Fellside Community Primary School

The Robinwood Experience

Year 6 have once again enjoyed 3 days away at Robinwood in Alston. Each and every member of the class tried every activity, 14 in all! Abseiling, rock climbing, caving, zip wire, trapeze are just some of the challenges the children had to face. The children were a pleasure to be away with, their manners, attitude and behaviour were superb, this was commented on by every member of staff they came into contact with at the centre. Many thanks to all the staff at Robinwood who made the experience such a memorable one for all of us.

Posted by M.Maitland on March 6, 2010 2:29 PM | Permalink | Comments (0)

Fun in the snow!

Today we saw creativity at its best. In amongst the heaps of snow grew snow dragons, icicle sculptures, forts, volcanoes, The Angel of the North, snow tunnels, Buckingham Palace, snow crocodiles, the list is endless!

Posted by M.Maitland on January 7, 2010 6:50 PM | Permalink | Comments (2)

Revolting Rations

Years 5 and 6 had the opportunity to try out some rationing recipes that were around during WW2. Carrot fudge cubes, cheesy pudding pie and apply desert were sampled, some loved them, some would never ever want to taste them again! Still it was a learning experience they won't forget in a hurry!

Posted by M.Maitland on November 23, 2009 8:31 PM | Permalink | Comments (0)

Victory!

We'll meet again, don't know where, don't know when....

Years 5 and 6 held their first ever street party to celebrate VE day and the end of their 'Bombs Away' topic. They invited grandparents and great grandparents to join them for an afternoon of singing, dancing, eating and memories. What a wonderful afternoon it was, the children learned a huge amount by listening to the many stories and tales of childhoods past. Many thanks to everyone who came along from near and far!

Posted by M.Maitland on November 23, 2009 8:22 PM | Permalink | Comments (0)

A Step Back in Time

Years 5 and 6 became evacuees for the day when they visited Beamish Open Air Museum before the half term holiday. They learned what it was like to leave the city and work on a farm as some children might have done during the Second World War. They tried out many activities they have never done before for example they made cottage cheese, prepared for a blackout, stuffed mattresses and wrapped potatoes. Many thanks to everyone who helped them to find their fabulous costumes, they really did look authentic.

I'm all alone!

Is it time to return yet?

Blacking out the windows. All friends together!

Preparing for the blackout.

Making cottage cheese.

Wrapping potatoes.

How much sugar could a child have during WW2?

Posted by M.Maitland on November 3, 2009 12:19 PM | Permalink | Comments (0)

CADCAM

Year 5 and 6 were lucky enough this term to visit the City Learning Centre at the Watermark near the Metrocentre to learn how to use the CADCAM package. They used this to design their own World War Two air raid shelters. Many thanks to Michael Mullen for leading these great sessions.

Posted by M.Maitland on November 3, 2009 12:17 PM | Permalink | Comments (0)

Good luck and Goodbye!

Today we said goodbye to a terrific group of young people, our Year Six class. We wish them lots of luck as they move on to secondary school. They've been a hard working, polite, creative, successful group who have been superb role models to all within our school.

Posted by M.Maitland on July 17, 2009 8:14 PM | Permalink | Comments (3)

This week the whole school have been busy with art week. Our theme this year is recycling. A lady from a company named Corus came to talk to us to help us understand a little more about recycling and what we can all do. She showed us how electromagnets are used when recycling steel, we even got to make one!

Posted by M.Maitland on June 19, 2009 7:57 AM | Permalink | Comments (0)

Trying New Things!

Yesterday, as part of the transition programme to secondary school, Year 6 tried out the Bunsen Burners at Whickham School! They learned lots and thoroughly enjoyed burning things!

Here comes the flame again!

Posted by M.Maitland on June 18, 2009 8:33 AM | Permalink | Comments (1)

Fire Safety

Today Year Six learned some important lessons about fire safety and how they could look after themselves and their families at home. Some of them even had the opportunity to dress up; together they almost make one complete firefighter!

Posted by M.Maitland on June 15, 2009 9:39 PM | Permalink | Comments (0)

Success!

