Fellside Community Primary School

Chinese New Year

Fri, 27 Jan 2012 14:09:49 +0000

To celebrate Chinese New Year, two of our children came to school dressed in very smart Chinese costumes.

Parents came in to our class to help us make paper Dragons, Lucky red money envelopes and paper Lanterns. We all had a go at Chinese writing, which is even harder than writing in English!

We also learnt a lot about Chinese New Year by watching clips from CBeebies, you can see them too if you click on the following link. Chinese New Year.If you would like more information, or to watch the Chinese Celebrations held this year in Newcastle as well, click on the following link. Newcastle Celebrations

Our Chinese Celebrations!

Fri, 27 Jan 2012 10:48:14 +0000

And for those who don't understand Chinese writing... On Monday 23rd January 2012, we celebrated Chinese New Year in Nursery. We cooked Chinese Noodles with peas, spring onions and sweetcorn. PS. Before our special recipe for Ooodles of Noodles is available in the local Chinese Take Away, you can have a copy from Nursery, but hurry there are only 1,000,000 copies!

Didn't we do well with the chopsticks?

We dressed up in traditional Chinese outfits.

2012 is the year of the dragon.

Girls Football Fun Day

Tue, 24 Jan 2012 11:04:19 +0000

Please click on the following link to access information and application slip for Girls Football Fun Day - Gateshead Fun Day.pdf

Whickham Library

Tue, 24 Jan 2012 10:56:50 +0000

Calling all parents, grandparents, aunties, uncles, neighbours! All welcome!

Feel Good On A Friday @ Whickham Library

Friday 3rd February 10am - 12pm

Lets all forget our stresses and FEEL GOOD FOR THE DAY!!

Come along and try stress busting activities, improve your health and self.

Why not have a hand massage or try a different beauty treatment, indulge in fresh fruits or a fitness session on the Wi!!

Plus lots, lots more.......

Chill with the staff who will be wearing their favourite pyjamas for the day!!

Everyone Welcome - refreshments too

We look forward to seeing you there

Maria Buckley

Senior Library Assistant

Our 'Fairy Tale' Costumes

Fri, 20 Jan 2012 11:43:11 +0000

We designed and made our very own fairy tale costumes, and will enjoy dressing up in them as we learn about traditional fairy tales. If any local theatre company would like to use our costumes, don't hesitate to contact us, our hire rates are very competitive!

We would love you to leave a comment in the comments box below.

Play in a Day!

Fri, 20 Jan 2012 10:41:40 +0000

As part as our work on our exciting new topic 'The terrible Tudors' and 'Henry's Harem' we were joined in school by Matt from a company called 'Play in a day'.

Matt worked with our class to learn, practise and perform a whole play on life in Tudor England. Not only were the children able to practise and perfect their acting skills, but we also learnt lots of historical facts and has plenty of laughs along the way!

At the end of the day, Parents were invited to watch our final performance, and it's safe to say they were as impressed as the staff at how professional the play was.

The hard work the children put in was evident in their confident performance. Year 5 loved their day of acting, and they are all very enthusiastic to learn more about the Tudors in the rest of our topic. As always we welcome your comments in the comments box below.

Diary of Planned Events to April

Tue, 17 Jan 2012 11:02:32 +0000

Sunday 15th January Closing date for Primary Admissions
Tuesday 17th January 'Spanglish' Family Learning Session
Mon 6th - Thurs 9th Feb Parent Consultations
Mon 13th - Fri 17th Feb Half Term
Friday 24th February School Photographs
Mon 27th - Wed 29th Feb Year 6 to Robinwood
Mon 27th - Wed 29th Feb Book Fair
Thurs 1st March FOF World Book Day Discos
Friday 30th March Finish for Easter holiday
Monday 16th April All children return after Easter holiday

After School Clubs

Tue, 17 Jan 2012 11:00:10 +0000

The following after school clubs will be operating this half term:-
Reception / Year 1 Little Kickers - Monday 3.20 - 4.20pm
Year 1 / Year 2 Little Kickers - Thursday 3.20 - 4.20pm
Year 4 Art Club - Thursday 3.15 - 4.15pm
Year 3 and 4 Dance Festival Club - Friday 3.15 - 4.00pm
Year 5 and 6 Hockey - Monday 3.20 - 4.50pm
Reception to Year 6 Karate - Wednesday/Thursday 7.30-8.50am
Reception to Year 6 Gymnastics - Wednesday 3.20 - 4.20pm

World Book Day Disco

Tue, 17 Jan 2012 10:50:42 +0000

The Friends of Fellside World Book Day disco will be held on Thursday 1st March. There will be prizes at each disco for the best girl and boy fancy dress outfits (come as a character from your favourite book).
Reception Nursery and Key Stage One 4.45--5.45 pm
Key Stage 2 6.00--7.15 pm

January newsletter

Tue, 17 Jan 2012 10:28:11 +0000

Please click on the following link to access January newsletter.
NewsletterJanMM.pdf

Merry Christmas

Fri, 16 Dec 2011 15:43:50 +0000

See you all next year, school opens Tuesday 3rd January 2012.

Our Christmas Performance 2011

Fri, 16 Dec 2011 14:40:34 +0000

Welcome to our whole school Christmas Performance.

This year every Reception child had a line to say in our Nativity play, and with lots of enthusiasm and practice, they all performed exceptionally well and made all at Fellside very proud!

Again Key Stage 1 classes joined together to perform 'Christmas with the Aliens'. Most of Year 2 played aliens who were stranded on Earth and invited to learn about Christmas by the children from Fellside.

Year 3 & 4 joined together to perform 'The Greatest Story Ever Told'. The performance switched between a modern day Grandad's living room on Christmas Day and Bethlehem at the time of Jesus' birth. The performance had rock guitarists, a choir, some lovely singing and some superb acting! The Year 3 and 4 children showed great enthusiasm throughout the performances - a great success!

Year 5 performed a modern day 'Cinderella', the children practised incredibly hard to put on a very entertaining show, filled with beautiful singing, superb acting and a lot of laughs!

Year 6 continued the fairy tale theme and put on an excellent performance of 'Sleeping Beauty'. All the children embraced their roles with mountains of enthusiasm and put on a really spectacular show!

Hope you enjoy the Animoto...

As always we welcome your comments.

Reception First Nativity Video!

Fri, 16 Dec 2011 14:19:17 +0000

Hope you enjoy the video of our first Nativity.

We welcome your comments in the box below.

Christingles!

Fri, 16 Dec 2011 11:13:01 +0000

On Tuesday 13th December, groups of Year One pupils assembled Christingles.
Christingles are made up of different parts, each one being there to remind us of something. The orange represents the world and the candle is to remind us of Jesus because Christians believe Jesus to be the light of the world. The red ribbon goes all round the 'world' and reminds Christians that Jesus died because it represents the blood of Jesus. The four cocktail sticks could stand for either: the four seasons or the four corners of the world. The sweets (or sometimes dried fruit) is to remind us of God's gifts to the world including kindness and love.
Year Two joined them for some singing as the candles were lit up. It was a magical moment!

Visit to see Santa & Fenwick's Window (AM)

Fri, 09 Dec 2011 16:21:32 +0000

The pm children from Nursery had a fantastic visit to see Santa at Fenwick's in November 2011. We had a ride on a Metro train and a long climb up the stairs to get to Santa's grotto. The children enjoyed themselves so much!

Many thanks to all the parents and grandparents who helped support the children on the visit...we couldn't have had the visit without you!

If you enjoyed the Animoto, we would love you to leave a comment in the comments box below.

