do plants need light to grow healthy?” The children planted cress seeds and placed two pots in a dark cupboard and two pots on a sunny windowsill where they could receive natural light. After one week, they observed a noticeable difference. The cress grown in the light was fresh, green, and strong, while the cress grown in the dark became tall, thin, and had yellow leaves. From their observations, the children concluded that plants do need light in order to grow healthily.

Children in Year 2 have been learning about the religion of Islam. This week, they explored how and why Muslims pray (Salah), deepening their knowledge and understanding through discussion and new vocabulary. The key words they focused on included Salah, Allah, Wudu, and Halal. We were especially fortunate to have Muslim children within Year 2 who were enthusiastic about sharing their faith. They helped their classmates understand the beliefs and daily practices that are an important part of their lives, offering valuable first hand insight and enriching our learning together.

Year 2 dressed in their party best and joined Year 1 for a fantastic end of term disco. The children enjoyed plenty of dancing and games, followed by a drink and a hot dog treat. Everyone had a wonderful time!

This week in Nursery, we started our exciting new topic, Traditional Tales  📚✨ We began with the story of Goldilocks and the Three Bears  🐻🥣. The children had lots of fun creating and designing their own bears in the creative area 🎨✂️. In our role-play area, we enjoyed retelling the story with our friends, using wonderful expression and imagination 🎭🗣️. In maths, we made patterns using the bears 🐻🔢, and we developed our fine motor skills and practiced letter formation by writing in tasty porridge oats 🥣✍️. In phonics, we learned the sound ‘i’  🔤 — we loved the story and all the activities this week! 💛😊

Working in teams, we created sequences that involved at least two mirroring movements and two matching movements. The performances demonstrated a variety of levels, formations and speed between the movements as well as at least one movement in canon and one in unison. Our final pieces were great fun to perform, showcasing teamwork, creativity and fluidity. Thank you to Year One for being a great audience!

This week in Nursery, we continued our exciting learning all about Chinese New Year  🎊. Our focus story was Goldilocks and the Three Pandas 📖🐼, which the children really enjoyed. We created lots of beautiful decorations for our classroom ✨, including lantern collages 🏮 , Chinese fans 🎐 , and dragon artwork 🐉🎨 . We also stretched our bodies and moved like dragons during dragon yoga 🧘‍♀️🐲 , which was great fun! To finish the week, we enjoyed a fantastic Spring Disco 💃🕺🌸 . What a fun and exciting last week of term! 🌟😊