As part of our field work unit in Geography, Year 2 went on a walk to explore our local area. We looked at the the different types of houses and who might live there, along with the street names around school

Year 6 had a wonderful morning playing cricket at Dame Allan’s. It was lovely to see the children from both schools working together as part of a team to develop their cricket skills. Thank you to their staff for a very warm welcome.

For the past couple of weeks, we’ve been working hard to put together a time capsule. Children in each year group thought of something they could include to show people what living in 2023 is really like – some of their objects included newspapers, photographs, clothing and money. They also wrote some beautiful letters to whoever opens the time capsule in the future. Some children wrote about Winlaton and what makes it such a special place to live, while others wrote about the challenges people are facing currently and their hopes for the future. 

Today it was finally time to bury it. We hope whoever unlocks it in the future enjoys looking at it as much as we enjoyed making it! 

The School Council have come up with some lovely ideas for a Parkhead Celebration on the afternoon of Friday 5 May to commemorate the coronation of King Charles III. All of the children are invited to come into school wearing red, white and blue clothes. The children will be having an afternoon picnic with entertainment from the school dance club and school choir. As part of the celebration’s we are also holding a portrait competition with children from across the school each producing a portrait of The King. Morning nursery children are welcome to come back into school at 2pm to join in with the celebrations too.

Year 3 had a great time at the forge in Winlaton on Tuesday. They enjoyed finding out about Winlaton’s fascinating past from some members of the Winlaton Historical Society and seeing some of the tools that were used in the past. Did you know the forge is one of the oldest buildings left in the village? The children are so excited to continue their learning on Winlaton!

We also received a message from Susan from the Historical Society to say what a lovely group of children they were. She said that herself and the other two members found the morning with the childen an absolute pleasure! Well done to year 3, you are a credit to our school.

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A selection of year 3 and 4 sporting superstars really impressed us at the Gateshead Schools Hockey Tournament this week. They played so well as a team and showed very impressive skill

Thursday saw the final round of football fixtures for the school year at West Lane Primary. Our children should be extremely proud of their performances throughout all the games we’ve played of late. They have represented our school impeccably well, showing fantastic team work and resilience. Well done!

A huge well done to our school football team who played at West Lane Primary School. They finished 3rd overall, just missing out on a medal. An absolutely fantastic team effort tonight. They won 3 games, drew 1 and narrowly lost one. Mrs Thompson is extremely proud of each and every one of them.