Visit to see Santa & Fenwick's Window (PM)

Fri, 09 Dec 2011 15:59:21 +0000

Many thanks to all the parents and grandparents who helped support the children on the visit...we couldn't have had the visit without you!

If you enjoyed this Animoto, please leave a comment in the comments box below.

The Super Snack Box!

Wed, 07 Dec 2011 15:44:36 +0000

Fellside School Council are proud to present... The Super Snack Box!

The School Council and five members of Year 5 have been working together to build up their very own business- a healthy, profit making tuck shop!

It all began when several children pledged to create a healthy tuck shop in their election speeches. Mrs Lamb thought this was an excellent idea so decided to help the children do something about it.
Mrs Lamb contacted 'Fruit to Suit', a company that specializes in healthy snacks for schools, and arranged for Lisa to come in and give us some training.

We thoroughly enjoyed our training day! The children were given jobs from marketing directors to finance managers. We learned how to check an invoice, stock take, make an order, balance a float and most importantly... we sampled the snacks and picked our favourites!
The children then worked very hard to promote the tuck shop. They made posters, wrote letters to the children's families and gave an assembly to all of Key Stage Two.
The big day finally arrived and the first tuck shop took place on Friday 2nd December. All the hard work and preparation paid off and the children are now eager to continue the hard work.
The tuck shop will be open every Wednesday playtime from now on, in the Key Stage Two yard. All snacks are 40p, contain no traces of nuts and are healthy too.

If you would like further information about the company please click on the following link Fruit to Suit

Training Day.

Presenting our ideas to KS2 in our assembly.

The big day! Our healthy tuck shop.

After School Clubs

Tue, 06 Dec 2011 08:49:40 +0000

The following clubs will operate until Christmas:-
Reception / Year 1 Little Kickers - Monday 3.20 - 4.20pm
Year 1 / Year 2 Little Kickers - Thursday 3.20 - 4.20pm
Year 3 and 4 Hula Hooping - Friday 3.15 - 4.00pm
Reception to Year 6 Karate - Wednesday/Thursday 7.50-8.50am
Reception to Year 6 Gymnastics - Wednesday 3.20 - 4.20pm
* Year 5 and 6 Hockey Club will start following the Christmas holiday on a Monday (weather permitting), further information to follow.

Thank You

Tue, 06 Dec 2011 08:39:56 +0000

Our sponsored event this term raised a wonderful £1594.00, this means we
have been able to give Londoto Primary School twice the amount they need
to complete their kitchen and also donated a superb sum of £1000 to Save
the Children. Thanks to everyone who kindly sponsored the children.
The final count of shoe boxes for Operation Christmas Child was 102, thank you to all families, friends and staff who contributed. Finally we had 310 packs of Christmas cards ordered and all calendars sold, this contributes to our school fund which all children at school benefit from.
Well done to the following children whose artwork is included in our calendar this year: Anna Dobbie, Luke Osborne, Dylan Kidd, Jude Caithness, Olivia Pugmire, Charlotte Barras, Jack Pearson, Ben Cassidy, Mia Bullock, Rachel Tate, Jacob Turnbull and Charlie Gillespie.

Fellside Fun Club - Christmas Party

Tue, 06 Dec 2011 08:35:53 +0000

The Fun Club Christmas party will be on Friday 9th December, 3.15 - 5.40pm, come along and have lots of fun.
Contact Rachel to book your place on - 07541227842.

Christmas Fair

Tue, 06 Dec 2011 08:33:15 +0000

Last Friday saw a very successful Christmas Fair. Many thanks to FOF for their superb organisation and hard work to make this event a huge success. Thanks to all who gave their time to help on the day of the fair, without this support running an event such as this would be difficult. The total raised for school is £1856.00.

New Parent Governor

Tue, 06 Dec 2011 08:30:16 +0000

The Governors of Fellside contribute much to the life of our school, working with the leadership of the school to provide strategic direction, together with dedicating time, skills and experience to support the school in many ways. Following a recent election, we welcome our new parent governor to the Governing Body, Kirsty Owen, mum of Amelia in Year 1. We look forward to the contribution she will make to the Governing Body and our school.
John Baines
Chair of Governors

Diary of Planned Events to February

Tue, 06 Dec 2011 08:26:17 +0000

Tuesday 6th December Christmas Performance - Afternoon
Wednesday 7th December Christmas Performance - Morning
Wednesday 7th December Christmas Lunch
Thursday 8th December Christmas Performance - Morning
Friday 9th December Nursery Christmas Performances AM & PM
Monday 12th December Year 3 and 4 Christmas Party
Tuesday 13th December Nursery Christmas Parties AM & PM
Tuesday 13th December Carol Service at St Mary's Church
Wednesday 14th December Year 5 and 6 Party
Thursday 15th December Reception, Year 1 and Year 2 Party
Friday 16th December Last day of term
Tuesday 3rd January Children return to school
Sunday 15th January Closing date for Primary Admissions
Tuesday 17th January Spanglish for families session (more details in the New Year)
Monday 6th February Parent consultation week
Friday 10th February Start of half term break

December - newsletter

Fri, 02 Dec 2011 16:54:53 +0000

Please click on the following link to access the December Newsletter.

NewsletterDecemberMM.pdf

A Dog is for Life....

Fri, 02 Dec 2011 13:09:25 +0000

...and not just for Christmas!

I'm really pleased that you have decided to give me a home at your lovely school.

Now, in exchange for you writing and drawing and putting lots of good things on my webpage, I promise I will be a good and faithful friend and I'll always be around to play with!

Your first job....is to give me a name!

Bling yer Bike!

Fri, 02 Dec 2011 10:13:03 +0000

What a super show! As you can see, a great response from everyone, with baubles, tinsel and even a Christmas tree! Choosing a 'Bling yer Bike' winner was a very difficult task for Alan Barlow our Bike It Officer.

Well done to all who took part and congratulations to the 1st 2nd and 3rd winners!

Reception - Post Office visit!

Tue, 22 Nov 2011 14:20:55 +0000

On Friday Reception walked to Fellside Post Office to post their letters to Santa. The lady in the Post Office showed us a great big sack and the scales she uses to weigh parcels. While we waited outside we sang lots of songs!

We all hope Santa enjoys reading our letters.

The Two Steves visit KS2.

Tue, 22 Nov 2011 11:53:30 +0000

On Tuesday 8th November, children in KS2 had a very special visit from two very special autohors... The Two Steves! Steve Skidmore and Steve Barlow write children's books including the i-Hero series of stories.

Children in Year 5 and 6 walked to Whickham Library to meet the Two Steves and to learn all about their writing and their brilliant stories.

In the afternoon, Year 3 and 4 children gathered in the hall and were treated to some fun games with the Two Steves, inspiring the children through their stories.

All of our KS2 children had great fun meeting the Two Steves and learning more about their writing and their books!

For more information on the Two Steves, visit their website: www.the2steves.net

After the session, the children had their own i-Hero books signed by the Two Steves.

Don't forget to post a comment below about the visit.

Grandparents' day.

Tue, 22 Nov 2011 11:08:53 +0000

Victory!

Years 5 and 6 held a fabulous street party to celebrate VE day as part of their 'Bombs Away' topic. They invited 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 and sampling the splendid rationing recipes kindly brought in by their families. Many thanks to everyone who came along from near and far!

Please post a comment below of your special memory!

Guinea Pigs visit our Nursery.

Fri, 18 Nov 2011 14:21:54 +0000

We had a special visit from Sparkle and Heidi, Amy's guinea pigs on Wednesday 9th November.
We watched them as they played in their hutch and we had a cuddle and a stroke too.
We put a towel on our laps to keep us clean and made sure we washed our hands afterwards.