Last night our cricket team sailed through to the regional cricket finals at the Riverside Cricket Ground in Durham. Well done to them, team work, postive attitudes and superb skills all came into play. Good luck to them all for Monday.

Posted by M.Maitland on June 11, 2009 9:50 PM | Permalink | Comments (0)

Working Together

Today Year Six began their teacher training as they introduced the Reception class to the Mathletics programme in the ICT suite. What a joy it was to watch our oldest and youngest children work together.

Speaking, listening, patience and

understanding all came into play.

Posted by M.Maitland on June 11, 2009 9:25 PM | Permalink | Comments (0)

Red Nose Day!

Many thanks to everyone who came dressed in red to help raise money for Comic Relief. At the final count we raised a superb £225. Thanks to Charlotte for the photographs and the idea in the first place!

Posted by M.Maitland on March 16, 2009 4:14 PM | Permalink | Comments (1)

Robinwood Experience

Year 6 have just returned from the Robinwood Centre in Alston. The last three days have been action packed to say the least! It has been an absolute pleasure to take this class of children away, polite, well mannered, fantastic behaviour, positive attitudes and stretching themselves to the limit! They were a credit to school and their families. They have had the opportunity to try many activities, archery, caving, climbing, zipwire, trapeze to name but a few!

Posted by M.Maitland on February 26, 2009 4:24 PM | Permalink | Comments (3)

A Step Back In Time!

On Tuesday 4th November Year Six travelled back in time to 1939. They had the opportunity to experience a little of the life of an evacuee from World War Two when they visited Home Farm at Beamish Open Air Museum. They carried out a variety of jobs at the farm in the hope that the farmer would let them stay there during the evacuation.

Cleaning shoes!

Making cottage cheese.

Pickling eggs!

Making mats.

Many thanks to all the staff at Beamish who made the evacuation possible and ensured the children all had a great time.

Watch this space for more photographs of the evacuees.

Posted by M.Maitland on November 11, 2008 4:00 PM | Permalink | Comments (3)

Shelter Project 2008

On Friday 17th October Year Six visited the Gateshead City Learning Centre to develop their shelter building project. They used the CADCAM package to design their shelters on screen; these will then be manufactured into models. Next summer we hope to take one of the designs and turn it into a shelter at school that the children can have their packed lunches in during the summer months.

Posted by M.Maitland on October 18, 2008 5:14 PM | Permalink | Comments (0)

Kings of the Road

Congratulations go to Year Six this week as they completed their on road cycle training. They have been involved in a six week long training programme with the cycle road safety team learning the rules of the road as well as developing their confidence in riding on the roads around school. All children who took part passed with flying colours, well done! Many thanks to the team for their expert guidance and care they showed the children.

Posted by M.Maitland on October 18, 2008 4:54 PM | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tour of Britain

On Friday 12th September, twenty of our top cyclists accompanied by ten adults cycled to Gateshead's Baltic Square to watch 90 of the world's top cyclists finish stage 6 of the Tour of Britain.

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Posted by K Doran on September 17, 2008 4:00 PM | Permalink | Comments (2)

So long, farewell.......

This summer we said goodbye to another group of extremely talented children. They have been a real pleasure to have in our school and we will miss each and every one of them. We wish them all the luck for the future.

Posted by M.Maitland on August 13, 2008 7:09 PM | Permalink | Comments (2)

Moving On

Over the last few weeks, Year Six have been involved in a series of activities and events with Whickham School. They have had the opportunity to try out the following activities: art, PSHE, science, maths and today they took part in the Mini Games. A fantastic time was had by all, we even got the chance to say hello to Dame Kelly Holmes!

Posted by M.Maitland on July 1, 2008 7:54 PM | Permalink | Comments (0)

Athletics Festival 2008

Our children from Year 3, 4, 5 and 6 took part in the Athletics Festival at Gateshead Stadium on Friday 27th June. Girls and boys from the school claimed a bumper crop of medals, including five gold and four silver. A fantastic time was had by all and many thanks go to Mrs Bowren and Mrs Potts for all their support on the day.

Click to enlarge images from the event below:

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Posted by K.Ellerbrook on July 1, 2008 12:37 PM | Permalink | Comments (1)

Year 6 Cricketers

Year Six took part in the cricket festival at Whickham Cricket Club this week, the weather was fantastic, all of them played brilliantly and each and every one of them displayed great team spirit. As usual their behaviour was superb.

