We all went along to the Centre For Life to learn about 'Our Body' as part of our science topic Health and Growth.

We all worked in groups and learned about teeth, bones and animals.

We mixed plaster to make our own set of false teeth.

We had to look closely at the skeleten and count the bones.

Then we had to try to get the bones in the right place on the body. It was very tricky especially when the knee caps look like eyes! We also had to sort animal body parts.

Some of us had to hold the African snail to compare it's body to our own!

We had a lovely day and hope to go back soon!

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We have been learning all about baptism in our R.E. lessons this term. We all went along to Christ Church to take part in our own Baptism and to talk to Trevor.

The vicar put on special robes for baby Lucy's ceremony. First, Trevor blessed the water in the font, then poured the water on to the baby's head and made the sign of the cross. The mum and dad were given a candle which should be lit every year on the anniversary of the baptism to remind the family of what it means to be a christian. The children had fun learning about baptism and being at the church made the learning real. We would like to say a big thank you to Trevor for giving up his time and helping us.

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As part of the Take That 2006 Y1/2 were privilaged to see two productions: Feather and Stone at Carr Hill Primary School and The Tree of Life at Brandling.

We were invited to Carr Hill Primary School to watch an Italian production of Feather and Stone. The play was about opposites: Feather / Stone, Sun / Moon, high / low, fast / slow and many others. At the end of the play we were able to go on to the stage and meet the actors, touch the props and ask questions. We had a lovely time and would like to say a big thank you again to Mr. Kidd for having us and providing transport for us to and from school.

At our own school we had a great time watching 'The Tree Of Life' with Chris and Peter. We all enjoyed hearing and seeing the adventures of Trucky the Tortoise! We all loved joining in with the fabulous songs too! The props for the show were impressive and colourful.

Thank-you Chris and Peter!

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The children have shown how good they are at keeping fit. Everyone participated in our sponsored event this term. Year 1/2 raised over £140!!! A big thank-you goes out to everyone who contributed.

Children had to throw and catch a ball as many times as they could!

The class really enjoyed scoring goals!

By the time they did the skipping challenge they were EXHAUSTED!

WELL DONE Y1/2 !

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Year 3/4 had a fantastic trip to Beamish Open Air Museum last Monday. We were looking at mining and how life was lived almost 100 years ago.

The trip down the mine was exciting even though it was dark and gloomy. Did you know a miner had to buy all their own tools, including candles!

We found out what life was like in a miner's home (much warmer than in the mine) and learned how to make clippy mats.
Then it was a quick trip to the school house to be shown how to write on slates
before we were allowed a bit of free time - Beamish style of course.

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Y3/4, with the help of Miss Hopkins and textile artist Karen Clough, have begun a project linked with Beamish Museum to celebrate the tradition of quilt making.

We visited one of the 'behind the scenes' buildings at Beamish where one of the archivists showed us some old and valuable quilts.
They were very special because not only were they of outstanding quality but these North East quilts featured designs of flowers which could only be found in America.

So, how did these patterns get to appear in quilts made in the North East over 100 years ago?

We will be finding out!

We looked closely at the different patterns and tried sketching our favourite parts.

How many repeated patterns can you see?

We created our own repeating pattern by drawing around a stencil and then rotating it.

Karen Clough helped us with the tricky parts.

Finally we were allowed to handle some less valuable quilts that were still very old. We could not believe how much care, detail and hard work went into them. They were really beautiful, even the plainly coloured ones.

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