Everyone had a super time with Sparkle and Heidi.

Bling yer bike day.

Fri, 18 Nov 2011 10:42:53 +0000

Please note ... 'Bling yer bike day' is Tuesday 29th November not Monday 29th as stated in the letter from Alan Barlow 'Bike it Officer.

Christmas Fair

Tue, 15 Nov 2011 13:59:21 +0000

Can you help run a stall?

Can you donate any of the following?

Cakes - brought in on the day in a named tin/box
Toys/games/books - clean and unbroken please (From Monday 21st only please)
Bottles for the Bottle Tombola - if everyone bring a bottle in, this stall alone will raise over £300!
Children's Tombola Prizes
Raffle prizes - do you run a business? Would you be happy to donate a raffle prize? Our raffle is always very popular and raises the most money at the fair - but we need quality prizes. If you can donate a prize please fill in the form that was sent home, and bring it in with your prize.

Please take all donations and offers of help to the school reception -

thanks in anticipation from F.O.F!

MP Dave Anderson visit

Tue, 15 Nov 2011 11:20:45 +0000

Monday 31st October - Friday 4th November was Parliament Week. To celebrate Key Stage Two invited Dave Anderson the MP for Blaydon, into school to talk to us in assembly. Dave told us about his job as an MP (Member of Parliament) and told us what it was like to work in Westminster and the Houses of Parliament. The children listened incredibly well, asked Dave some excellent questions about being a politician, and we all learned a lot. Our School Council is feeling inspired to continue their great work on behalf of the pupils at Fellside after listening to Dave's experiences and advice.

Charity Week - Thank You

Tue, 08 Nov 2011 11:18:50 +0000

Many, many thanks to all parents, friends and families who supported our
sponsored hula hoop event, so far we have raised £1100 for the two charities,
COCO and Save the Children. Could any remaining sponsor money please be sent to
school by Monday 7th November. On the Friday of charity week our stage was covered with a whole host of food items; thanks to your kind generosity, we have helped many families in need through Food 4U.

If you would like to see more about the charity, please click on the following link - COCO Charity

Nursery Intake 2012

Tue, 08 Nov 2011 11:12:56 +0000

Any parents wishing to apply for a Nursery place for next September need to do so by Friday 2nd December 2011.

Diary of Planned Events to January

Tue, 08 Nov 2011 11:08:00 +0000

Diary of Planned Events to January*

Monday 14th November Training Day (School closed to children)
Friday 25th November Friends of Fellside Christmas Fair
Tuesday 29th November 'Bling Yer Bike'
Tuesday 29th November Early Years & Year 1 children to Northern Stage
Thursday 1st December Year 2 & KS2 children to Northern Stage
Tuesday 6th December Christmas Performance - Afternoon
Wednesday 7th December Christmas Performance - Morning
Wednesday 7th December Christmas Lunch
Thursday 8th December Christmas Performance - Morning
Friday 9th December Nursery Christmas Performances AM & PM
Monday 12th December Year 3 and 4 Christmas Party
Tuesday 13th December Nursery Christmas Parties AM & PM
Tuesday 13th December Carol Service at St Mary's Church
Wednesday 14th December Year 5 and 6 Party
Thursday 15th December Reception, Year 1 and Year 2 Party
Friday 16th December Last day of term
Tuesday 3rd January Children return to school

* Further information will follow regarding many of these events

After School Clubs this Term

Tue, 08 Nov 2011 11:06:08 +0000

The following clubs will operate this half term:-
Reception / Year 1 Little Kickers - Monday 3.20 - 4.20pm
Year 1 / Year 2 Little Kickers - Thursday 3.20 - 4.20pm
Year 3 and 4 Hula Hooping - Friday 3.15 - 4.00pm
Year 5 and 6 Tag Rugby - Friday 3.20 - 4.20pm
Reception to Year 6 Karate - Wednesday/Thursday 7.50-8.50am
Reception to Year 6 Gymnastics - Wednesday 3.20 - 4.20pm
*Please note Art Club is not operating this half term.

Friends of Fellside - Christmas Fair

Tue, 08 Nov 2011 11:00:41 +0000

The Friends of Fellside Christmas Fair is on Friday 25th of November, there will be plenty of stalls and activities to do, we look forward to seeing you there. If you are interested in helping out then please contact school or any FOF member.
Fellside Fun Club will not operate during the afternoon of Friday 25th November.

November Newsletter.

Tue, 08 Nov 2011 10:54:07 +0000

Please click on the following link to access the Novermber Newsletter - NewsletterNovemberMM.pdf

Meet the Staff

Wed, 02 Nov 2011 09:15:43 +0000

Charity Week

Tue, 11 Oct 2011 14:09:27 +0000

This year our charity week will be week beginning 17th October. Each class will be learning about the work of Save the Children and we will be catching up with the progress of Londoto Primary School who we supported last year through COCO.
We have decided this year that our sponsored event will be to raise money to help Londoto Primary School finish the kitchen and also make a donation to Save the Children. Our event last year was a huge success and made a real difference to the lives of the children in Tanzania. More details about the event will follow.
To finish the week, on Friday 21st October, we will be holding a special assembly to combine this work with our Harvest celebration. We would be grateful for a donation on the Friday morning to this assembly of an item of food from the following list: Dried pasta, jars of pasta sauce, cereals, tinned fruit, packet soups, biscuits, sugar, tea, rice, tinned peas and carrots. This will then be sent to 'food 4 U', a charity supported by local churches and the community who supply food parcels to people in urgent need.
We will also be launching our Christmas Shoe Box Appeal, if you are interested, details of what to include is on the leaflet which is attached to this newsletter. Children should bring their box to build a wall on our stage during the week 7th to 11th November.

Diary of Planned Events to December

Tue, 11 Oct 2011 14:05:33 +0000

Wednesday 12th October Reception & KS1 Cycling
Thursday 20th October FOF Halloween Discos
Friday 21st October Break up for Half Term
Monday 31st October Return to School
Monday 14th November Training Day (School closed to children)
Friday 25th November Friends of Fellside Christmas Fair
Tuesday 29th November 'Bling Yer Bike'
Tuesday 29th November Early Years & Year 1 children to Northern Stage
Thursday 1st December Year 2 & KS2 children to Northern Stage
Tuesday 6th December Christmas Performance - Afternoon
Wednesday 7th December Christmas Performance - Morning
Thursday 8th December Christmas Performance - Morning
Monday 12th December Year 3 and 4 Christmas Party
Tuesday 13th December Nursery Party
Tuesday 13th December Carol Service at St Mary's Church
Wednesday 14th December Year 5 and 6 Party
Thursday 15th December Reception, Year 1 and Year 2 Party
Friday 16th December Last day of the term
* Further information will follow regarding many of these events

After School Clubs

Tue, 11 Oct 2011 14:03:57 +0000

The following clubs will operate this half term:-
Year 1 Little Kickers - Monday 3.20 - 4.20pm
Year 2 Little Kickers - Thursday 3.20 - 4.20pm
Year 3 Art Club - Thursday 3.20 - 4.15pm
Year 5 and 6 Tag Rugby - Friday 3.20 - 4.20pm
Reception to Year 6 Karate - Wednesday/Thursday 7.50-8.50am
Reception to Year 6 Gymnastics - Wednesday 3.20 - 4.20pm

Fellside Fun Club - Halloween disco

Tue, 11 Oct 2011 13:59:10 +0000

The Fellside Fun Club Halloween Party will take place on Monday 31st October from 3.15pm until 5.45pm. Bookings are now being taken and places are limited and allocated on a first come first served basis. Please see one of the Fun Club members of staff to book your place early and avoid disappointment.
Thanks,
Rachel

Friends of Fellside

Tue, 11 Oct 2011 13:52:24 +0000

A terrific £220.28 was raised during the Macmillan coffee morning for the cancer charity, thanks to everyone who came along and gave their support. FOF's next events are the Halloween discos, taking place on Thursday 20th October. Tickets are available on the door costing £2.00, which covers entrance fee, a bottle of water and a bag of sweets.
Nursery, Reception and Key Stage 1 4.45 - 5.45 pm
Key Stage 2 6.00 - 7.15 pm
There will be prizes at each disco for the best girl and boy fancy dress outfits.

