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.
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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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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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We’ve had such a lovely colour-themed day today! 🌈 Everyone looked absolutely fantastic in all the bright and colourful outfits — it was wonderful.
A huge thank you as well to everyone who kindly brought in a donation for the raffle. Your generosity is really appreciated 💖
Thank you all for taking part and helping to make it such a great day! ... See MoreSee Less
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To celebrate colour day, Class 2 have been creating our open colour poems using each of our senses! 👀👃👄😋✋ ... See MoreSee Less
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Outdoor afternoon saw the children exploring natural shapes in their environment. They focused on spirals and the different natural materials such as shells and plants that can be spiral in shape. They drew their own spirals and then worked collaboratively to create their own using natural resources they found. ... See MoreSee Less
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Our Pirate Jack poem ... See MoreSee Less
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