A trip to the park and a bit of culture!

27th June 2019Elaine Quinn

It’s been a busy week for 4/5B! We started with a trip to the Rising Sun Country Park and the Tim Lamb Centre.  We had planned to go further afield but the weather forecast was very gloomy! We enjoyed our walk around the lake and spotted lots of different kinds of birds.  We also said hello to lots of dogs, out taking their owners for a walk.  We loved the soft play and the sensory rooms in the Tim Lamb Centre – we had lots of fun playing there.

We said happy birthday to Vikki this week, too!  We had a party and enjoyed eating a delicious cake that Susan had made.  There were quite a lot of candles to blow out!

Did you make it to our fantastic Art Exhibition?  There were so many beautiful pieces on display.  Lots of hard work had obviously gone in to making the art work and we enjoyed walking around the exhibits and seeing what our friends had produced.

Have a wonderful, sunny weekend!

Hannah and team

A busy, creative week!

21st June 2019Elaine Quinn

What a busy week we have had!  We enjoyed a walk to the Community Garden at Scotswood on Tuesday.  What a beautiful place it is!  We wandered down the pathways, smelling the flowers and watching the busy bees pollinating the blossom on the trees. We had our snack in the sunshine before wending our way back to school.

We have been working hard on reading our personalised books and getting really good at looking at and understanding the symbols.

Have you seen how creative we are? We are making an icecream stand for our seaside area.  We are looking forward to ‘tasting’ some playdough Raspberry Ripple and Mint Choc Chip next week!

On Monday we are going on a trip to the Tim Lamb Centre and for a walk at the Rising Sun Country Park.  Please make sure your child has a waterproof coat as the forecast is looking a bit variable.

Have a great weekend!

Cafe

20th June 2019Sharon Dodd

Well the weather wasn’t going to stop us going out on Wednesday. We put on our coats, made sure our hoods were up and set off out for a walk. We did really well and most of us managed to walk all the way up to the café at Westgate Community College. We pulled some tables together so we had a big space and enjoyed a treat of crisps, biscuits and yoghurts for our snack – after all the adults had said we have worked so hard, not just this week but all year round!!. What a lovely morning we had.

Our Trip to Craster

20th June 2019Julia Kelly

On Monday we were lucky to be invited up to Val and Reg’s beautiful  home in the village of Craster. We were met by Val and Reg who prepared a snack for us on arrival. We then all went to the local park with the most wonderful views over the Northumbrian coast. The children clearly enjoyed the physical challenge that the park provided. We also had a quick visit to the Art Gallery where there was different types of art on display including paintings by a local artist, jewellery, pottery and glass pieces.

We then went back to Val and Reg’s house for lunch. We had brought our own packed lunches but Val also provided delicious pizzas. The children really tucked in with some children saying it was the best part of the day!

After lunch we went out again to visit the harbour. We were lucky to catch a fishing boat coming in with crabs and lobsters on board. A friendly fisherman got one of each out for us to look at. We noticed the lobsters had bands on their pincers to prevent nasty nips! We then walked a little way along the coastal path towards Dunstanburgh Castle.

What a wonderful day. It was so peaceful we could have stayed so much longer. We even joked we could have all stayed over night!  Many thanks to Val and Reg for sharing their home with us.

Babs, Lindsay, Jess and Ann.

A week in the life of Class 1a

14th June 2019Jess Burns

Hi everyone,

I hope you have had a great week. We have been very busy, they have worked very hard on their maths skills and we introduced one of our new stories The Enormous Turnip. This story links massively to our Science Topic Pushes and Pulls. They especially enjoyed pushing and pulling me around the room, copying the key signs for the characters names and key actions.

In maths, we have been learning all about patterns and size. The children were great at using the coloured squares, animals and fruit to make various patterns. We have been learning all about size and sorted lots of big and small objects.

We have introduced our new role play area, an Ice-cream Parlour and we all love it. We have been choosing our flavour ice-cream, paying for them, taking orders and eating them! They have great play skills and it’s amazing listening to them organising each other and discussing what they want to eat. On Monday, plans have changed because Wheelbirks is closed. However, we will be attending an ice-cream parlour. The coffee afternoon is still going ahead, I hope you can all attend.

 

Massive happy birthday to our Sophia! We had such a great party, dancing and playing games also lots of cake!

Well done to Sehrish who received a certificate and medal for her amazing use of her VOCA.

Have a wonderful weekend.

Class 1a

An Underwater Encounter…

14th June 2019Elaine Quinn

What a wonderful day we had at the Blue Reef Aquarium in Tynemouth!  Everybody was fascinated by the different kinds of sea life that can be found all around the world.  We liked using the enormous underwater magnifying glasses to look more closely at the strange creatures.  We weren’t supposed to put our hands in the water in case the fish nibbled us, but some of us didn’t notice the signs!  Luckily the piranhas and sharks were kept in closed tanks! We saw the sea horse family, floating peacefully in the water and noticed a busy little guppy, digging in the gravel with its nose, collecting a mouthful of sand and then depositing it a bit further along the tank!

We loved seeing the seals in particular.  We stood in the Splash Zone and got soaked! Did you know that seals use their whiskers to detect things in the water?  We cheered Marv and Sophos as they raced around the tank, showing off their diving skills.

After a tasty packed lunch, we strolled along the prom to the park at Cullercoats. We spotted loads of enormous tankers and ferries sailing along the coast.  We were surprised to bump into Ellen’s class who were also on a trip!  We played happily with our friends until it was time to get back on the bus.  We had one last run up the coast, to spot St Mary’s Lighthouse and Spanish City before we went back to school.  The sea air had totally tired us out and so we had a nice quiet journey home.

Hadrian Hair shop

14th June 2019Elaine Quinn

Another busy fun day in the pop up salon !

We had 42 children visit us this session which has taken our donations over £500 from the beginning.  This has enabled us to buy some new resources for school.

We have some budding hairstylists, who loved using the Girls’ World hairdressing heads.

Pass it on Parents Coffee Morning

14th June 2019Elaine Quinn

Another busy, productive coffee morning with the fabulous Pass it on Parents providing help and support.

Pass It On Parents

We are parents of children with disability.  We help families with a disabled child to find and create mutual support. We do this through social media and by meeting up. We help families find all the information that they need in order to have the best possible family life as full members of their communities.We believe that parent to parent support is really important.  We are a wide network.  We want to support all parents of disabled children in Newcastle including those who have an individual or personal budget.We organise a range of coffee mornings, catch up, chats and informal meetings where parents can drop in and socialise, offer ro see advice and support from other parents.

We have some paid workers who support this parental voice group and help keep everyone informed, particularly using social media.

Who to contact

Contact Name
Pass it on Parents
Contact Position
Family support
Telephone
Shelagh 07891460513
Lucy 07551156960
Jillian 07510110730
E-mail
information@skillsforpeople.org.uk
Website
https://www.facebook.com/
Notes
Twitter @passitonparents @skillsforpeople
Parent Organisation
Skills for People

 

Thornley Woods

12th June 2019Julia Kelly

We had a great time yesterday at Thornley Woods. We were looking to see what animals we could find. We have been learning all about different habitats as part of our Science topic. We were also on the hunt for a perfect spot to build our own den. Once we found it we had to then scavenge for bracken, leaves and sticks. Everyone got stuck in and had fun searching for things to use. We even had a pretend fire and sang camp fire songs around it. Thank fully the rain stayed off and the ground was dry.

Everyone had so much fun!!