Please note a change to the Christmas fair date; it will now take place on Friday 25th November, giving plenty of time to buy those Christmas gifts.

October Newsletter

Tue, 11 Oct 2011 13:47:32 +0000

Please click on the following link to access the October Newsletter.
oct11 NewsletterMM.pdf

School Prospectus

Tue, 11 Oct 2011 13:41:00 +0000

Please click on the following link to access our school prospectus.

Microsoft Word - Prospectus 2012-13.pdf

Year 6 - Play in a Day

Fri, 07 Oct 2011 16:47:48 +0000

On Friday 7th October Matt, a professional director from Konflux Theatre in Education, came into Year 6 to help them rehearse and perform an entire play in a day!
The play was 'Albie's War', which ties in with our World War II topic, 'Bombs Away!'
At 9.30am the children had never even seen the script, but by 2.45pm they had put together an amazing play, which they performed to an audience of Year 5 pupils and their parents. What a performance- it was excellent! Well done Year 6.

We welcome your comments.

Hoola la!

Fri, 07 Oct 2011 15:02:48 +0000

Tracey from 'kids R fit' came to school today and each class took it in turn to have a hoopstar session. Everyone gave it their best shot (including members of staff) and they all had a fantastic time. It was amazing to see how many different activities and games the children could do with a hoop and good music!

Looks like Mrs Maitland will need to practise a bit more to catch up with one of the children in Year 6! He managed to twirl 4 hoops in one go! If you would like more information about 'kidzRfit' you can click on the following link to visit the website - kidzrfit

Reception - Parents numeracy meeting

Fri, 07 Oct 2011 10:39:20 +0000

Please click on the following link to access 'parents numeracy meeting 2011'
Parents numeracy meeting 2011.ppt

Reception - Parents reading meeting

Fri, 30 Sep 2011 15:13:20 +0000

Please click on the following link to access 'parents.reading meeting 2011'
parents reading meeting 2011.ppt

Our School Council

Fri, 23 Sep 2011 14:51:18 +0000

On Friday 23rd September, superb speeches were made by candidates from Years 3, 4, 5 and 6 who wanted to to be part of our 2011-2012 School Council. It was a very difficult decision, however after careful consideration by the rest of the pupils... please meet our newly elected School Council.

They've made some excellent pledges and promise to be a fantastic and proactive council.

We wish them good luck in their important role. If you have any ideas or suggestions for them post them here- remember they're working for you!

Letters to parents - First day in Reception

Mon, 19 Sep 2011 20:09:47 +0000

Please click on the following link to access letter.

baby photos Sept 2011.docx

Meet our BUG - (bike it user group)

Fri, 16 Sep 2011 16:40:57 +0000

Here is our BUG! (Bike It User Group)

They will be organising "BIKE IT" events and encouraging more children to cycle to school this year. Please let them know if you have any ideas by leaving a comment on the website site or speaking to them at school.

Our first day in Reception

Fri, 16 Sep 2011 15:32:38 +0000

Mums, Dads and extended family members, have your handkerchief at the ready to enjoy the Animoto of the children's first day in Reception. As you will see they all had a wonderful day.

We look forward to your comments.

Year 1 - Baking Bread and Churning Butter

Tue, 13 Sep 2011 13:29:52 +0000

To launch their role play bakery, Year One have been learning to make bread and butter. After carefully washing their hands, they were involved in measuring ingredients, mixing the dough, kneading it, watching it rise and then cooking it in our mobile cooker. The smell was wonderful!

Our butter was made by shaking thick cream until it separated into butter and buttermilk. It was hard work shaking it so we played 'pass the parcel' with the jar of cream until we could see white liquid and creamy yellow solids. We thought about the poor dairy maids whose job it was to churn butter every day in the olden days. Phew! It was tiring!

We did enjoy tucking into a slice of bread and butter as we listened to the story of the start of The Great Fire of London. In 1666, it had begun late at night on the 1st of September in a bakery shop in Pudding Lane. Thomas Farrinor, the baker hadn't checked his oven was put out properly. It is a good job we could just switch ours off!

For further information about The Great Fire of London, check out these links:

http://www.berkshirehistory.com/kids/great_fire_london.html

http://www.fireoflondon.org.uk/game

newsletter sept 11

Fri, 09 Sep 2011 10:41:11 +0000

Please click on the following link to access the September Newsletter.

Newsletter0911MM.pdf

Letters to parents - Dr Bike & Karate Class

Tue, 06 Sep 2011 16:12:02 +0000

Please click on the following to access letters

Microsoft Word - Dr Bike 13th September 2011.pdf

Microsoft Word - Karate Class Sept 11 - Fell _2_.pdf

Thanks

Letters to parents - Little Kickers Year 2

Tue, 06 Sep 2011 16:09:32 +0000

Please click on the following link to access Little Kickers letter

Microsoft Word - Year 2 Little Kickers Sept 11.pdf

Thanks

Letters to parents - Little Kickers Year 1

Tue, 06 Sep 2011 15:00:57 +0000

Please click on the following to access Little Kickers letter.

Microsoft Word - Year 1 Little Kickers Sept 11.pdf

Thanks

Tue, 06 Sep 2011 11:12:22 +0000

Microsoft Word - ICT Policy.pdf

Welcome Back

Sun, 04 Sep 2011 14:57:32 +0000

Just a reminder, children in Years 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6 start school Tuesday 6th September. For children in Reception and Nursery, please see packs given out at the induction meetings. Thank you.

Goodbye Year 6

Fri, 22 Jul 2011 13:31:22 +0000

It is time to say goodbye to our lovely Year 6.

The Leaver's Assembly this year was a graduation ceromony.

Our class of 2011 have really been a fabulous bunch! Bright, sporty, caring, kind, hardworking, fun, creative... the list goes on! You've been an absolute delight and we'll miss you all.

Good luck. We wish everyone a fabulous future... work hard, play hard, do the best you can and most of all be happy!

With love from all at Fellside

Fellside Families Playtime

Thu, 21 Jul 2011 18:30:49 +0000

Today we had a special playtime, we got together with our Fellside Families and our Year 6 family member taught us some playground games. We had a great time!

Please can we join in!

Living and Growing Policy

Thu, 21 Jul 2011 09:57:47 +0000

Microsoft Word - Living and Growing Education Policy.pdf

Nursery visit to Hall Hill Farm

Wed, 20 Jul 2011 12:34:42 +0000

On 7th & 8th July Nursery children went on a visit to Hall Hill Farm. The children had a super time learning about all the animals. They enjoyed feeding the animlas too!

If you would like a further look at Hall Hill Farm please click on the following link Hall Hill Farm

Sports Day at last!