Posted by M.Maitland on June 6, 2008 9:55 PM | Permalink | Comments (0)

Working Together

Today Year 6 became teachers! They introduced the Reception class to Mathletics, one of our most recent software purchases in school. What a delight it was to see our youngest children being guided and supported by our oldest.

Posted by M.Maitland on June 5, 2008 8:28 AM | Permalink | Comments (0)

ICT Club: The Power of Powerpoint

The ICT Club have been using Microsoft Powerpoint for all sorts of fun activities including creating interactive quizzes, writing their very own adventure games and diaries of school trips. Click below to have a look at some of their work for yourself!

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Posted by K.Ellerbrook on March 27, 2008 4:28 PM | Permalink | Comments (0)

Steve Harper Visits Fellside!

On Thursday 6th March, Steve Harper, Newcastle United’s goal keeper, visited school; he came to promote healthy lifestyles and diets. He enjoyed a healthy school lunch and also had time to give some tips to a couple of our budding goal keepers! Many thanks to Steve who was great with all of the children, especially Year Six when they needed to be put at ease in front of the Match of The Day cameras!

Posted by M.Maitland on March 12, 2008 9:51 PM | Permalink | Comments (1)

Robinwood Adventure

The Year Six residential visit took place this week and what a time we had! We visited the Robinwood Centre in Alston and spent three days crawling through mud, working as teams, solving problems and much, much more! A fantastic time was had by all. We were extremely proud of every single member of the class, behaviour, attitudes, support for each other were second to none. A huge thanks must go to the staff of the centre and the group leaders in particular who took care of us all so incredibly well.

How many layers?

Who is leading the way?

Make sure it's tight!!

Wellies, the essential item of clothing.

Is that mud on those faces?

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Posted by M.Maitland on February 28, 2008 10:02 PM | Permalink | Comments (4)

'Flyers 2008!'

Over the last couple of weeks, Year 6 has been learning about forces in science. We have also been learning how to devise and carry out our own science investigations. We used ‘Flyers’ to help us with this, we developed questions to investigate, devised a method and ensured the test was fair. We learned a lot and had fun too!!!
Making the protoypes.

Testing them out.

Testing and re-testing!

Changing the launch height!

Watch them in action!
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Posted by M.Maitland on February 8, 2008 8:12 PM | Permalink | Comments (1)

Buddy Shelters

During the autumn term, Year 6 designed and constructed buddy shelters as part of their design technology work. Some of the best designs were then selected to be constructed from living willow. This week has seen the installation of these in both the school playgrounds. The children had the opportunity to work with the gardeners and weave with the willow, a huge thanks to all of the gardeners whose help and expertise was invaluable!

Posted by M.Maitland on February 8, 2008 7:33 PM | Permalink | Comments (1)

PowerPoint Perfection

Our history topic this term has been World War Two and Britain since 1948. We linked this with ICT and produced these PowerPoints based on aspects of the Second World War. We learned a lot and hope you do to!
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Posted by M.Maitland on December 17, 2007 9:00 PM | Permalink | Comments (0)

Poetry Perfection

Over the last few weeks we have been studying personification in poetry. We also looked at other techniques poets might have used to paint powerful images in the mind of the reader. We based our poems on an icicle and the sea. Read and enjoy!
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Posted by M.Maitland on December 2, 2007 8:15 PM | Permalink | Comments (0)

Evacuated!

What a fantastic day! Today Year Six travelled back in time and became evacuees. The children and staff dressed in costume from the 1940's and were evacuated to Home Farm at Beamish Museum. We had the opportunity to work on the farm as children would have done during the Second World War and experience a little of the life of an evacuee. A huge thanks to the Richard Stevenson and Katy Swainston from the museum for organising the activities and bringing history to life.

Pickling eggs!

Scrubbing turnips!

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Posted by M.Maitland on November 6, 2007 4:41 PM | Permalink | Comments (7)

Computer Aided Design

Year Six have been designing buddy shelters as part of their design technology work this term. We worked with Michael Mullen at Gateshead City Learning Centre to develop our ideas and produce 3D models.

