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St John’s Ambulance were in school on Wednesday to give us a taster session of First Aid.  The children learned all about the primary survey and DR ABC.  They also leaned how to put someone into the recovery position.

The children have worked really hard to design, sculpt and paint their  own unique buildings using a variety of skills previously taught.

There are some very creative designers in Year 4/5 !

Today after lunchtime,  a child from my class appeared at the door saying , “Mrs Watson there’s a surprise in the classroom for you!” … I walked into the room to quiet children with lots of messages on my whiteboard. Apparently, they just wanted to let me know that I was loved!

Thank…

This afternoon, a first aid trainer came and taught the children lots of useful things including the recovery position. The children were incredibly engaged in the session and practised on their friends so that they feel confident in administering some first aid.

Today we had a visit from Northallerton fire station. They talked to us about how to stay safe, what to do if there’s a fire and let us have a look around their fire engine.

It was great fun and we learnt a lot!

Today, we were visited by some fire officers from Northallerton.  They told us what to do incase of a fire, and taught us how to stay safe.  We even sat in their fire engine!

As you know from my previous blog and newsletter before half term, we have set classes for September considering a number of factors such as boy/girl ratio, Marwood/Roseberry ratio, mix of year groups and the percentage of children with additional needs in each class.

In the past, we asked…

We began the week by reading this true story.  On June 6th, 1930, engineer Oti Barton and explorer Will Beebe dove into the Ocean inside a hollow metal ball called the Bathysphere.  They were determined to become the first people to see what the deep ocean looks like.

We found out about some…

Today, the children have created pictures of warm and cold trees. Firstly, they carefully sketched out the outline of their trees taking their time to ensure that the proportion of them was correct. Next, they went around their outlines in oil pastels and then they finished their creations using…

We had a great time in the Wildlife area this week; we created our own pictures from our surroundings.

We have had a fantastic start to our new half term!  With our theme ‘Epic Earth’, we decided to concentrate on our oceans.  We began the week by reading a true story.  On June 6th, 1930, engineer Oti Barton and explorer Will Beebe dove into the Ocean inside a hollow metal ball called the…

As the theme for S.A.W. week was ‘Epic Earth’, we decided to find out all about volcanoes.

We watched a really exciting video and then worked collaboratively to make volcanoes using plastic bottles, newspaper and glue. After leaving them overnight to dry, we painted them to look like active…