Tue, 19 Jul 2011 18:44:26 +0000

The weather wasn't in our favour on Monday, however very kind to us on Tuesday and we managed to go ahead with our Sports Day. Starting with the Nursery Sprint Race we then continued with the rest of the school taking part in Relay Race, Egg & Spoon Race, Basketball Shoot, Standing Long Jump and other sporting events.
Everyone participated with great effort, determination and enthusiasum wanting their team to win. This year the result was so close, the winning and second team were divided by only one point. The Yellow team won followed by red then close behind was the green and blue team.

A great day was had by all, thank you to everyone who came to support our Annual Sports Day.

sports day

Mon, 18 Jul 2011 13:08:29 +0000

Sports day cancelled today. Will go ahead Tuesday 1.30pm.

sports day

Mon, 18 Jul 2011 12:10:24 +0000

We are going to go ahead today with sports day 1.30pm.

Gateshead Athletics Festival 2011

Mon, 18 Jul 2011 08:32:03 +0000

Some of our Key Stage 2 children recently participated in the Gateshead Athletics Festival at Gateshead International Stadium. The children competed in many different events, including sprinting, jumping, throwing and relays. They represented Fellside brilliantly with their behaviour and attitude and managed to win several medals! Well done to everyone who took part - it was a great day!

Year 3 Tennis

Mon, 18 Jul 2011 08:20:18 +0000

Well done to our Year 3 tennis team who recently competed in the Tyne and Wear Grand Final at Sunderland Tennis Centre. The team qualified for the Grand Final after winning two previous tournaments. They performed superbly at the Final to finish in 6th place overall - a fantastic team effort! The children enjoyed playing singles matches and working as a team to complete the tennis challenges. Well done everyone!

Tag 2 Twickenham National Rugby Finals

Fri, 15 Jul 2011 15:34:16 +0000

Our Year 6 took part in the Tag 2 Twickenham National Rugby Finals on Wednesdasy 13th July in Warwickshire.

A huge thank you to PJP Sports, in Whickham, RFU at Gateshead / Whickham School Sport Partnership at Whickham School. Also to Mr Machin, Mrs Nevin and Miss Knox for all their help. Finally well done to all who took part.

Year 2 Jesmond Dene Visit

Fri, 15 Jul 2011 11:19:29 +0000

On Tuesday 5th July Year 2 went to Jesmond Dene, Newcastle to study the habitats of mini-beasts, as part of their Science topic work. In the afternoon we went for a walk through the dene and learned about its history. We learned a lot and it was fun too!

Can you name the mini beasts?

Strawberry & Wine Concert

Tue, 05 Jul 2011 15:02:35 +0000

What a performance, what a show... the sound of sweet music drifted through the school. We had solo performances to an orchestral finale, with harmonious performances in between. Every child played and sang with ease and confidence to a delightful audience.

At times the concert brought a tear to the eye, especially when one of our Nursery children played the violin.

Thank you and well done to all who performed, and to all who came and supported.

karate success

Sun, 03 Jul 2011 16:25:16 +0000

Well done to everyone who took part in the Kensho Karate Club competition today at Whickham School. All competitors represented our school incredibly well, the success of every child who took part throughout the day has meant that Fellside has once again won the trophy and come first in the competition. If anyone has photographs from the day, we would love to have a copy for school.

Happy Birthday to...

Fri, 01 Jul 2011 09:30:01 +0000

Happy Birthday to you,

Happy Birthday dear

Rhys, Matthew, Caitlyn, Ben & Harry,

Happy Birthday to you!

Hope you all have a lovely day.

happy birthday music

Ofsted

Tue, 28 Jun 2011 21:14:32 +0000

Ofsted 2011.pdf

school policies

Tue, 28 Jun 2011 08:32:49 +0000

Microsoft Word - Homework Guidance.pdfMicrosoft Word - 2011 CHILD PROTECTION Fellside.pdf
Microsoft Word - Community Cohesion Policy.pdf
Microsoft Word - Discipline Behaviour policy.pdf
Microsoft Word - educational visits policy _3_.pdf
Microsoft Word - Home School Links Policy _3_.pdf
Microsoft Word - Homework policy _2_.pdf
Microsoft Word - Inclusion Policy _2_.pdf
Microsoft Word - Parental Involvement Policy.pdf

Pedalling Picnic

Sat, 25 Jun 2011 12:44:14 +0000

Thankfully the weather was kinder this weekend than last and the Pedalling Picnic took place this morning. With about 60 riders in total, it was another super event, well done to all families who came along. It was wonderful to see children from Nursery to Year 6 cycling together. Thank you to Alan Barlow and Gary Haley for organising this event.

Mad Cycle Stunt Team

Sat, 25 Jun 2011 08:51:25 +0000

Alan Barlow our 'Bike It Officer' arranged for Ben Slinger & Danny Butler from the Mad Cycle Stunt Team to perform at our school. Enjoy the Animoto of the dedicated and talented twosome, as they perform their outstanding bike stunts.

What was your favourite stunt ? Leave a comment and let us know.

Year 6 Enterprise Project 2011 - Update

Fri, 24 Jun 2011 16:30:30 +0000

Year 6 reached their target. A huge thank you to everyone for their support.

The Nest Project - update

Fri, 24 Jun 2011 16:16:54 +0000

On Friday 24th June, we discovered the nest had not changed from the previous day. The beasts had not returned and had fled elsewhere. Community Police Officer Toni arrived and in our assembly she wrote up the daily happenings at the nest site as evidence. Also the children were happy to assist her with her inquiries. She wore a crime scene suit as she took samples of the shell, skin, bones and an unhatched egg which she bagged and labelled ready to be taken to a science lab in Gateshead to be analysed,

What a week it has been! Several children had over the last few days reported strange circumstances in their back gardens - loud flapping, heavy footprints and a child from Year 1 even reported he had seen glimpses of a dragon's tail!

What was the creature that had roamed Whickham and made temporary home in our school grounds?

Perhaps the Scientist will shed some light...

Leave a comment if you have any seen anything mysterious in the Fellside area!

The Nest Project

Fri, 24 Jun 2011 13:41:02 +0000

Day One

Community police officer, Toni arrived with some serious and important information for the whole school. In morning assembly, we were told that after some disturbances were reported early in the morning and the police had arrived to investigate. They discovered an enormous nest with five huge eggs in the centre. We were informed that we must not touch the nest as the area might be contaminated. Toni asked if we could collect evidence and clues that might help her investigate the scene later in the week. Scientist had advised her to leave the nest intact until the identity of the mother had been found.

Each class went to the scene to take a look for themselves. The eggs were huge. Later in the day children reported that they has seen one of the eggs moving slightly? Who could have laid such enormous eggs?

Day Two

We were keen to discover what had happened overnight. Had the mother returned to visit her clutch of gigantic eggs? When we went to take a look at the nest, we discovered that one of the babies had hatched! A broken shell was left behind but whatever had come out of it was nowhere to be seen. Blue and green slime surrounded the egg shell.

Mrs. Maitland had arranged Kay, a zoologist, to bring in some of his pets so that we could find out more about animals that hatch out of eggs. Reptiles, birds, fish, insects and spiders, amphibians and just three mammals hatch out of eggs we discovered. A Bearded Crested Lizard, a Blue Tongued Skink, a Red Kneed Tarantula, a Meerkat, a Blue Frog and a Python were some of the amazing animlas we met, Jay also brought in the most adorable baby ferrets.

The large python was very long, heavy and friendly. She felt smooth to the touch.A snake skin is left behind when a snake grows. Snake skins have the most amazing patterns

Everyone in school is writing about the nest from children in Year One to pupils in Year Six.

We look forward to your comments about the nest!

Happy Birthday to...

Fri, 24 Jun 2011 09:15:25 +0000

Happy Birthday to you,

Happy Birthday dear

Amy & Erin,

Happy Birthday to you!

