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Curriculum News
Design Technology – Lightboxes
Year 4 have been busy designing , making and evaluating their own lightbox designs recently during Design Technology. They used their knowledge from their Science sessions on Electricity to construct a simple circuit to light them...
Year 1 – Winter spotters
Snow day! Year 1 were lucky enough to go Winter spotting as part of their Science lessons today and it snowed! They talked about the changes in the weather and trees as well as experiencing real snow as they were walking across to the school orchard.
Multiplication Tables Check
Dear Parents/Guardians, In June of this year, our Year 4 children will undertake the Multiplication Tables Check. This is to assess how confident and competent they are at their times tables. The children are always practising their times tables, and we teach them...
Reception Nativity
Well done to the Reception children for an amazing performance. We did some amazing singing and dancing. It was enjoyed by all.
Sandylands Art exhibition
As part of our curriculum opening, the children had the opportunity to showcase their art work within the Sandylands Art exhibition. There were examples of clay and sculpture as well as displaying examples of sketching. printing and painting. The exhibition also...
Local Church visit with Year 6 – Advent
Year 6 visited the local church this week as part of their learning about advent and the run up to the Christmas celebrations within the Church of England.
Lest we forget
We are so proud of our school and local community. The children have been supporting the Royal British Legion selling poppies and our soldier silhouettes are on the front yard once more ... Lest we forget
Year 6 Northumberland trip – Coast, City and Culture
Just a few photos from our visit to the North East looking at the similarities and differences between the two coastlines, taking part in the Lowry trail around Berwick and landing on Lindisfarne just like the Vikings did in 793AD. What a trip - sunsets over Seahouses...
Super Parent Feedback in Reception!
We are thrilled that the children in Reception have made a great start and our parents think it too!! From our parental survey: 100% of parents feel that their child has settled Into Sandylands well. 100% of parents feel that their child enjoys coming to school....
Autumn Fun
We have been very busy over the last few weeks! We have mixed colours using natural materials, made sunflower pictures, found natural materials and had a go at drawing maps. We have had great fun!
Free Positive Parenting Programme
From quay to classroom…
Our Year 5 children spent some time of the quay at Lancaster today as part of their unit on sketching in Art. They looked at some of the buildings, refined their pencil and shading techniques and then returned to school to create their own quayside artwork. They even...
Family training with Claire our child therapist
Have you ever wondered why your child behaves like they do? Do they struggle controlling their emotions? Do they never seem to sleep? We organised for Claire, our child therapist, to outline how children develop and why they could find simple every day tasks a...
Read Write inc Writing
The children in Reception and Year 1 have been getting to grips with writing using the Read Write inc writing booklets. It's giving them an added element to the writing process and they are concentrating on the basic skills to ensure they develop into the best writers...
Coding club
Every Thursday, we meet for coding club. Here are a few projects we have been working on recently...
Superstar swimmer!
We are all very proud of our superstar Year 6 swimmer who took part in a swimming competition last weekend. Oh my goodness - how many gold medals?!
Coming to a school near you! P.A.S.T.A is a programme of after school activities for families with children aged between 5-8 years old.
Year 1 Material spotters
Year 1 have had a great time in Science this week. They have been on a materials hunt and then trying to make the Three Little pigs a new home. Which material was the strongest for the job?
School Games Gold Award
Well done to all the children and staff at Sandylands! We have been awarded the school games mark Gold award for our PE provision. We love that our children have a 'healthy body, healthy mind' attitude to their learning both in school and within our local...
Welcome Back!
'A smile is the universal welcome'- Max Eastman We can't wait to welcome back all your smiling faces tomorrow for another fun filled year! See you soon...
Year 1’s Science trip to Leighton Moss
Year 1 had a great time at Leighton Moss last week. They went bird watching, looked at plants as well as a bit of pond dipping as part of their Science this term. 1K's photos are to follow!
Year 1 Sports day
We finally got to run the Year 1 and 2 sports day today. The children thoroughly enjoyed themselves (nearly as much as the parents watching!). It was great to see so many spectators - thank you for joining us.
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Last Updated on March 22, 2022
