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• Tuesday 28 November 2023 Picnic in the Park After listening to the story Picnic in the Park, children discussed how all families are different. They discussed what their own families are like and then created an acrostic poem about them.
• Monday 27 November 2023 Accordion Club Year 3 have had a fantastic time learning how to play the accordion!
• Friday 24 November 2023 Stay and Play We have had a lovely week of mornings welcoming grown ups into classrooms for Stay and Play.
• Thursday 23 November 2023 Year 1 Muddy Geography This week Year 1 have been learning about the four countries that make up the United Kingdom as part of their Geography big question ‘Where in the World am I?’
• Wednesday 22 November 2023 Y4 Clog Dancing Year 4 have started their clog dancing project with Heather from Music Partnership North. They are currently learning a sequence of steps, performing them in time to the music played on the accordion by Heather.
• Wednesday 22 November 2023 Year 2 - Movement Lab In the Movement Lab today, children were challenged to work with a partner to collect pieces of treasure from the middle of the room. HOWEVER, they were given a time limit! Children had to collect a piece of treasure in the same time it took for their partner to throw and catch a ball.
• Friday 17 November 2023 The Tiger Came to Tea! To everyone's surprise the tiger jumped over the gate into Sele First on Monday night and came into Reception to eat their delicious tea! It was even spotted on the school cameras.
• Friday 17 November 2023 Rainforests of the world! This week in Geography, Children have been learning about the rainforest of the world. They’ve investigates the atlases to see if they could find the name of the different tropical rainforests. We looked at graphs of the average rainfall across the year to think about the climate. Rainforests are hot and wet all year round which makes them very humid.
• Thursday 16 November 2023 The Tiger Who Came to Tea Nursery have been reading the story of The Tiger who came to Tea by Judith Kerr.
• Thursday 16 November 2023 KS1 Visit to St. Mary's Lighthouse This week, KS1 children visited St. Mary's Lighthouse. The children thoroughly enjoyed rock-pooling and found lobsters, crabs, prawns, sea snails and even a sea scorpion! They also saw some sleepy seals on the rocks on the way up to the lighthouse.
• Thursday 16 November 2023 KS1 Visit to St. Mary's Lighthouse Y1 This week, KS1 children visited St. Mary's Lighthouse. The children thoroughly enjoyed rock-pooling and found lobsters, crabs, prawns, sea snails and even a sea scorpion! They also saw some sleepy seals on the rocks on the way up to the lighthouse.
• Wednesday 15 November 2023 Year 1 Bear Hunt! On Monday, Year 1 braved the weather and went on a bear hunt around the local area! They came across obstacles such as long grass, a dark forest and a very windy storm! Luckily they made it back to school in time for home time!
• Tuesday 14 November 2023 Online Safety Workshops Parent and Carers We have an Online Safety Workshop for parents and carers on 21 November at 3.30pm—4.30pm. The session will be delivered by our Safeguarding partners Clennell Education Solutions..
• Tuesday 14 November 2023 Y4 Muddy Maths - Perimeter This week, Y4 started their new 'measures' Maths topic with a Muddy Maths lesson. After learning what perimeter means, children worked in pairs to gather leaves of different sizes and shapes. They estimated which leaves had the largest and smallest perimeters and ordered the leaves in ascending order based on these predictions. Finally, using string and a ruler to measure the perimeter of each leaf in centimetres.
• Wednesday 8 November 2023 Year 2's iPad Time During this week's iPad session, children had tinker time on an app called Key Note. They explored what they would be able to create using the app. Children enjoyed creating moving animations where characters could move across the screen. Most children were able to begin their own presentation using images.
• Tuesday 7 November 2023 Year 4 Lantern Making This week, Year 4 are working with Local Artists Alan Scully and Deni Riach from the Queen’s Hall Arts Centre. In preparation for the Hexham Lantern Parade, we are creating a giant willow dragon fly which will be lit up with lights and carried through Hexham on Friday 17th of November. More information to follow!
• Monday 6 November 2023 The Sele Tree
• Monday 6 November 2023 Year 1 Science Seasonal Changes Year 1 took advantage of the great weather this afternoon to complete a Science task linked to their new focus on Seasonal Changes. Children were introduced to a ‘walking circle’ to engage in talk, finding out key information about their partner before discussing a picture linked to the different seasons. Children then sorted their pictures according to the season they were most likely to be linked to.
• Thursday 26 October 2023 Reception's Take One Picture Open Day A day full of art and witch's potions in Reception! Children built on their printing skills from this half term to make stamps using textured materials. They made paper animations of boats in stormy seas and created disgusting recipes for Winnie's Pumpkin.
• Thursday 26 October 2023 Year 3 - Our Art Studio We have had a fantastic time in the artists studio during Take One Picture.
• Wednesday 25 October 2023 Year 2's Zoom Call from Illinois, USA. Year 2 have been very lucky today to experience talking to an art curator in the comfort of their classroom!
• Wednesday 25 October 2023 Y4 Firework Safety In PSHE this week, Y4 discussed the upcoming Bonfire Night. They talked about keeping safe around bonfires and learned the message 'stop, drop and roll' should an item of clothing catch fire.
• Friday 20 October 2023 Year 1 in the Art Studio This week Year 1 visited the Art Studio to immersed themselves in activities linked to our Take One Picture project. They practised their observational drawing skills, sculpted clay tiles and created a wooden lighthouse. Children have continued their work in the classroom and are very pleased with the results!
• Thursday 19 October 2023 Reception's study of Clementine Hunter
• Thursday 19 October 2023 Signs of autumn
• Tuesday 17 October 2023 2023 Happy Helpers
• Monday 16 October 2023 Year 2's Visit to the Art Studio The artists in Year 2 have been very busy today! Children observed and drew a range of objects found by the sea. They particularly enjoyed drawing the lighthouse in detail.
• Friday 13 October 2023 Pantosaurus Day On Friday, children across school engaged with activities to help them understand the PANTS rule, developed by NSPCC. They learned the acrostic poem, sang the pantosaurus song and participated in discussions about appropriate and inappropriate touch, secrets, trusted adults and their bodies belonging to them.
• Thursday 12 October 2023 Scientists! This week Year 3 have completed a science enquiry experiment to finish off our topic on Light. We started off learning about artificial and natural light sources and how they differ from reflectors. Then Year 3 thought about what shadows were; the absence of light!
• Thursday 12 October 2023 Shape sorters! Nursery have been shape sorters! We have been finding different shapes around the Nursery and sorting them into different groups. We have been able to name some of the basic 2D shapes.

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