Hope you all have a lovely day.

happy birthday music

Year 1 Mask Making with Rose

Wed, 22 Jun 2011 12:17:01 +0000

Creative Partnerships Project - Mask Making with Rose

In March, we first met Rose Furlonger who is an artist. She came in to meet us and to show her huge collection of interesting masks. This helped us think about what sorts of masks we would like to make ourselves.

Rose has a good many masks as you can see.

Rose made this wonderful Indian Prince for a play. Isn't he handsome?

We started making our own masks. It was a very sticky and messy business!

We made amazing masks of beautiful mermaids, skeleton pirates from Davy Jones' Locker, a selection of pirates and some of the creatures that are to be found on a treasure island like cheeky baboons and colourful parrots.

Year 1 Visit Hartepool Maritime Marina

Wed, 22 Jun 2011 12:09:05 +0000

Following our assembly we finished the topic with an exciting and informative visit to Hartepool Maritime Marina.

Here we are as we arrived on the dock.

We had a guided tour of HMS Trincomalee

HMS Trincomalee is the oldest British warship still afloat. With its towering masts and thundering cannons the ship was built in Bombay, India in 1817, the Trincomalee was brought to Hartlepool in 1987, where it has taken over 10 years to restore the ship to her former glory.

Sailors slept in hammocks

The food was disgusting!

An officer's room!

The officers' dining room

A new officers wields her Wilkinson sword!

The Sailors' Uniform

The captain's cradle in his quarters!

One of our boys tries out the Captain's lavatory!

We learnt how to fire a cannon - it is a dangerous buiness and very loud!

Up on deck we had a good look around and saw the ship's wheel.

Thank you to all the parents who accompanied us for the day.

Letters to Parents - Pedalling Picnic - Revised date

Wed, 22 Jun 2011 10:46:34 +0000

Click on the following link to access information regarding the Pedalling Picnic

Pedalling_picnic_letters.pdf

Please note Pedalling Picnic is now on 25th June. The information is the same as before.

Fingers crossed this time for a dry day!

Pedalling picnic 2011.pdf

Pedalling Picnic

Sat, 18 Jun 2011 07:40:00 +0000

Apologies, cancelled today, taking place Saturday 25th June.

Letters to Parents - Y6 Diary Dates

Wed, 15 Jun 2011 13:41:54 +0000

Please click on the following link to access the 'heavy schedule' for Year 6
Diary dates.doc

Fire Safety - Year 5

Wed, 15 Jun 2011 09:45:12 +0000

Lenny, a local fireman, visited Year 5 on Monday 13th June to talk about Fire Safety. We learnt how best to protect our homes, including closing all doors at night and testing our smoke alarms regularly. We used all of the information to design posters highlighting the importance of preventing fires. Keep your eyes peeled for them around school to pick up some tips on how to stay safe.
We had a great time with Lenny, he even let us try on his uniform!

Please leave your comments about how you do your bit for fire safety and prevention.

Year 1 Fire Engine Visit

Wed, 15 Jun 2011 09:11:46 +0000

On Monday 13th June fireman Lenny brought his fire engine to our school.

We worked!

We dressed up!

We watched!

We asked!

We sprayed!

We enjoyed!

School Governors

Tue, 14 Jun 2011 16:29:46 +0000

Reception - Ugly Bug Ball

Tue, 14 Jun 2011 13:36:53 +0000

Reception children (and parents) made their own costumes pretending to be a range of creepy-crawlies - from lovely ladybirds, beautiful butterflies, scary spiders and busy bees.
We made up mini-beasts moves and dances to our favourite tunes, played creepy crawley corners and musical bugs at our Annual Ugly Bug Ball !

Many thanks to everyone who helped their chldren to look so fabulous. We all had a ball !! Please leave a comment if you enjoyed the ball.

Letters to parents - Bike it breakfast

Tue, 14 Jun 2011 11:17:52 +0000

Please click on the following link to access letter

Fellside breakfast 17th June

Letters to parents - Family French Workshop

Tue, 14 Jun 2011 11:12:03 +0000

Please click on the following link to access letter

Family French Workshop

Newsletter - June 2011

Tue, 14 Jun 2011 10:38:48 +0000

Please click on the following link to access June Newsletter

Newsletter0610.pdf

Year 6 - Cricket Day

Mon, 13 Jun 2011 17:45:53 +0000

Year 6 took part in an all day cricket event at the Glebe Cricket Ground in Whickham on Tuesday 7th June.

Teams from Rowlands Gill, Winlaton, Whickham and other areas took part in a knock out competion. As usual the children gave 100%, all played extremely well, and even though some of the games were very difficult, they continued to work hard to get good results.

However, as usual, due to our rather predictable weather, rain stopped play. The head coach decided that the team with the overall highest score would be the winning team. After the challenging and highly competitive games, it was great news to hear that one of our Fellside teams had won. Fellside are now through to the next round on Wednesday 22nd June. More details to follow.

Well done and good luck for the next round !

Year 6 Tag Rugby Team

Mon, 13 Jun 2011 12:42:11 +0000

Well done to our Year 6 Tag Rugby Team!

They are in now the final, details to follow nearer the time. Please leave a comment to wish them luck!

Year 6 Enterprise Project 2011

Fri, 10 Jun 2011 09:12:59 +0000

Year 6 are doing their Enterprise Project starting Monday 13th June - Friday 24rd June. Please click on the following link to see their Enterprise Project Newsletter -

Year 6 Enterprise.doc

is the target the children have set and they are working together in groups to try and raise the full amount. The list of activities are as follows-

support Year 6. Help them reach their target, so they can achieve their dream, and have the best Year 6 school leaver's party ever!

Happy Birthday to...

Fri, 10 Jun 2011 09:07:51 +0000

Happy Birthday to you,

Happy Birthday dear

Elizabeth, Emma, James & Alex,

Happy Birthday to you!

Hope you all have a lovely day.

happy birthday music

Year 6 - Treat Week

Fri, 27 May 2011 12:44:00 +0000

After a very tiring time for all, Year 6 had a treat week to celebrate the end of SATS.

The first treat was to make fruit flavoured ice cream and cup cakes.

Then on Monday, Year 6 visited Chase Park in Whickham. The day started with a treasure hunt- alongside the normal empty crisp packets, cans, and water bottles, a few unusual objects were found. After a pack lunch the children played cricket and rounders, then finished off with piggy back races.

On Tuesday the children made skillasaurus dinosaurs out of card and paper.

On Thursday Year 6 took part in a pizza making experience at Franky & Bennys. They learned about food hygiene while making healthy pizzas with their own choice of toppings. The final treat was to devour their delicious creations!

When we got back to school on Thursday we watched our favourite film, our extra treat was popcorn and the ice cream we had made ealier in the week.

Everyone enjoyed the activities in treat week and are now looking forward to our enterprise project. Don't forget to leave a comment about your favourite treat.

Striking & Fielding - Year 4

Fri, 27 May 2011 11:34:58 +0000

On Wednesday 18th May our Year 4 class went to Whickham School to participate in a striking and fielding event. The children had a go at bowling, fielding and batting. Every single child tried their best and showed a brilliant attitude. One of our teams managed to come 1st overall.

Hoopy Happenings in Year 3.

Fri, 27 May 2011 11:03:17 +0000

The hula hoop is back and today Tracey from kidzRfit came in to give a lesson on how to hula hoop.
After a quick training session on how to use a hula hoop, the children were keen to get started. Year 3 and Year 4 swiveled their hips while swinging the hoop and soon became experienced 'hoopers', infact looked as if they'd been 'hooping' for years! Miss Lauder and Mr Mordue were slightly reserved as they whirled the hoop, but once they got going were 'cock a hoop', making them hula hoop super stars too.

