Cedar and Maple enjoyed their first tennis session this week with Mrs Thompson and Andy and Olly from We Do Tennis from Blaydon Tennis Club. They practised their ready position, how to correctly hold the racket and their forehand swing. They then played a fun game of last one standing.

School has secured Greggs breakfast funding to launch a new ‘Grab and Go’ Breakfast station. The breakfast stations will be available for children to use as they come into school from 8.45am – 8.55am. This will commence on 27 February 2023 and will enable children who haven’t had any breakfast at home, to have a small, healthy, breakfast snack before going into class. Our breakfast stations will be situated in the 3-4 wing, 5-6 wing, the KS1  entrance and reception classroom. The breakfast snacks will be replenished every Monday and will be available on a first come first served basis for those who have not had breakfast before coming into school. Toast for KS2 children and fruit for KS1 children will remain available at morning break as normal.

KS1 also had a visit from Alex from Northern Gas Networks, who told us all about the hydrogen homes that have been built in our local area and ways we can help with climate change. We even got a sneak peek of her hydrogen powered car!

KS2 School Council and Science Ambassadors were invited along to Hydrogen Home this morning as part of Hydrogen Week. Did you know that Hydrogen Home are the first homes that have been built and open to the public that run on 100% hydrogen? They’re built in partnership with Northern Gas Networks and are right on our doorstep in Winlaton!

The children who visited have had a fantastic morning and have learnt lots about different gases, safety signs, the difference between renewable and fossil fuels and why renewables are so much better for our planet. Thank you to Alex for showing us around and sharing some very important messages. #hydrogenweek

It was Safer Internet Day on Tuesday this week. In all classes, the children learnt more about how to keep themselves safe online and what to do if an issue arises. The theme for the week was ‘Want to talk about it?’ Making space for conversations about life online. We completed activities to encourage the children to think and talk about what they love and what they want to change about the world online. Throughout the year, we will continue to focus on helping the children in our school use technology safely and respectfully and to know where to seek help and support when they have concerns about content or contact online.

Children's Mental Health Week is run by children's mental health charity Place2Be to focus on the importance of looking after our emotional wellbeing from an early age. This year's theme is 'Let’s Connect'. Let’s Connect is about making meaningful connections, and for Children’s Mental Health Week 2023, we are encouraging people to connect with others in healthy, rewarding and meaningful ways. It has been fantastic to see the children (and staff) expressing themselves through dress today for ‘Dress to Express’ day.

We have had some very exciting new play equipment put on our school field this week, in the form of a large, brand new sandpit, which opened to the children today. It’s been lovely to see the children having so much fun!

We would also like to say a big thank you to SPLAT who have kindly purchased some new equipment for the children to use in the new sand area.

Thank you SPLAT.

 

Cherry class had a fabulous afternoon with Julie from the Natural History Society of Northumbria. They discussed our environment and environmental issues such as pollution. We then took a trip down the woods and collected materials to create some nature art work. Finally, they all made a pledge to say how we are going to help the environment.