Chestnuts class really enjoyed visiting Simonside Climbing Wall this morning. They climbed different types of walls and also tried some of the clip and climb walls too. The children even got a chance to belay in small groups with supervision. What a great morning! We definitely have some budding climbers in Chestnuts!
Thank you to the staff at Simonside climbing wall, you were wonderful!
Over the last few weeks, a PE coach called Darryl has been working with Cherries to teach them cricket skills. The children have had great fun improving their catching and batting skills.
This week Maples got to enjoy a stay and play session at the local Gymnastics gym. They bounced, balanced, jumped and rolled on the fantastic gym equipment. They also got to play on a variety of toy vehicles and scooters. The children thoroughly enjoyed themselves and look forward to our next session in a few weeks!!
Today our EYFS children took part in a Superhero themed multi-skills event at Temple Park Centre in South Shields. They were accompanied and supported by our Year 5 School Sports Leaders, and everyone had a fantastic time.
It was great fun joining in with all of the activities, including stuck in the mud, obstacle courses, and parachute games. The older children instructed, guided and supported the younger children, ensuring that everyone had a brilliant time!
Well done Team Fellgate!
This week in Acorns we have been looking at and learning about maps, and creating our own. We identified positional vocabulary in the story ‘What the Ladybird Heard’, and used this to talk about our maps.
In Maths, we have been learning about pairs, and sorting odd and even numbers. We paired up animals to go onto Noah’s Ark.
An Olympic athlete, Lucy Turner, came to visit school on Monday. We all took part in a fitness challenge!
We’ve had a fabulous week!
This week our phrase of the week has been all about how we can challenge ourselves.
Acorns have been challenging themselves in different ways.
In our gymnastics session, we had to hang from the bars, keeping our arms straight. Then the challenge was to balance a ball on our knees without swinging! It was really tricky but everyone was super determined!
In phonics we have been reading and writing some challenging captions, including digraphs, trigraphs and tricky words. Again, everyone worked super hard!
We have also set up a self-service snack station, to develop our life skills and independence.
Well done everyone!
This week in maths the children have practiced identifying number representations to five, added numbers bonds within 10 and played lots of games, such as, pairs, snakes and ladders and shape dinosaurs. In phonics the children have practiced blending words with phoneme ‘e’ whilst some of the other children have practiced reading and writing phase 4 captions. In P.E the children enjoyed a gymnastics session with Acorns. A fun filled week!
In October, Year 4, 5 and Year 6 who were not attending the Kingswood residential had the opportunity to visit Simonside Climbing Wall as part of our PE curriculum. The children participated in two activities; archery and rock climbing. Their behaviour was impeccable and it was amazing to watch their confidence grow as they overcame fears and climbed the wall. The children also thoroughly enjoyed the archery and it was lovely to see fantastic teamwork and sportsmanship. Great work everyone!
On Friday afternoon, Cherries went into the hall to play on the climbing frame. The children were much braver than last time and some climbed very high. Look at the photos of Cherries impressing us all with their braveness…
This week in maths the children in reception have been learning all about 1 more with numbers 1, 2 and 3. The children in year one have been comparing numbers using greater than, less than and equal to. In phonics the children in reception learnt all about the +m sound whilst they children in year one learnt about the +oa sound. In PE the children practiced working as a team to tackle and score goals in football. In science the children learnt about rockets and created their own rocket for the space display in class. In geography the children learnt about the features of a map and created their own maps.
A great end to a fantastic half term, well done Rowans!
