Well what a fantastic short week the children have had this week! They have had two lovely events and finished the week a day early as it is a training day tomorrow.

On Monday the children went to The Lakeside Centre at Killingworth for a Panathlon. All the activities were led by pupils from George Stephenson High School and they did a fantastic job of describing each activity and keeping track of the scores. There were six different activities for the children to complete, including curling, basketball and table tennis. They had an amazing time and everyone was incredibly well behaved! All the children who attended were awarded medals and certificates for their efforts!

Today was a special day for the children in Antonia’s class as they were able to attend a fabulous workshop by Zoolab. As part of our Rainforest and Jungles topic the children met some very weird and wonderful creatures which Rob brought all the way from his Rainforest journey for them to explore. they were able to hold and stroke some of the animals and they were super gentle. We are so proud of how kind and caring towards animals the children in our class are. They met Turbo the giant snail, Bellatrix the Tarantula, Maverick and Ice Man the Giant Millipedes, Matilda the giant Cockroach and William the Snake. We all learned some amazing facts about these special animals, even the adults! And all the children and adults were super brave. Antonia even overcame her fear of spiders and touched Bellatrix the Tarantula!

Have a lovely long weekend everyone!