Wardley News

• Friday 20 December 2024 Year 1a English - Little Red
• Friday 20 December 2024 Spreading festive cheer at Wardley Gate On Wednesday, a group of children from Reception visited Wardley Gate Nursing home to spread some festive cheer. They sang Christmas songs with the residents, showed off their Christmas jumpers and shared what they had written on their Santa lists.
• Friday 20 December 2024 Reception Christmas Party What a wonderful end to a brilliant first term for our children in Reception. They had such fun at their Christmas party, dancing, playing party games and finally meeting Santa Claus himself.
• Friday 20 December 2024 Year 5b Artwork This week, the children in 5b have been working very hard on creating an avatar which they could then use as an illustration. They used the laptops to create their own characters and practiced how to use different pen types and techniques to create their illustration.
• Friday 20 December 2024 Year 5/6 Christmas Party Year 5/6 had a fantastic party on Wednesday afternoon. They played games, enjoyed party food and danced the afternoon away!
• Monday 16 December 2024 Year 6 at Forest School (Autumn 2) High winds meant Year 6 had their Forest School session in the hall. They designed their own shelters, learnt knots that will be useful when building their shelters in the future, and completed a survival skills quiz.
• Monday 16 December 2024 Year 5b at Forest School (Autumn 2) Year 5b used a flint and steel to create a spark and then tried to make a little fire using cotton wool. They safely put out their fires using water. They also learnt survival skills during their trail through the trees, and built shelters.
• Monday 16 December 2024 Year 5a at Forest School (Autumn 2) Year 5a built shelters using tarp and natural materials, learnt about survival skills during their trail through the trees, and created a spark with a flint and steel.
• Monday 16 December 2024 Year 4 at Forest School (Autumn 2) High winds meant Year 4 had their Forest School session in the hall. They designed their own shelters, completed a survival skills quiz, and learnt some important knots that will be useful when building their shelters in the future.
• Monday 16 December 2024 Year 3/4 at Forest School (Autumn 2) Year 3/4 enjoyed their time at Forest School making shelters, creating a spark with a flint and steel, and completing a survival trail through the tress. They also played a game of 'stuck in the mud' during their free time.
• Monday 16 December 2024 Year 3 at Forest School (Autumn 2) Year 3 used a flint and steel to create a spark, built natural shelters using tree branches, and found out important survival facts during their trail through the trees. They also enjoyed a hot drink and a biscuit.
• Monday 16 December 2024 Reception at Forest School (Autumn 2) Reception worked in teams to build a shelter using tarp and rope. They learnt how to tie the rope around the trees so the shelter would stay up, and protect them from the rain and wind. They also enjoyed a hot drink and a biscuit.
• Monday 16 December 2024 Winter Walk in 1b In Year 1, we are currently learning about seasonal changes in science, with a focus on winter. We have been on a walk to identify the key changes from autumn to winter. We noticed that almost all of the trees have lost their leaves and are bare. The sky is often very cloudy and the weather can be rainy, windy and snowy! We know that the hours of daylight become shorter so it gets dark earlier now.
• Friday 13 December 2024 Nursery's Christmas Lunch Nursery had a lovely Christmas Lunch this week
• Thursday 12 December 2024 Year 1a, Autumn term RfP Take a look at the Reading for Pleasure events from this term.
• Thursday 12 December 2024 Nursery Stay and Play Christmas 2024 This week we welcomed our Nursery parents into Nursery for our Christmas Stay and Play. It was a lovely opportunity for them to take part in some wonderful activities and to see some of the fantastic things that we do everyday. There were stockings to decorate, playdough to make gingerbread men, Christmas cards to write in and presents to decorate. Everyone had a brilliant time!
• Thursday 12 December 2024 Year 1a Christmas Cafe What a wonderful Christmas time we had!
• Wednesday 11 December 2024 Hits Radio visit for DT Association Award Winner It was lovely to be invited back to Hits Radio with one of our pupils to talk about their love for Design and Technology and how proud they were to have been awarded the Local Supply Chain Excellence Awards for Outstanding Pupil Aged 5 to 11 at this year’s Design and Technology Association Awards.
• Wednesday 4 December 2024 Feeling Festive Nursery enjoyed decorating the school Christmas Tree
• Friday 22 November 2024 Interfaith week As part of Interfaith week, the children in Reception and Key Stage One were lucky enough to have a visit from Kirtadi this week, who spoke to them all about the Hindu religion. The children particularly enjoyed learning about the festival of Diwali, listening to the Indian music and hearing the story of Prince Rama and Princess Sita.
• Friday 22 November 2024 Maths in Nursery Over the last year, we have developed a new curriculum for Maths in Nursery. Taking the lead from The Learning Trajectories curriculum, we have created a series of teacher-led small groups sessions were the children work on numbers within 5. The aim of these sessions is to increase the children's understanding of the numbers and how they are made up. The children are given a STEM sentence for each lesson which helps them to demonstrate their understanding of the concepts covered. For example, "1 more than 3 is 4". The children also carry out daily group work with Miss Nelson where they focus on skills such as counting, shape recognition and subitising (recognising quantities of objects on sight).
• Friday 22 November 2024 Pudsey Fun in Nursery We had lots of fun in Nursery for Children in Need last week. We decorated spotty biscuits, used stickers to make an eye patch for Pudsey, coloured in Pudsey pictures and used pompoms to decorate a giant Pudsey face.
• Friday 22 November 2024 30 Hour Nursery Over the last few weeks, our 30 hour nursery children have taken part in lots of different enrichment activities. They added their handprint to a giant heart to create a Friendship heart which is displayed in Nursery and shows that we are all friends. They have joined in with Cosmic Yoga, listened to many different traditional tales, create a massage circle and enjoyed some relaxation time complete with calming music.
• Friday 22 November 2024 Dance Explorers 1B
• Thursday 21 November 2024 Interfaith Week On Monday, as part of our inter-faith learning, Brother Khadim came into school to talk to us about the Muslim religion. In particular, he talked to us about the hajj and how this is an important pilgrimage to Mecca for Muslims. He also spoke about Muslim clothing, food and celebrations. At the end of the session, the children asked some excellent questions to further their understanding of the religion.
• Thursday 21 November 2024 Author Visit On Tuesday, the children in Year 5/6 were lucky enough to enjoy a visit from the author Steve Skidmore who has written over 200 books. The children found Steve hilarious and thoroughly enjoyed listening to his 'I Hero' book which is an interactive adventure story where you get to choose the direction the story goes. A huge Thank You to Steve and Gateshead Libraries for coming into school.
• Thursday 21 November 2024 Fancy Footwork Year 2 have been enjoying developing their footballing skills during their P.E. lessons this half-term. The focus of the lessons have been about using the side of their foot when passing the ball. It has been satisfying watching their skills progress.
• Wednesday 20 November 2024 Year 1a Music Miss Fraser's class have been learning about rhythm this Half Term in their music lessons. The children are learning how to spot long and short sounds that can be heard over a steady beat or pulse. Here the children are trying to clap rhythm using copy back clapping, and question and answer clapping.
• Tuesday 19 November 2024 Year 3/4 Visit to 'The Sill'
• Monday 18 November 2024 Year 2 at Forest School (Autumn 2) Year 2 completed three activities all about survival skills. A trail through the trees showed them what to pack in their survival bags, and they built shelters using tarp and rope to keep warm and dry. The children also tried to safely make little fires using a flint and steel, and a cotton wool ball on a shell.

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