Every child in our school takes part in 30 minutes of activity every day.

UNCRC Article 6

UNCRC Article 31 (leisure, play and culture)

Every child has the right to relax, play and take part in a wide range of cultural and artistic activities.

Our children visited the Discovery Museum (Newcastle) where we saw a variety of exhibitions and display linking our curriculum to local heritage. We loved exploring the electrical conductors and science maze, where we were able to interact with the displays and learn more about the history of the light bulb. We also discovered: Newcastle through the Ages (taking us back to Roman Newcastle to present day); the Story of the Tyne; 250 years of Circus in Great Britain; 3 of a number of fabulous galleries on display.

The children were impeccably behaved and thoroughly enjoyed their day.

UNCRC Article 14 (freedom of thought, belief and religion)

Every child has the right to think and believe what they choose and also to practise their religion, as long as they are not stopping other people from enjoying their rights.

Our children today had the opportunity to visit the Hindu Temple in Newcastle where we learned that Hinduism is over 4,000 years old and is the oldest religion in the world. We discovered that Hindus believe in one God, Brahman, but the millions of qualities that Brahman has are represented by many different gods and goddesses. The Hindu Priest told us that going to worship at a shrine is like visiting the gods and goddesses, and the Hindu Temple is the centre for the community and worship. When a Hindu enters the Temple to pray, they ring a bell to awaken god, then bow and pray to the statues to ask for help or to thank them.

We met Shiva – the creator; the monkey god Hanuman – for strength; Ganesh the elephant god – for intelligence; 3 of many gods within the Temple. We even joined in with the Puja (Hindu prayer).

We all had a superb at the Hindu Temple, and the Priest has welcomed us all back anytime.

The Headteacher’s Award recognises good work and behaviour, positive attitudes to learning, kindness and consideration towards others and improvements in all areas of learning. Class teachers choose children to be presented with the award in our ‘Celebration Assembly’.

Congratulations to Jacob Howard (1), Robyn Snowball (2), Jayden Capes (3) and Emily Doherty (4). They have been chosen for demonstrating creativity and persistence in their learning across the whole curriculum. Well done!

As part of the teacher – led carousel, moving class to class on Science Day, Professor Grant (Miss Grant) worked with the children across the whole school to plan and create a chemical reaction. Each class had the opportunity to learn about the science behind chemical reactions and were amazed at the final result involving a foamy explosion extravaganza!!!!

World Book Day was a huge success this year here at Nettlesworth School, all of the children made a fantastic effort to dress up as their favourite book character and had lots of fun sharing their favourite book with their friends.

It was a great afternoon doing workshops with each teacher in a carousel to share their favourite story too – We even had a special visit from Hogwarts, in assembly, who read their favourite chapter from the story!

Class 1 took part in a multi-school festival at Durham New College. They had so much fun taking part in the carousel of activities, practising their running, throwing, jumping, balancing and agility skills. The children were absolutely amazing and definitely worked their little socks off! Well done boys and girls! 🙂

Class 1 and 2 had so much fun learning all about the traditions behind Pancake Day and why it is celebrated all around the world. We enjoyed making our own pancakes and adding our favourite toppings! Luckily Mr Nicholson didn’t have to clean and from the ceilings with our excellent gross motor ‘flipping’ skills!

DEEEE-LISH-OUS!

Today we came back from assembly to find a crime scene! We found footprints, hand prints and a skeleton lying on the bed! Mrs Lee received a phone call from Inspector Roberts who was asking us to investigate the reports of bones and bumps in the night. We went outside and found a hat. June checked the CCTV and found a shadowy figure running across the yard. We came to the conclusion that the Funny bones in our stories are trying to play with us in school. We’ve sent our reports to the Police Chief and are awaiting a reply to see if they’ve made an arrest!

Today we went to Rainton Meadows Nature Reserve. We had lots of fun working with Lauren and Ali learning all about different habitats. We had a go at pond dipping, mini beast hunting and going on a nature walk. We learnt lots about how to take care of animals and what we can do to help preserve their habitats. We used identification cards to point out animals that we found and talk about how we knew what they were. We had a lovely day!