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• Friday 19 December 2025 Let’s Celebrate! This half-term Reception have continued to build on their phonics knowledge, their listening skills and applying their understanding of literacy and mathematics in their play. They have practised their writing and comprehension skills through our exploration of ‘celebrations' by creating friendship posters, road signs, birthday invitations and Christmas cards to name a few. When we celebrated Millie the House Mouses birthday the children particularly enjoyed giving her cards, gifts and playing musical statues.
• Friday 19 December 2025 A Wonderful Winter Fabulous Fractions
• Friday 19 December 2025 Freezing, Fires & Forests This half term , we have been outdoors a great deal and it's been wonderful. We took part in a project about climate change with Beamish Open Air Museum . First we were visited by Catherine from the museum, who helped us to understand how people have used more and more fossil fuels over the last 200 years. We examined maps of our local area from the 1800s, 1890s and 1930s, comparing the use of the land and transport links. We were surprised to see just how many houses, roads, train tracks and factories have been built over the years. When we visited Beamish, we were able to see for ourselves how people's lives have changed and came to understand how much more people rely on fossil fuels on a day to day basis today. To help offset out carbon footprint, we planted seeds to grow flowers that will help our environment in the future.
• Friday 19 December 2025 Super Stone-Age In Literacy, this half term, we have been writing instructions on how to make animal skin clothes. We have been developing our range of vocabulary, the use of adverbs and have identified different types of sentences. We have also been learning about the different writers' tools that we can use to make our work more exciting and have tried very hard to use them in our independent work. We also had great fun making our class poem about our Super learning Power animals. We created a kenning, which is like a riddle.
• Friday 19 December 2025 Beamish & Billy Goats The children in Class 1 have had a wonderful half term, full of excitement, joy and lots of sparkle!
• Friday 19 December 2025 Learning Beyond the Classroom! Year 6 had an incredible week working with IntoUniversity, a charity that inspires young people to think about their future. Over five days, we explored the urgent issue of climate change, learning about inspiring activists like Greta Thunberg and Sir David Attenborough. We discussed the tough decisions needed to tackle global challenges and discovered the wide range of careers linked to sustainability and science. We even visited Tynemouth Aquarium to see first-hand how pollution and climate change affect our oceans and marine life – a powerful reminder of why action matters!
• Friday 19 December 2025 Print, Practise and Parties The children in Class 2 have enjoyed such a creative half term.
• Friday 19 December 2025 Proud as Pugs It's not easy to write a story, but ABC were perseverance pugs and made their own Christmas stories, using their imaginations and helping each other explore different ideas. They were also incredibly brave telling their stories to Reception class. We are extremely proud of your effort and creativity.
• Friday 24 October 2025 Autumn Aspirations At the start of the school year, our Year 6 pupils took part in a vibrant and inspiring art project designed to help them set three personal goals for the year ahead. Through line and colour work, each child crafted a unique piece of artwork that captured their aspirations and ambitions—focusing on growth, determination, and dreaming big. Some children wanted to improve their handwriting or reading to others wanting to climb a mountain or become an engineer.
• Friday 24 October 2025 Amazing Autumn Achievements Place Value Excitement
• Friday 24 October 2025 Maths, Magnets & Metal This term, in maths, we have focused on working with three-digit numbers by looking at the value of each digit. We have been learning how to be more independent and have been learning to play different maths games to develop our skills when working as a team.
• Friday 24 October 2025 Fun, Forests and Fires Class 2 have been working really hard and had a lot of fun at the same time. We loved going to the forest looking for mini beasts and learning about them in science. We then looked at other animals in different habitats, sorting them into groups and thinking about what helps them to survive in their habitats.
• Friday 24 October 2025 Brave Bear Beginnings Reception have been very brave during their first half-term in class. They have explored sharing, turn taking and how we can be kind to each other and make new friends. We have started to develop our understanding of phonics, number and mark making which will help us become readers, writers and mathematicians. We have explored all of the different areas inside and outside of our classroom and learned how to look after our equipment.
• Friday 24 October 2025 Settling in with Spirals What a wonderful half term it has been for Class One! We've loved settling into our new class, discovering lots of new things and developing our skills.
• Friday 24 October 2025 Off to a Great Start ABC have made a great start to the year, with positive attitudes and perseverance. We have also been creative, using fine motor skills, hand and eye co-ordination and imagination to make are very own soft toys.
• Monday 6 October 2025 Cookie Fairy Fun!
• Monday 1 September 2025 What's on at Pattinson House this Autumn
• Thursday 17 July 2025 Super-Stars! In our final half-term, Reception have had lots of fun with our “…Happily Ever After” topic. We have explored: why it is important to help others, through ‘the Little Red Hen' story; the importance of telling the truth, through ‘the Emperors New Clothes'; and how we are all different, but very special through, ‘the Ugly Duckling'.
• Wednesday 16 July 2025 Ready for Battle Class 9 bounced into the summer term ready to tackle all challenges ahead!
• Wednesday 16 July 2025 SUMMER EVENTS!! We will post any information about events or activities during the Summer here:
• Wednesday 16 July 2025 The Story Continues... This half term, we have continued exploring our topic “Castles and Knights” with stories of princesses, princes, dragons, unicorns and everything fantasy and magical!
• Wednesday 16 July 2025 The Quest Continues... What an amazing end to another fabulous year in Class 8! We have continued our learning all about ‘Knights and Castles' and have learnt many new facts too. Did you know, knights were expected to live by a code of chivalry, emphasizing virtues like courage, honour, courtesy, and protection of the weak…we think everyone should have these qualities.
• Wednesday 16 July 2025 Good Luck and Goodbye
• Wednesday 16 July 2025 Sunny Summer!
• Wednesday 16 July 2025 Foley, Forestry and Farewell Four We've had a really busy half term in Class 4. We've been delving in to rivers, getting switched on about electricity, testing teeth, venturing into abandoned buildings, exploring our forest area and getting down in a dance-a-thon.
• Wednesday 16 July 2025 Veni Vidi Vici! Super Powers
• Wednesday 16 July 2025 Amazing, Terrific, Incredible! The end of Class 2 has been “amazing” – that's exactly what the children have said!
• Wednesday 16 July 2025 Summer is Here! We have come to the end of our time in Class 1 and what a fantastic half term to finish on. We've had so many enjoyable experiences this half term and our learning has been incredible!
• Sunday 6 July 2025 Into University Academic Support
• Sunday 6 July 2025 The Zoo Crew Holiday Club

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