Wardley News

• Friday 12 December 2025 Stay and Play Christmas 2025 This week, we were delighted to welcome our parents into school for a festive Stay and Play session. The classroom was full of excitement as children and parents explored a range of Christmas-themed activities together.
• Thursday 11 December 2025 Christmas dinner UPKS2 To (almost) round off another week, the children enjoyed a lovely Christmas dinner provided by our wonderful catering team. The children enjoyed the meal and having staff eat with them as well.
• Tuesday 9 December 2025 School trip to Jesmond Parish church It is that wonderful time of the year again where we make our annual journey to Jesmond to sing some carols and learn a bit more about Christmas.
• Tuesday 9 December 2025 Year 3/4 trip to the Heworth Christmas carols On Friday 5th, Year 3/4 got the wonderful opportunity to go down to Heworth secondary school and experience the delights of their dance and music departments.
• Monday 8 December 2025 Nursery's Trip to Forest School Our nursery children had an exciting Forest School session today, dressing in brilliant camouflage outfits and face paint that made the experience even more immersive. They loved practising how to hide among the trees, using their senses and creativity to blend into the woodland environment. Every child did a fantastic job and showed great enthusiasm throughout the activities. We were so impressed with how engaged, confident, and adventurous they were during the entire session.
• Wednesday 3 December 2025 Reception Forest School - December
• Friday 28 November 2025 Christmas is coming! The children in Miss Oliphant's class were given a very special job to do today. They were asked to decorate the Christmas tree in the hall! Everyone was very excited and had a fantastic time choosing baubles and hanging them on the branches. We hope you like it as much as we do.
• Thursday 27 November 2025 Christmas Dance Event On Tuesday 25th, the whole school were lucky enough to be part of a Christmas dance event with the Create dance centre. Rachel (who led the session) was excellent and shared so many amazing dance moves with classes across the school.
• Thursday 27 November 2025 Interfaith Week 2025 During Interfaith Week, our school welcomed several local faith leaders who shared their beliefs and traditions with our students. Jonah spoke about Judaism, offering insights into its history and practices. Kirtida introduced key aspects of Hinduism, while Brother Khadim helped students learn about Islamic faith and culture. We were also joined by Andy Gawn and Rev. Lucy Moss, who discussed Christianity and its place in our community. Their visits encouraged curiosity, respect, and understanding across different faiths.
• Friday 21 November 2025 Year 1/2 visit to Pelaw Library
• Friday 21 November 2025 Tiny Tasters visit Key Stage One In DT, the children in Key Stage One have been investigating how to make a delicious, healthy pasta salad. After looking at different food groups and choosing ingredients that are good for our bodies, we worked with the lovely 'Mrs Taster' from Tiny Tasters who showed us how to make our own amazing pasta salads that we then took home to share with our families.
• Thursday 20 November 2025 Snowy Day The children in Miss Oliphant's class had great fun in the snow. They made snow angels, played with snowballs and made footprints. There wasn't quite enough snow to make a snowman but maybe next time!
• Thursday 20 November 2025 Snow at Wardley Year 3 had fun in the snow at playtime today!
• Thursday 20 November 2025 Remembrance day The children in Year 1/2 loved learning about Remembrance day and the importance of remembering all of the people who have helped to look after us and protect our country. We watched a lovely animated video about the poppy fields before creating our own Remembrance day art work.
• Thursday 20 November 2025 Year 4 Forest school On a very cold Thursday and the snow fall around us, Year 4 braved the field for a superb forest school experience. With new forest school leader Chris, the children spent the morning building fires. In quite tricky conditions they showed amazing perseverance and resilience. The result, two brilliant fires! (And some very cold boys and girls!)
• Tuesday 18 November 2025 Year 6- Tips On Staying Safe Today, Year 6 visited Safety Works in Newcastle to learn about how they are able keep themselves safe when they are out in the community and at home. They were told all about how they could create a code word that they could share with their parents in case they ever find themselves in a difficult situation and need help. They also learned all about the different emergency services that they could use if they ever found themselves in danger.
• Tuesday 18 November 2025 KS2 Cookery Club KS2 children have been working hard gaining new skills and independence in the kitchen at Cookery Club! This week the children loved making healthy wraps and sandwiches. They chose from a variety of fillings and sampled their creations at the end of the session. After making their food, the children then helped clean all of the equipment and tidy the kitchen area.
• Monday 17 November 2025 Year 4 Children in Need On Friday, children dressed spotty in celebration of Children in need. Our challenge for the day was do a dance as class. The children had a great time being all spotty and showing off their best moves.
• Monday 17 November 2025 Year 1 - 'IT Around Us' Look at what Year 1 have been learning in IT this term.
• Monday 17 November 2025 Y3 Forest School - Autumn 2 In Forest School this half term, Year 3 got the chance to wear army jackets and army facepaint to camouflage in the forest. They learnt how to stay hidden – Miss Millar and Miss Kwiaton had a real challenge trying to uncover some of the children! They also took part in a boys vs girls den building competition, we are so impressed with the teamwork and communication skills they demonstrated.
• Monday 17 November 2025 Children in Need 2025 The children in Miss Oliphant's class loved taking part in the Children in Need activities. When Pudsey Bear came to visit, they could not wait to meet him! They also enjoyed making spotty biscuits, creating a spotty Pudsey and joining in with the special Children in Need dance. It was fantastic fun!
• Thursday 13 November 2025 Year 1 - Mini Mappers Take a look at Year 1's autumn geography topic...
• Thursday 13 November 2025 Wardley Hockey Team Over the last few months, some of our year 5 and 6 children have been participating in a Gateshead hockey league. They started the league slow - with a hard fought loss to Harlow green. From there, we haven't looked back though and have won our next two games.
• Thursday 13 November 2025 Plastic Pollution In Autumn 1 the children have been writing non chronological reports about plastic pollution. We have learnt about the impact that plastic pollution is having on our oceans.
• Thursday 13 November 2025 Bonfire Night and Diwali As part of our celebrations topic, we have been learning about how and why people celebrate Bonfire Night and Diwali. We have read stories about these celebrations and have had lots of different activities in Nursery to help us learn about them.
• Wednesday 12 November 2025 Autumn in Reception
• Thursday 6 November 2025 Year 5/6 Recycled Plastic Bag Art
• Wednesday 5 November 2025 Year 6 Visit Beamish - Climate Change Project Year 6 had an excellent day at Beamish Museum today as part of their ongoing Climate Change Project. During their visit, the children explored how our carbon footprint has changed from the 1820s to the 1950s, learning about how industrial and lifestyle changes have contributed to the increase in carbon emissions over time.
• Monday 3 November 2025 Nursery Celebrates Halloween
• Friday 24 October 2025 End of Autumn Term 1 2025 Celebration Today marks the end of our first half term back! It has flown by. We celebrated the success of the children who have really thrown themselves into the new academic year.

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