Our school has a strong family ethos and a wonderful community feel. Our staff work hard to making learning challenging yet fun, and seek to develop strong links between staff, parents, governors and the wider community.
Our Vision, Aim and ValuesHeadteacher’s welcome
Within our school you will find a happy, welcoming, stimulating environment providing high standards of education, valuing the efforts of the individual, fulfilling the learning potential of all pupils and promoting equal opportunities. We promote learning for life and encourage children to learn no matter where they are, inside or out! We believe in developing the “whole” child and work hard to nurture, encourage, support and extend all of our children to achieve.
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Brilliant effort all round in our pedal and push event today! Well done class 1! ... See MoreSee Less
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Huge thank you to William and his Daddy Tom for telling us about the amazing life of bees and how they look after their beehives. The children were truly amazed to hear about how incredible bees are! They learned about the bees different roles in the hive from nurse, worker, forager or guard! William told us all about how he looks after them and where he keeps them. The children loved seeing him in his bee suit! ... See MoreSee Less
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In nursery and reception last week, we continued to explore minibeasts. We started the week with a spider hunt on the field. We found spiders of different sizes, colours and shapes. We observed carefully the different features of the spiders and talked about the different habitats spiders choose to live in. The children found lots of evidence that spiders had been there because we found lots of webs!
We have been learning about the lifecycle of a butterfly and observing closely how our class caterpillars are growing and fattening up! We made play dough butterflies to help us learn about the important features of an insect and explored what the thorax and abdomen are. In their child initiated play they worked collaboratively to build their own bug hotel. ... See MoreSee Less
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🌊🐠 World Ocean Day 🐢🦈
Class 2 celebrated World Ocean Day by taking part in an exciting live lesson with WWF and Steve Backshall from Deadly 60!
We learned all about the amazing animals that live in our oceans, from tiny creatures to giant sea animals, and discovered why our oceans are so important. We also explored different ways we can help protect our oceans, such as reducing plastic waste, recycling, and looking after our environment.
The children were engaged, enthusiastic, and full of fantastic questions. We are proud to be learning how we can all make a difference in protecting our blue planet for future generations. 🌍💙
#WorldOceanDay #wwf #stevebackshall #deadly60 #oceanconservation #LearningTogether ... See MoreSee Less
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Our pupils have thoroughly enjoyed their two visits to Shotley Wetlands, where they have taken part in a range of exciting hands-on activities. From pond dipping to searching for different invertebrates, the children have developed their scientific skills by using classification keys to identify their fascinating finds.
A huge thank you to Simone at The Rivers Trust for providing such engaging and educational experiences. We have learned so much and can't wait to join you again for our final visit soon! ... See MoreSee Less
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Nursery and Reception were very excited to see how their acorn had grown into a sapling this week. Mrs Beverage has been kindly looking after them since we planted our acorns back in the autumn term. We repotted our saplings to give them more room to grow! The children used this as a stimulus to explore mini beasts and think about all the different creatures that live in and around an oak tree. We have further explored pattern and shape this week and made our own pictures using tangram shapes. ... See MoreSee Less
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In our Welly Thursday session this week, Early Years have been exploring the season of ‘Summer’. We talked about the signs of summer and how identify this season, then we became landscape artists and drew our outside environment as we see it in full bloom. What a fantastic job the we all did 😍🌸🌳☀️ #earlyyears #whittonstallfirstschool ... See MoreSee Less
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🎨🐟 Class 2 have had a fantastic Art Week!
Inspired by Big Fish by John Kindness, the children designed and created their own amazing 3D fish sculptures. They worked incredibly hard to shape, build and bring their ideas to life, showing great creativity and teamwork throughout the process.
To finish their sculptures, we explored the beautiful dotted patterns found in Australian Aboriginal art and used these as inspiration to decorate our fish. The vibrant colours and intricate designs made each sculpture unique and eye-catching. ... See MoreSee Less
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As part of a day celebrating colour, nursery and reception explored the life and work of the famous artist Wassily Kandinsky. They learned all about the different techniques he used and then created their own masterpieces! ... See MoreSee Less
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