One of these will be selected and constructed from living willow, this will then be placed in the Key Stage Two playground.

Posted by M.Maitland on November 6, 2007 4:22 PM | Permalink | Comments (0)

Song Writers!

Our music work this term has involved learning about how songs can convey messages and emotions and reflect the time that they were written. We have listened to the structure of songs and will be using this to write a pollution rap togther. To begin this process we thought about football chants and came up with one of our own. We hope you enjoy it!
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Posted by M.Maitland on October 17, 2007 9:33 AM | Permalink | Comments (0)

A Fond Farewell

Today we say goodbye to our Year Six class. They have been a fantastic group of children who we wish the very best for, as they make the transition to secondary school.

Posted by M.Maitland on July 20, 2007 7:54 PM | Permalink | Comments (3)

The Beach Comes To Fellside!

Everyone had a fantastic time when the beach was brought to school! Year Six and Year Four worked together to build, shape and even bury people in the sand!

Posted by M.Maitland on July 13, 2007 7:34 PM | Permalink | Comments (1)

Athletics Festival

On Friday 22nd June children from Years 3 to 6 travelled to Gateshead International Stadium to take part in this years Gateshead Primary Schools Athletics Festival.

Everyone competed brilliantly and a good day was had by all, the journey home was accompanied by the tinkling of the various medals won, from bronze through to gold.

Posted by V Hogarth on July 11, 2007 3:12 PM | Permalink | Comments (2)

Moving On

Today Year Six visited Whickham Secondary School to try out a couple of science lessons. They had the opportunity to learn how to use a microscope and prepare a slide, as well as learning how to use the bunsen burners!

Posted by M.Maitland on July 9, 2007 9:28 PM | Permalink | Comments (1)

Mini Games at Whickham School

Year Six visited Whickham School last week to take part in the Mini Games Tournament. We were given the Netherlands as the country to represent and there was a parade to begin the afternoon's activities. The children then took part in a variety of sporting activities and had to gain as many points as they could for their team. Well done to one of our teams who came second out of all the teams who took part.

Posted by M.Maitland on July 5, 2007 10:06 PM | Permalink | Comments (0)

Saftey First!

Today Year Six visited SafetyWorks in Newcastle. We took part in several superb workshops, learning about the recovery position, how to deal with burns, how to deal with peer pressure, how to put a fire plan into action in the home, as well as much, much more!

Off the rails!

Oh no, call for help!

SATs pressure too much!

Posted by M.Maitland on June 20, 2007 6:58 PM | Permalink | Comments (2)

Fellside Community Primary School

Year 6

March 6, 2010

The Robinwood Experience

January 7, 2010

Fun in the snow!

November 23, 2009

Revolting Rations

Victory!

November 3, 2009

A Step Back in Time

CADCAM

July 17, 2009

Good luck and Goodbye!

June 19, 2009

June 18, 2009

Trying New Things!

June 15, 2009

Fire Safety

June 11, 2009

Success!

Working Together

March 16, 2009

Red Nose Day!

February 26, 2009

Robinwood Experience

November 11, 2008

A Step Back In Time!

October 18, 2008

Shelter Project 2008

Kings of the Road

September 17, 2008

Tour of Britain

August 13, 2008

So long, farewell.......

July 1, 2008

Moving On

Athletics Festival 2008

June 6, 2008

Year 6 Cricketers

June 5, 2008

Working Together

March 27, 2008

ICT Club: The Power of Powerpoint

March 12, 2008

Steve Harper Visits Fellside!

February 28, 2008

Robinwood Adventure

February 8, 2008

'Flyers 2008!'

Buddy Shelters

December 17, 2007

PowerPoint Perfection

December 2, 2007

Poetry Perfection

November 6, 2007

Evacuated!

Computer Aided Design

October 17, 2007

Song Writers!

July 20, 2007

A Fond Farewell

July 13, 2007

The Beach Comes To Fellside!

July 11, 2007

Athletics Festival

July 9, 2007

Moving On

July 5, 2007

Mini Games at Whickham School

June 20, 2007

Saftey First!

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