Croft Community School

Oak class had a wonderful if a bit wet day at Beamish.

To continue with our learning about transport through time we explored the old vehicles at Beamish.

We went to the pit village first and learnt about the Coffee pot, Glitter and the Edward Sholto.

Whilst we were at the village we popped into the church to see if we could spot some of the features that we had been learning about in our RE lessons with Mrs Ridley.

We then went to the farm house and found the old tractor and the carts that the horses used to pull.

Finally we went to the town and had a look at the old cars in the garage. We even managed to find a Penny-Farthing.

On the way back on the tram we spoke about our class story ‘The Naughty Bus’ and what adventure the tram could get up to if it was to become naughty.

Well done Oak class!

We have had another busy week in Rowan Class.

In DT we have been looking at practicing stitching. We started off using our threading activities and when we were super good at that we got out our needles and practiced some stitching on materials.

Everyone was doing brilliant and were super safe with the needles.

In Science we have been carrying on learning about absorbance and waterproof. We have carried out an experiment to see which materials are waterproof and which ones absorb the water.

We then recorded the results into our Science books. The children were brilliant in giving examples of items that were waterproof and absorbent.

We have also has our first week on our new PESSPA activities at breaktime which has been a lovely change for the children. These get changed every 2 weeks.

All aboard the Oak class train!

By l.robson October 12, 2023

Oak class had an amazing day at the Locomotion museum.

We learnt all about the different trains and how they have changed over time.

We were told about all the different things trains used for such as; carrying coal, cattle and people. We even learnt that one of the trains had a hotel on and a bathroom!

We then finished off our wonderful trip with sometime in the park.

We had such a busy day, it was only right we had a nap on the bus on the way back to school.

Well done Oak class brilliant day!

Oak Science

By l.robson October 4, 2023

In Science we have been learning about materials and their properties.

This week we enjoyed our recap activity where we spoke about which of the three little pig’s houses were the strongest against the big bad wolf.

We then decided to investigate which of the pigs houses might be waterproof. We made a prediction and then tested the material.

We then moved on to investigating different materials ourselves to discover which were waterproof and would keep our pig dry.

Pupils remembered that they were completing a fair test and would put the same amount of water on each material.

Fantastic work Oak class!

Eight of our fantastic Year 11 pupils presented to all of secondary and Year 6 this morning during the head pupils’ assembly. Students spoke about their intentions as head person and the improvements they would like to bring to the school as role models and leaders. All students have voted this morning and the votes are currently being counted. An amazing achievement for all of the candidates.