In Year 4, we have been reading Ted Hughes’ book The Iron Man. We have completed many tasks based on the story including writing instructions to explain how to make our own Iron Man/Iron Robot. We had a fantastic time working in pairs to design and create a robot out of recyclable materials.  The children… Read more »

Darlington Rotary Club, who we work closely with at Reid Street, approached us to design a Christmas card to help them raise money for the charities they support. We had many entries from Key Stage 2 pupils which you can see below. Fabulously, two of our designs were chosen as winners. Chloe and Holly received… Read more »

When we studied reflection, we learnt that when light bounces off a surface, it changes the direction of the light ray. All objects reflect light; smooth and shiny surfaces reflect all the rays of light at the same angle, rather than scattering the rays of light like rough or dull surfaces. We studied the effects… Read more »

In year 4 science lessons, we have looked at how germs spread and the importance of washing our hands.  We got two pieces of bread and we took the first slice outside. When we were outside, we dirtied our hands and rubbed our germ filled hands all over it! We also dropped it onto the… Read more »

After learning about rationing in our WW2 topic, we researched some WW2 recipes and created a meal fit for a king or queen. An adult worked with the first group, then those children supported the next group giving instructions and top tips. First, we read the recipes carefully. We made potato and leek soup,  … Read more »

Today in Science, we carried out an experiment to learn about the digestive system. We used a variety of household items to recreate the different steps involved in digesting food. We used bananas and crackers to represent food, water to represent the saliva and fresh orange to represent the stomach acid. Then, using a sealable… Read more »

In Year 1, we have started learning about our new History based topic – the Victorians. We used the Global Goal character, Ekani Empathy, to help us to learn about what life was life for children in Victorian times. On Wednesday 11th November, we stepped into the shoes of poor Victorian children. The children learnt… Read more »

  What great fun the children had on their first trip to the Denes!  The children explored the local environment looking for signs of autumn. Jacob – “The leaves have fallen on the floor.” Rebecca – “They changed colour to red and brown and yellow!” Alana – “We might find some conkers!” Orla- “Trees are… Read more »

In Year 6, we have produced some incredible Poppy artwork to reflect the importance of Remembrance, which we are very proud of. We also create poppy pebbles which we have put in the KS2 garden to mark Remembrance.

This morning, Year 6 have been studying the Holocaust. We began with a social experiment. The children with blue eyes were separated from those that are non-blue eyed. The children with blue eyes remained in the classroom (and watched a cartoon). The children with non-blue eyes were given a blue spot with a cross on… Read more »