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• Year 4 - Whickham Thorns

  Fri 26 Apr 2024

  Year 4 had a brilliant day for their adventure day at Whickham Thorns! 
  The children took part in 5 different activities which they all enjoyed. 
  All of the adults were so impressed with their behaviour, resilience and teamwork throughout the day. ☺️

  

• Celebration

  Fri 26 Apr 2024

  Every Friday, the children are encouraged to share their hobbies and achievements with the school during celebration assembly. 

   

  This week, two girls shared their incredible blankets which they made at home from scratch. Surely they have a future business in mind! They are both incredibly talented. 

   

  We also have a future engineer who shared just one of his many creations and this time it was almost like a bow and arrow that could shoot elastic bands at least 4m. Amazing!

   

  Then as if Westerhope are not talented enough, we had a gymnast, a dancer, a swimmer and even someone who walked all of Hadrian’s Wall - 84miles!

   

  We are so proud of our talented children! Keep sharing everyone!

  

• Incredible Eggs!

  Tue 23 Apr 2024 Mrs Phillip

  Our first chick has hatched today! 

  

• Year 3 Newcastle City Centre Geography & RE Trip

  Mon 22 Apr 2024 Mrs Thompson

  Year 3 had a very memorable day on our Newcastle City Centre Trip. It was action packed from the outset, all cramming onto the 63 bus, and undertaking our 'can you find?' bus tasks.

   

  Our first landmark was St James' Park, which delighted everyone, before moving at a rate of knots through the City Centre.

   

  The children were absolutely brilliant at sticking together in our large group. We made lots of pitstops along the way to look at the many historic and iconic landmarks and places of significance in our city.

   

  We went inside Newcastle's Cathedral, where the children were invited to touch the water in the font and explore the beautiful surroundings. The children were amazed to hear the organ rehearsals going on, and we got to view a schools' exhibition of artwork inspired by the stained glass windows in the Cathedral. This has also inspired us to create some artwork. Watch this space!

   

  Everyone was in awe of the Castle's Black Gate, especially the grim oubliette (a gaol with no means of escape), and enjoyed their journey along the Quayside and over the Millennium Bridge.

   

  Thank you to Newcastle City Library who welcomed us to enjoy our packed lunches in a very lovely room there.

  

• Excitement in Year 1!

  Mon 22 Apr 2024 Mrs Phillip

  The Year 1 children were super excited today when we had a delivery of eggs! We are looking forward to seeing the baby chicks one day this week!

  

• Science club

  Mon 22 Apr 2024

  Science club got off to a great start last week. We looked at inspirational scientist, Rosalind Franklin and even extracted DNA from strawberries! Mrs Baty is looking forward to this week’s session.

  

• Friday Celebration Assembly

  Sun 21 Apr 2024

  This week we celebrated the children’s achievements during DT Week. The outcomes were amazing and the children were keen to demonstrate their projects for the whole school. We were all very impressed - well done Westerhope!

   

  (Have a look at the Yr1 castle - you will want to jump in!)

   

  

• Jack and the Beanstalk!

  Fri 19 Apr 2024 Miss Ellis

  This week Reception have been inspired by the story Jack and the Beanstalk. We have done so many lovely activities related to the story but our favourite has been imagining we are Jack climbing up whilst we tackled our steep slopes in Forest Friday! Well done to all for your amazing bravery and determination! 

  

• Maths Enterprise Week

  Thu 18 Apr 2024

  We had an amazing time during our Enterprise Week!

  The children had £40 to come up with products to sell at a fair and they were able to keep the profit made to spend on something for their classes! 

  The products being sold were excellent and there were a lot of very happy children at the end of the week. 

  

• Pupil Committee Litter Picking

  Wed 17 Apr 2024 Miss Forster

  The sunshine came out so the pupil committee grabbed their litter pickers and got busy clearing our school grounds.

  We found a surprising amount of litter outside and spent some time clearing the year 1 outdoor area. We are currently planning how this year 1 area could be better utilised. Watch this space!