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Wednesday 1 May 2024 Y4 - Electricity Experiment Over the last few weeks, Y4 have been using the micro-bits to investigate circuits. They worked in small teams to code the micro-bits to light up and buzz when they were part of a complete circuit. They then investigated which materials were conductors and which were insulators by adding items into the circuits. This week, Y4 were challenged to create a switch for their micro-bit. Using card, split pins and paperclips, they created switches which opened and closed allowing the electricity to pass through the circuit when the switch was pressed.
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Wednesday 1 May 2024 Year 2 - Team work in the Movement Lab This week in PE, children visited the Movement Lab to continue working on being part of a team. To further develop their teamwork skills they focused on giving examples of good communication within their team.
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Wednesday 1 May 2024 Share a Story Month - Reception
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Wednesday 1 May 2024 Share a Story Book reviews and recommendations by children from Sele First
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Thursday 25 April 2024 The Three Billy Gruff
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Thursday 25 April 2024 The Three Billy Gruff
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Wednesday 24 April 2024 Year 3 - Clay! This week children have been looking at the work of Antony Gormley. Children looked at his installation of 'Field for the British Isles' (1993)
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Wednesday 24 April 2024 Year 2 - The Rainbow Fish On Tuesday, Year 2 children used the story The Rainbow Fish to discuss the qualities of a good friend. They named and ranked their qualities in order. Children reflected on their personality traits and highlighted their positive impact within the class.
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Monday 22 April 2024 A busy few weeks for PE!
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Monday 22 April 2024 Year 4 - Vattenfall Year 4 started the week with a visit from Matt who works for Vattenfall. Vattenfall specialise in creating wind turbines. We learnt about different types of renewable energy but particularly how we can harness the wind to create power. Matt explained to us what kind of jobs were available at Vattenfall and what goes into creating and installing the enormous wind turbines. The children asked some interesting questions regarding the differences between onshore and offshore wind turbines.
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Friday 19 April 2024 The Gingerbread Man
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Thursday 18 April 2024 The Earth and 3D Shapes As Reception begin their topic, Maps Maps Maps, they began with the world! Children loved looking at world maps and globes, identifying animals in different continents and noticing land, sea and desert. They created suncatcher globes and wrote post-it notes about things and people they love on Earth.
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Thursday 18 April 2024 Year 4 - Vindolanda and Roman Army Museum This week, Year 4 visited the Roman Army Museum and Vindolanda. At the Roman Army Museum, amazingly, we were taught Latin and Roman numerals by a hologram Roman teacher! We also explored the Museum and watched a short film about the history of the area surrounding Hadrian’s Wall. At Vindolanda, we searched for clues around the ruins of the fort to solve a crossword problem. The children showed excellent resilience, persevering through the challenge despite the wet and cold conditions. Great job Year 4!
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Monday 15 April 2024 Victorian Classroom Experience - Year 2 On Monday morning as Year 2 children entered the classroom they noticed that some of their normal routines and procedures had been replaced by Victorian tasks.
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Thursday 28 March 2024 Year 1 Scones Linked to their work on measures in Maths, Year 1 have been baking scones. They looked at accurate weighing and measuring of the ingredients before combining the ingredients using a rubbing method.
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Wednesday 27 March 2024 Stone Age Day Today was Stone Age Day in Year 3. We started the morning off in darkness and only allowed to whisper while we did cave paintings of Stone Age animals such as the Woolly Mammoth, Direwolf and the Gigantopithecus.
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Tuesday 26 March 2024 Archaeology Club
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Tuesday 26 March 2024 Reception's Dinosaurs and Doubles Last week, Reception finished their fortnight on Dinosaurs. They learnt about Mary Anning, the pioneering paleontologist and fossil collector. They compared Mary's everyday life to their own, noiticing similarities and differences between the past and present.
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Tuesday 26 March 2024 Year 2's Chocolate Bars Welcome to the World of Pure Imagination…
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Friday 22 March 2024 Year 1 Observational Drawing Year 1 have been working hard to develop their drawing skills. They have looked at shading, hatching and cross hatching alongside looking at the different shapes they can see in an object. Today, children brought in a favourite bear to draw from observation. Their drawings have been amazing! Well done Year 1!
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Thursday 21 March 2024 Clogging project Our Clogging project video
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Tuesday 19 March 2024 Year 2's Outdoor Learning As part of our nature and challenge scientific skills, Year 2 explored the garden to identify some unexpected animals hiding in the wrong habitat.
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Friday 15 March 2024 Year 1 Investigating Toys Year 1 have been investigating old and new toys in History. Children were tasked with the role of sorting out a collection of toys as museum curators. They found out key information about the toys including what they are made from, how old they are and any extra facts.
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Thursday 14 March 2024 Reception Spring Stay and Play Children enjoyed welcoming grown ups into the classroom for Stay and Play sessions this week. There was lots of drawing and building, and the odd appearance from the chicks too!
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Wednesday 13 March 2024 Y4 - Cockshaw Burn Visit This week, Y4 visited Cockshaw Burn to measure the flow of the river. First they measured a distance of 10m. They then dropped a dog biscuit into the river and timed how long it took to float 10 metres downstream. Children also created a field sketch of the river and it's surroundings.
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Wednesday 13 March 2024 BREAKING NEWS! - Y2 News Reports
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Friday 8 March 2024 Potion Making in Year Two
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Wednesday 6 March 2024 The Chicks! The long awaited chicks have arrived. After 21 days of incubation, the first eggs pipped last night. They are now keeping warm under an incubator.
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Tuesday 5 March 2024 Year 1 Mosque Visit Today, Year 1 visited Newcastle Central Mosque linked to their work in RE on Sacred Places. They shared their current knowledge of Islam with Brother Khadim alongside learning lots of new facts.
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Tuesday 5 March 2024 Y3 Handball This half term we’ve been learning the skills needed for Handball. We’ve been doing games that will help us practice bouncing, throwing and catching. We played a game of Sharks which involved trying to bounce a ball past the sharks who were trying to grab the ball from us. Some children quickly worked out that it is better for everyone to make a line to make it more difficult for people to get across. Others made tweaks and suggestions for the best way to defend.