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  • 08/10/25

    Year 5 Visit Harehope Quarry

    Today, Year 5 took a trip to Harehope Quarry to carry out a river study as part of our geography topic on rivers. It was a fantastic day filled with hands-on learning. The children measured the width and depth of the River Wear, tested its velocity, and explored a range of river features. Everyone s...
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  • 05/10/25

    Library Time in Year 4

    Year 4 are thoroughly enjoying their library sessions this term.   
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  • 02/10/25

    Year 3's Great North Museum Trip!

    Year 3 thoroughly enjoyed our trip to the Great North Museum! They explored the Ancient Egyptian gallery and saw a real mummy! They enjoyed working out secret messages using hieroglyphs and learning all about the Egyptians' journey to the afterlife. They even found a replica of the Rosetta Stone...
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  • 26/09/25

    Cross-Country 2025

    Today, we took part in our annual cross-country event on both the KS2 yard and the Temp field. Starting off the day, it was Year 1 and 2’s turn to take part in their running around the KS2 playground. All children participated in the event and completed the course with excellent enthusiasm and...
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  • 25/09/25

    Forces

    In Year 5, we have been learning about gravity and how it affects everything around us. We have used Newton meters to measure the force of gravity on different objects, which helps us understand how gravity pulls objects toward the Earth. The children enjoyed finding out how different...
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  • 24/09/25

    Marvellous Maths

    This week, Year 1 have been learning to compare numbers and use greater than, less than and equal to symbols. They have worked very hard and are now able to use the symbols < > = correctly when comparing two numbers. Well done Year 1!  
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  • 24/09/25

    Derwent Hill - Day 3

    A fabulous final day of canoeing, the high swing and the low ropes. Derwent Hill staff were very impressed with the children's behaviour, positive attitudes and resilience. Greenside staff are very proud of Year 6 – they have been a pleasure to take on residential. Year...
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  • 23/09/25

    Welcome to Nursery

    Our nursery children have had a fantastic start and are settling in beautifully! They’ve been enjoying their PE sessions, where they’ve been developing their balance and coordination through fun and active games. The children have also taken part in "Squiggle Whilst You Wiggle...
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  • 23/09/25

    Derwent Hill - Day 2

    What an amazing day! Every group has been ghyll scrambling, two groups have been canoeing and one group on the high swing and low ropes. Now for movie night! We hope you enjoy the photographs.  
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  • 22/09/25

    Happy New Year

    Today, Year 1 learnt about the Jewish festival of Rosh Hashanah. 
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  • 22/09/25

    Y6 Derwent Hill Residential - Day 1

    Year 6 have taken Derwent Hill by storm and have spent this afternoon climbing Latrigg, getting to see the fells, mountains and lakes in all their glory in the sunshine. After an entertaining attempt to make beds, everyone enjoyed lunch before we set off on the walk in three groups. One of the gr...
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  • 22/09/25

    Making fruit skewers in Year 3!

    In our DT topic this term, we are looking at where fruits and vegetables come from! We focused on fruit in this lesson and explored where in the world our favourite fruits come from. We then made Japanese plum sauce fruit skewers. Using watermelon, mango, kiwi, strawberries and plum sauce, we added...
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