During Science today in Rowan the children have been learning all about the skeleton and how our bones and parts of the body help us. Once we identified the different parts of the body and labelled them we then went onto to do an investigation. The investigation was to find out if our femur actually…
During our History lessons this term we are focusing on Anglo Saxons and during this afternoon Rowan, Hazel and Oak worked through a carousel of activities including preparing and making broth with fresh vegetables which the Saxons would eat to sustain their energy to work on the farms ploughing and growing the crops of the…
Yesterday Birch visited Seaham Beach for a trip out and were surprised by some very friendly guests of Dolphins, which was amazing. Once we were at the beach we found a lovely secluded safe spot and set up for our adventure with some pop up tents for shade and beach blankets for our picnic. During…
During Outdoor learning today Birch class embedded their knowledge and understanding for Environment and the need to keep it clean and tidy. The class discussed the importance of littering and the impact this has on our society following last weeks PHSE lesson. All pupils adhered to personal safety whilst out litter picking around the school…
What an amazing experience our lovely year 6 children had to celebrate their end of year achievements with a visit to Wagamama, which is a Japanese style restaurant. The manager of the restaurant was called James and he went through all the safety aspects of our visit to ensure our safety whilst onsite and in…
On Monday morning our lovely year 6 pupils were invited to an exclusive cinema viewing of The Minions “Return of Gru” to celebrate their end of year achievements. Everyone listened and followed safety instructions when travelling on the mini bus and adhered to personal safety when in the Metro Centre, walking up to the ODEON. …
During Cookery in Enrichment on Friday afternoon the pupils followed a set of visual instructions to support them to collect all the ingredients and utensils they needed to make a cream of vegetable soup and chocolate chip cookies. The pupils adhered to health and hygiene in the kitchen and health and safety in the kitchen.…
During our Personal life skills this week in Birch we have been practicing how to clean and care for our hands. The pupils discussed the importance and benefits of having clean hands and the impact it has if we have dirty hands, such as using them to eat and the germs going into our body…
During PE this half term Primary classes Beech and Birch have been working together in groups in practicing bat and ball skills and learning the skills, rules and techniques of cricket and rounders. The pupils have used this opportunity to share knowledge and experience of their own skills and supported others which were new to…
During Science this afternoon the pupils in Birch have been investigating if using a range of everyday products such as salt, flour, oil, sugar, rice, lime juice and hot chocolate would dissolve or not when added to cold water. The pupils then transferred the results of the findings into a carroll diagram and discussed the…