We were all so excited in school when our new pieces of equipment arrived! We now have two ActivAlls in school. These amazing machines have all sorts of games and activities the children can play which help to build fitness, stamina, strength, hand-eye coordination and agility. We were able to buy these brilliant bits of… Read more »

We had great fun this morning when we started our new Science topic – Electricity. We were looking to answer the enquiry question, ‘How can we use and control electricity in our lives?’        First, we revised what we learnt in Year 4 about electricity including different types of circuits (series and parallel)… Read more »

The children in Year 1 have been enjoying learning all about the Victorians and how different life was in the Victorian era. As part of our topic, we travelled back in time to spend an afternoon in a Victorian classroom! Our school desks were lined up, all technology was switched off and Year 1 staff… Read more »

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 »