Latest news is now shared via our Head Teacher blog which is published in the Parents section of the website. Please also visit our Twitter feed for a window into our curriculum offer and to see the purposeful and memorable learning experiences in each year group. Our Twitter feed can be accessed on the Home page of our website or by clicking on the Twitter icon in the top left corner of this page.

Please find below an archive of the news stories that we published before we started to use Twitter.

• Throckley Community Jobs Fair

  Mon 28 Jun 2021 Lee Comstock

  Please see the flyers below for information about the Throckley Community Jobs Fair which is taking place on Thursday, 1st July.

  

• Latest News is now available on our Twitter Feed

  Sun 23 May 2021 Lee Comstock

  Please click on the Twitter icon on the Home Page of our website to see the latest news from around the school.

• Dates Announced for Acorns and Nursery Open Days

  Tue 11 May 2021 Lee Comstock

  If you are looking for a Nursery place for your two, three or four-year-old child, please come and visit our school on one of our Open Days.  Each family will have an individual appointment and will have the opportunity to view our school and meet our staff.  The dates are as follows:  

  • Acorns Open Days are 24th & 25th May 2021
  • Nursery Open Days are 27th & 28th May 2021

   

  Please ring the school office on 267 5311 to book your place.  We look forward to meeting you and your child.

  

• Number Day in Nursery

  Fri 07 May 2021 Lee Comstock

  Nursery have loved joining in with exciting Number Day activities! They completed a number hunt and even had a try at writing the numbers they found with chalks!  They then headed back to the nursery garden to hunt for Numicon pieces with a partner. They had so much fun!

  

• Persuasive Writing in Year 4

  Fri 07 May 2021

  Year 4 have been practising their persuasive writing skills this week. After some work on formal and informal language, they drafted letters to Mrs Giblin asking if they can work outside when the weather is hot and sunny.  Some representatives from the class then hand delivered one of the letters to Mrs Giblin in the main office.  This afternoon the children have received a letter from Mrs Giblin saying that they can work outside on sunny days next week.  Good work Year 4 - your letters must have been very persuasive! 

  

• Antarctica Day Poster Competition

  Thu 01 Apr 2021 Lee Comstock

  Year 5 entered a competition back in November for Antarctica Day and created lots of wonderful flags. Some of our designs were chosen as the winning entries and they have been                 photographed in Antarctica by some of the British Antarctic Team team!!  Look closely at the  photos and you will see a local seal who really enjoyed looking at them.

   

  

• Festival of Languages at Throckley Primary

  Thu 01 Apr 2021 Lee Comstock

  Throckley Primary has had a wonderful time embracing all things international as part of Express Yourself - the North East Festival of Languages!  The children in Reception enjoyed a French puppet show led by Nathalie Paris and featuring some memorable maths. Year 3 chose to      celebrate their favourite book, ‘Toutes les Couleurs!’, by retelling the story to each other using their very own word bank. Year 4 followed the exploits of the inhabitants of the Isle of Paradise, vividly brought to life by Théâtre Sans Frontières (an award-winning international touring theatre company based in Tynedale, Northumberland). They learned a new song extoling the foods they love, and then created a poster reaching out in the languages spoken in the North East.  Fantastique!

   

  

• Easter Baskets in Reception

  Fri 26 Mar 2021 Lee Comstock

  Reception have been working on their fine motor skills while making spring baskets.  This activity helped the children to practise their fine motor skills when cutting and folding the paper.  We then made chocolate crispy cakes to put inside.

   

  

• Y6 Crime Scene Lesson

  Fri 26 Mar 2021 Lee Comstock

  Year 6 are currently reading ‘Holes’ by Louis Sachar as their class book.  Last week they took part in an exciting crime scene lesson which helped them to plot the sequence of events in the book.

  Breaking news - Green Lake has fallen victim to the dangerous outlaw, Kissin’ Kate Barlow! This morning the deputies at the Green Lake Sheriff’s Department had a crime to solve. Using the  evidence from the scene and their knowledge of the sequence of events that led up this tragedy, they were able to identify key moments that led to the transformation of the local school teacher, Miss Katherine Barlow, into the most notorious outlaw in the West (Kissin’ Kate Barlow).

   

  

• Year 6 Interpreting Census Data

  Fri 19 Mar 2021 Lee Comstock

  Year 6 broadened their understanding of Census by interpreting data and constructing line graphs that showed the increase in the UK population every 10 years. Year 6 pupils looked at  data taken from census each year and plotted the data onto a line graph. Using their line graphs, they answered a few questions which required them to interpret what they could see from the  data.