Today, everyone in school wore a hat to raise money for the Haiti Eathquake Appeal. There were some really funny and funky hats; Mrs Fox wore a Zorro hat and Mrs Reynolds look very summery in a huge sombrero! In classes, we found out about Haiti and said this prayer together:
Dear Lord
We pray for the people of Haiti.
Comfort those who hurt and be with those who are sad.
We pray for food, water, shelter and healing for the people of Haiti.
Help us to share what we have with our sisters and brothers
as they begin to rebuild their lives
Amen

Year 1 and 2 were amazing today when they performed their Nativity play, Jesus' Birthday Party. The acting and singing was fantastic.

Year 1 and 2 are having lots of fun in Christmas Craft Club. The children have made Santa and Snowmen hand puppets and bracelets.

'Our finished houses.'

Making houses in DT.

For our Humanities topic, we have been finding out about our local area.
We have been taking a close look at what's in Pelaw, and also looking at the history of our school.

Year 1 and 2 in the hall.

Two very well informed Year 6 children.

Today, the Community Support Officer came into school to talk about firework safety.
Year 6 were reminded of lots of safety advice.
"You must always wear gloves when using sparklers." Joseph Bainbridge.
"You should never go near a firework that hasn't gone off." Jessica Tracey.

There was lots of designing and building at lego club.

For more photographs see the Year 1 & 2 Gallery pages.

Year 2 have had a great time in Textiles making puppets with Miss McGlynn. We even put on a puppet show. It's behind you!!
For more photos, see the Gallery.

Over the past six weeks children from Year 4 have been working on Easter crafts after school. Today they have all taken home their very own "pompom chick". They should be very proud of themselves. Well done!

Year 2

Year 3

Year 5

Year 6

Mr Seaton really got into the spirit of it!

For many more pictures have a look in the Gallery.

"We really enjoyed getting dressed up in our party clothes!"

" Yum, yum!"
For more pictures, see the Gallery.

Well done to Year 1 and 2 who performed and sung so well during their nativity play, 'Are we nearly there yet?'
For more pictures, see the gallery.

Thank you to all those who bought raffle tickets to raise money for Children in Need.
Congratulations to this lucky winner!

Year 1 and 2 were visited by Mr. Skinner from The Dog Control Service. The children found out how to behave responsibly with dogs and really enjoyed completing activities in their Dog Control booklets.

Our Geography topic is 'Going to the Seaside'. We have been looking at seaside places in this country and around the world.
We've had great fun making our own holiday brochures.

Year 2 had a fun afternoon studying the plants and animals in the school environment.
It's surprising what you can find!
Look in the Gallery.for more pictures.

This week, children from Year 2, 3, 4 and 5 are visiting Gateshead City Learning Centre. Children are going to explore new technology. Year 2 and 3 are using a digital video, animation, digital music and digital photography. Year 4 and 5 have the opportunity to create an animated slideshow and to broadcast live on the internet as part of Gateshead CLC Radio.

Well done to the following children who received awards on 3rd April 2008.
Year 1: Jack Luke for being a helpful and considerate class member.
Year 2: Rachel Morley for working hard and being helpful in class.
Year 3: Daniel Gurr for always being polite and well mannered.
Year 4: Jack Henderson for becoming more focused and completing his work.
Year 5 : Stephen Gray for having excellent quick maths skills.
Year 6: Lucy Soulsby for always being a happy and hardworking member of Y6.
Mrs Hetherington's Award: Billy Davidson for excellent participation in the Celebration of Easter.
Head teacher's Award: Adam Burton for acting so well as Jesus in the Celebration of Easter.
Attendance Winner- Year 4.

End of term Winners
Attendance- Year 4 .
House Winners- St. Oswald.
Congratulations to all these hard workers.

Year 2 visited Whitehouse Farm for our Spring trip this year. We had a fascinating day observing farm animals such as cows, sheep, goats and pigs. We also had the opportunity to see and handle other creatures including lizards, snakes, rats and mice. The children and parents had an exciting day looking around the farm, feeding some of the animals, and gaining a better understanding of how animals are cared for. As expected, the children were very well behaved throughout the day.

Our Easter raffle and 'Name the Chick' competitions were drawn today.

As part of our easter activities, children have brought decorated eggs into school. They are all absolutely amazing. Well done children.
To view pictures of your creations, have a look in the gallery.

Parents Evening for Years 1-6 is on Wednesday 19th March from 3:10 pm - 8:00 pm.
Please return the slip with a preferred time or alternatively sign up on the lists outside each classroom. Thank you.

Well done to the following children who received awards on 14th March 2008 in Merit Assembly.
Year 1: Emily Sinton for excellent progress in reading.
Year 2: Adam Gilchrist for excellent progress in reading.
Year 3: Joseph Neill for excellent division and multiplication work.
Year 4: Elli Maggs for making a beautiful Easter card.
Year 5 : Daniel marsden for being very brave on Wednesday.
Year 6: Jordan Brown for making good progress with reading comprehension.
Keep up the excellent work!

Year R are visiting Bill Quay Farm on Tuesday 18th March.
Year 2 are visiting Whitehouse Farm on Tuesday 18th March.
We hope you have a great time and we can't wait to hear about what you did and saw.

Year 2 visited Pelaw library on Tuesday this week.

The library organised a special afternoon of activities to help the children to prepare for World Book Day which is on Thursday. Activities included a quiz, stories, a talk by the librarian, and an opportunity to choose a book from the wide range of books available. The children enjoyed learning more about the library and seeing how they could make greater use of it.

Join us in the hall at 2.45 pm on Thursday 6th March for a Lenten Liturgy led by our Year 2 children.

I was delighted at the number of parents who were able to attend the meeting about the Year 2 assessments. Hopefully it helped to resolve any queries about the assessments arrangements. If you have any further queries, please contact me.

Mrs Boyd

In year 2 we are finding out about Spain and learning as much as we can about Spanish things.We're going to look at some Spanish artists, food and famous buildings.

In Pastoral groups, we prayed together.
Here are some of our prayers:

In Pastoral groups, we have been finding out about the 'UNICEF Day for Change'.