Wow, what super hoopers!

If you would like more information please click on the following link kidzRfit

Year 6 Talented Tennis Players

Fri, 27 May 2011 10:56:35 +0000

Year 6 took part in a tennis tournament session at Blaydon Tennis Club.

Even though rain stopped play, due to our typical 'Wimbledon type' weather, the the children stiil enjoyed a brilliant day of tennis.

Year 6 Cruise.

Thu, 26 May 2011 17:07:03 +0000

Throughout this term we are thinking carefully about rivers in our 'Amazing Amazon and Terrific Tyne' topic.

As part of our research we had the opportunity to enjoy an educational cruise down the River Tyne.

We braved the elements and stood out on deck to take in the impressive views, as a commentator talked us through features of rivers as well as the history of the area. We were even lucky enough to have the Millenium Bridge opened especially for us!

Unfortunately, the clear skies didn't hold out on our return journey. As we turned around in Tynemouth to head back to the Quayside the heavens opened! We didn't mind as it allowed us to make the most of the cosy inside cabin. We didn't let the rain dampen our spirits, however, as we tested our knowledge with a Tyne quiz. Six lucky winners got to see inside the Captain's cabin and even had a go at driving the boat!

We are all looking forward to putting our knowledge to good use in the rest of our topic work!

Please leave a comment to let us know what you thought of our trip.

Hoopy Happenings in Year 4.

Thu, 26 May 2011 10:51:11 +0000

The hula hoop is back and today Tracey from KidzRfit came in to school today to give a lesson on how to hula hoop. After a quick training session on how to use a hula hoop, the children were keen to get started. Year 3 and Year 4 swiveled their hips while swinging the hoop and soon became experienced 'hoopers', infact looked as if they'd been 'hooping' for years! Miss Lauder and Mr Mordue were slightly reserved as they whirled the hoop, but once they got going were 'cock a hoop', making them hula hoop super stars too.

If you would like more information please click on the following link.

kidzRfit

Letters to parents - summer fair

Wed, 25 May 2011 14:03:41 +0000

Please click on the following to access summer fair letter.
Microsoft Word - Dear Parents Fair.pdf

Year 5's river cruise.

Wed, 25 May 2011 13:03:37 +0000

Throughout this term we are thinking carefully about rivers in our 'Amazing Amazon and Terrific Tyne' topic. As part of our research we had the opportunity to enjoy an educational cruise down the River Tyne.

We are all looking forward to putting our knowledge to good use in the rest of our topic work!

Please leave a comment to let us know what you thought of our trip.

Summer Fair

Mon, 23 May 2011 15:20:41 +0000

Ice cream, pop corn, candy floss, cake stall, bottle raffle, surely you don't need any more clues... have you guessed yet?
Yes it's Friends of Fellside Summer Fair.

A huge thank you to Friends of Fellside for organising the fair, to the people who came with their stalls etc. and to all parents and families for their much appreciated help. Congratulations to the people who won a prize aslo everyone else who came, for their generous support. The total amount raised will be on the website soon along with stall holders information.

Letters to Parents key stage 1

Fri, 20 May 2011 13:58:41 +0000

Please click on the following to access sickness bug letter.

Microsoft Word - Dear Parentillness.pdf

Goodbye Chicks...

Fri, 20 May 2011 10:08:01 +0000

We are all very sad in Nursery today, as it is our last day with the chicks. Most of the chicks will go to the farm where they will have even more fun running round outside. Daisy and Eggy will have a different home as they are going to Jonathan's farm. We are pleased because Jonathan will be able to keep us up to date on how the chicks are doing! We all have egg-stremely happy memories of the egg sellent times with the chicks. If you would like more information about the 'Ready Hatch Programme' you can do so by clicking on the following link - Living Eggs.

The chicks enjoyed a goodbye story !

They also enjoyed a last 'chicken dance' in the hall!!

Happy Birthday to...

Fri, 20 May 2011 09:20:00 +0000

Happy Birthday to you,

Happy Birthday dear

Sarah, Sarika, Marc & Jude,

Happy Birthday to you!

Hope you all have a lovely day.

happy birthday music

Super Chicks!

Wed, 18 May 2011 12:09:25 +0000

Day 10 - Wednesday 18th May

We are all chick egg-perts in Nursery, enjoy the video of our first cuddle with the chicks.

Even more chick facts... Hatching: At hatching the chicks break a lid off the egg (at the blunt end) by pushing out with their beak. Chicks have a lump on their top beak called an "egg tooth" to help them break the shell out. The egg tooth falls off soon after hatching.

Chicks can take from 1 hour to 24 hours to hatch. Breaking out of the shell is called "pipping."

Brooding: Brooding is the name given to caring for chicks after hatching until they can fend for themselves. Brooding needs to provide warmth, ventilation, feed, and water. A brooder can be as simple as a cardboard box and a desk lamp with a 60 watt bulb for warmth. Don't forget to leave a comment please.

Chirpy, Chicky, Cheeky chicks!

Sat, 14 May 2011 09:32:47 +0000

Day 9 - Tuesday 17th May

We had fun choosing names for the chicks, they are called Daisy, Minnie, Chicky, Rose, Cheepy, Beaky, Eggy, Sleepy, Funny, Lucky and Chirpy. They are egg-cellent little runners, and love being stroked on their back or tummy. Hope you like the photographs of our first cuddle. Remember you can click on any photo to enlarge it.

More chick facts : Incubation: Eggs that are bought from a supermarket are infertile and cannot be hatched. Only fertile eggs (from hens that have been covered by a rooster) can produce chicks.
Eggs are hatched naturally under a hen or artificially in an incubator. An incubator supplies warmth, humidity and ventilation to ensure a successful hatch. In an incubator, eggs are turned for 18 days, then left stationary for the last 3 days. Mother hen does the same with her eggs.

Letters to parents Y5 & Y6

Fri, 13 May 2011 16:30:22 +0000

Please click on the following link to access

Cruise trip letter

Year5 & Year6 Cruise0511.doc

Consent form PARENTAL CONSENT FOR A SCHOOL VISITcruise2011.doc

Newsletter - May

Fri, 13 May 2011 11:51:32 +0000

Please click on the following link for the May Newsletter - Newsletter0511MM.pdf

Chicken run!

Fri, 13 May 2011 10:20:40 +0000

Day 8 - Monday 16th May

The chicks have grown over the weekend and are much bigger now, also they have started to flap their wings as they jump and run around. Some of the chicks look egg-sactly the same, and they are much stronger now so we can hold them and give them a cuddle for longer.

Here are a few chick facts, did you know that...
. . . not all chicks are yellow
. . . chicks can be heard chirping in their shells up to 24 hours before hatching
. . . chicks do not need feed and water for up to 48 hours after hatching
. . . chicks start to grow feathers in the first week
. . . chickens eyelids close from the bottom up
. . . brown/black chicks come from dark shelled eggs
. . . chicks have an "egg tooth" on the top of their beak to break open the shell

Don't forget to leave a comment about the chicks!

Nursery chicks are egg-stremely cute!

Fri, 13 May 2011 10:02:13 +0000

Day 5 - Friday 13th May

What a great day! We can hold and gently stroke the chicks for the very first time, we were a little nervous but soon got used to it. The chicks were fluffy and egg-stremely cute. To allow the rest of the school see the chicks, they visited our whole school assembly. The chicks were on show in their brooder box in the hall, so now they have even more followers.

