New Books Thanks to Borderline Books
During the Christmas holidays, Mrs Simpson visited a warehouse at Felling which belongs to Borderline books and was able to choose approx 100 books to bring back to school to help stock...
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Autumn Hooks into Books!
More wonderful new books to share with our children from the Seven Stories.
Whole School Author/Illustrator Visit
We were really lucky today to be visited by the author-illustrator Kate Rolfe. Kate visited school as part of the Northern Children’s Book Festival. She delivered a whole-school assembly telling us about...
Year 1 Visit The Theatre Royal
The children in Year 1 had a wonderful time at Newcastle’s Theatre Royal last week. We were accompanied by some of our KS2 School Councillors who were very helpful. As part of...
English in Year 3- Stone Age Boy.
This week in year three, we enjoyed reading Stone Age Boy by Satoshi Kitamura. Our new class text links with our history topic, and we can’t wait to write diary entries, postcards...
Writing for a purpose
Earlier in the school year, Year 4 all wrote letters to the author of one of their class texts- Philip Ridley, the author of Krindkekrax.The children had so many questions to ask...
Summer Reading Challenge
This years Summer Reading Challenge theme is Story Garden – Adventures in Nature and the Great Outdoors. The start date for the Challenge is Saturday 5 July and it finishes Sunday 14...
Year 4 Booknik
Year 4 Booknic! Year 4 enjoyed some reading for pleasure time in the sunshine to end a busy half term.
Summer Hooks Into Books
Our Summer Hooks into Books books have arrived from Seven Stories. The books are always brand new stories written by recommended authors. We will share the books into all year groups and...