In preparation for creating their very own geometric-style artwork in the style of Charles Rennie Mackintosh, the children have been busy replicating some of his masterpieces. Before doing so, they explored a number of his creations and generated discussion around their different features and how he...

This afternoon, Year 3 took part in a time-themed treasure hunt which required them to locate a number of clock faces and correctly identify the times displayed on them. To do this, they had to use their knowledge of telling the time (quarter to and quarter past) to be able read the clocks, before r...

Today, two members of the Gateshead Library Service visited Year 3 to introduce this year’s “Summer Reading Challenge” to them. During the session, the children were each provided with a temporary library card, a “Ready, Set, Read!” passport (which they add to every tim...

Today, Year 3 took part in a “Young Scientists” workshop delivered by Newcastle University’s Street Scientists. The session consisted of a wide range of investigations linked to science strands such as the following: psychology, marine engineering, physics (electricity and sound...

Over the past week, Year 3 have been busy designing and creating their very own Cartouches. During this process, they have created their very own personalised printing tiles, printed their names in Hieroglyphic form (on to sheets of Papyrus) and constructed textile-based frames to enclose their artw...

In preparation for creating their very own Cartouches (a cartouche is an oval frame which surrounds the hieroglyphs that make up the name of an Egyptian God or royal person), Year 3 have been experimenting with a range of symbols, patterns and pictures associated with Ancient Egypt. Tak...