Chick flick 2

Happy Birthday to...

Fri, 13 May 2011 09:08:23 +0000

Happy Birthday to you,

Happy Birthday dear

Joshua, John, Ellen, & Emily,

Happy Birthday to you!

Hope you all have a lovely day.

happy birthday music

We are egg-static in Nursey

Thu, 12 May 2011 08:11:40 +0000

Day 4 - Thursday 12th May

The chicks are in the brooder box now and getting lots of egg-sercise. They are all running around having a good time. They soon get tired though and snuggle up beside each other under the light to fall asleep. It won't be long before the children can hold the chicks and give them a cuddle.

Can you remember the life cycle of a hen, also can anyone think of more
egg-samples of egg words? Post them on the website please.
Lots of photograps to come... check out the website on Friday!

What a cracking time in Nursey!

Wed, 11 May 2011 12:06:57 +0000

Day 3 - Wednesday 11th May -

Today we have been very lucky because we managed to watch some of the chicks hatch out ouf the egg. At first they were wet and keep falling over, but it wasnt long before they were dry and fluffy. Do you think they look cute?

Enjoy the 1st chick flick

More egg-samples to follow tomorrow!

Year 5 Assembly FAFTAS

Tue, 10 May 2011 12:20:49 +0000

In Year 5 this term we worked with local animator, Robin Webb, to plan and make an animation on our Ch ch changes topic. We learnt lots of new skills ...

Once we had finished our short films we decided to base our assembly on the movies that we had made and produced. We thought it would be fun to have it similar to the Oscars.

Welcome to our assembly : Fellside Academy of Film and Television Awards.

We all had great fun making the animations and an even better time when we performed our FAFTAS award ceremony!

Out came the red carpet, the stage awaits!

Now on with the show...

Don't forget to make your nomination about your favourite part of the FAFTA's process by leaving a comment below.

Egg-sellent News in Nursery...

Tue, 10 May 2011 10:52:51 +0000

Day 1 - Monday 9th May - eggs arrived in Nursery...

It's a very egg-siting time as we wait patiently for the eggs to hatch, check the website every day for up to date news, photographs and videos.

Day 2 - Tuesday 10th May - Eggs settled in their incubator and getting ready to hatch... an egg-sausting time ahead.

Sock monkey's 3rd mission for charity!

Tue, 10 May 2011 10:35:50 +0000

Sarah Balkwill, Sue Wilkinson & Juliet Wrate accompanied by Sock Monkey, are taking part in the annual 'Moon Walk' Saturday 14th May in London, to raise money for breast cancer. The ladies will all be dressed up in decorated bras for the event, and of course Sock Monkey has made the effort to be appropriately dressed (with light up bra) for the occasion too.
If anyone would like to contribute to the 'walk the walk' for breast cancer charity they can do so by using the following link. sarah balkwill moonwalk donations

We wish them luck on the walk and if you would like to leave a comment please do so in the box below.

Fellside Summer Fair

Tue, 10 May 2011 09:36:51 +0000

To make the fair as successful as always we need donations of:

Bottles for the tombola

Children's tombola prizes

Quality raffle prizes

Helpers - to help run some of the stalls

We also need cakes - brought in on the day in a named tin or box

Please take all donations and offer of help to reception, thank you in anticipation.

Year 6 - National Tag to Twickenham Rugby

Fri, 06 May 2011 13:58:01 +0000

We are all really proud of our rugby team who played today in the 'National Tag to Twickenham Rugby' regional finals at Kingston Park Rugby Club. Our school came second, out of over 900 Northern schools who originally entered which means they now qualify to go on to the National finals which will be held on 13th July 2011 at Rugby School in Warwickshire. As usual their performance was exceptional, they showed great sportsmanship and passion. As always they were a credit to our school. Thanks to Mr Machin and Mrs Nevin for their assistance today. Please show your support to the team by leaving them a good luck message in the comments box below.

Further details will be issued nearer the date.

Year 2 Hartlepool Maritime Visit

Fri, 06 May 2011 10:31:16 +0000

On Tuesday 5th April Year 1 & Year 2 went to Hartlepool Maritime Experience as part of their 'Pirates and Islands' topic. We all had a great day and learnt a lot. Have a look at our photographs and video of our great day.

If you would like more information about the Hartlepool Maritime Experience, please click on the following link - Hartlepool Maritime Experience Also don't forget to leave a comment in the comments box below of your favourite part of the day.

Happy Birthday to...

Fri, 06 May 2011 09:29:22 +0000

Happy Birthday to you,

Happy Birthday dear

Hanna & Daniel,

Happy Birthday to you!

Hope you all have a lovely day.

happy birthday music

Year 2 - SAQ club

Tue, 03 May 2011 13:32:09 +0000

Please click on the link below to access SAQ club letter.

Year 2 SAQ Club May 11 - FS.pdf

Letters to Parents

Tue, 03 May 2011 12:33:47 +0000

As from today, Wednesday 4th May 2011, all letters from school that are usuallly sent home to parents via the children, will also be available as a PDF document on our website within the relevent class or year group. If letters need to be signed or returned they can be accessed and printed as normal.

This should help with any lost or misplaced letters in the future.

Red white & blue celebrations

Thu, 14 Apr 2011 14:01:37 +0000

On Thursday 14th April we came to school dressed in the royal colours for an early celebration of the wedding between William & Kate. At assembly time we sang The Royal Anthem, and enjoyed a picnic lunch in the yard. Luckily the weather stayed fine and we all had a wonderful wedding party.
When William & Kate look at our website they will certainly be impressed to see possibly the first of their wedding celebrations.

Hope you enjoyed the photographs of our Royal Wedding Picnic.We look forward to your comments, especially from William and Kate.

Red all over!

Thu, 14 Apr 2011 12:57:46 +0000

We love playing with the water, promise we won't get wet, we've got our wet suits on!

Can you guess who is who when everone look the same?

We also play outside without our waterproofs.

Fellside Fire Station!

Wed, 13 Apr 2011 12:43:42 +0000

We have had lots of very important people come to see us in Nursery. We have had police with their police car and Jonathan with his tractor. We have also had the local dentist and a practice nurse, so we couldn't possibly say no to the firefighters and their fire engine.
Enjoy the photographs, of our maybe future firefighters. There will be a video soon.

Fellside Football 7-a-side Champions!

Tue, 12 Apr 2011 08:20:09 +0000

On Tuesday 5th April, pupils from Year 6 went to Parochial's school to play the final round of their East League fixtures. If Fellside won every game they would win the whole tournament, then going on to face the winner of the West League. In their first match they beat Parochial 2-0 with Dan Hand scoring a tap in after a brilliant pass from fellow striker Harry Sharpe. This turned out to be the fastest goal of the tournament - only 18 seconds! Fellside then comfortably won their next four games. In the final and deciding match of the tournament, it was Fellside against arch enemys - Front Street. It was deadlock until Alistair Thom scored a wonder goal (which was from his own half) that soared over everyone and ended up in the back of the net! Fellside had won! We now go on to face the winner of the West League. I would like to thank, on behalf of the successful team, Mr.Machin for taking us in his own time.

By Dan Hand, Year 6

Fellside Football 5-a-side Finals

Tue, 12 Apr 2011 08:16:05 +0000

On Wednesday 6th April pupils from Year 6 took part in the Durham County 5-a-side finals in Darlington. All of the boys played excellently and made super progress since last time and finished 3rd. We were rewarded with the prized Durham County medals.We had a great time and I would like to say thank you to Mr. Mordue and Mr.Machin for taking us.

By Dan Hand (Year 6)