Archive of Latest News
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.
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Virtual Assembly Every Friday!
Fri 25 Sep 2020We are pleased that modern technology means that we can still hold our weekly celebration assemblies, even in these times of social distancing! The children and teachers join the assembly from their own classrooms and Mrs Stuart, Mrs Giblin, Mrs Brown and Miss Sewell join in from their offices. We are so proud of the children and it is great that the whole school can share and celebrate their accomplishments.
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Y1 Sculptures Inspired by Andy Goldsworthy
Fri 25 Sep 2020Year 1 have been looking at the work of Andy Goldsworthy. He is a famous artist who only uses natural materials to make sculptures and we studied some of his sculptures for inspiration for our own works of art.
On a beautiful autumn day, we went on a 'nature hunt' around the school grounds to find natural materials. We then used those materials to work in pairs to make our own sculptures. We had so much fun and really enjoyed taking our learning outdoors. Take a look at some of our amazing creations...."
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Letter Formation in Reception
Fri 18 Sep 2020We have started our phonics lessons in Reception Green. To begin with, we learn individual sounds and then we learn to blend these sounds together so that we can read and write words. It is very tricky to form the letters correctly but we're trying very hard!
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Great First Week Using Seesaw
Fri 18 Sep 2020It has been wonderful to see so many children sharing their fantastic homework with class teachers through Seesaw this week! Children have also been busy using Seesaw in their lessons to do the following things:
- Capturing photos of the algorithm codes that they have created,
- Videoing new skills in PE,
- Recording themselves reading their own poems.
As children continue to access Seesaw both at home and in school, they will become more confident and proficient at using the system. They will also be learning vital life skills, such as communication. When they are working with Seesaw from home, please make sure that they are using their home account and not their school account.
It is vital that all families are able to access Seesaw; in the event of your child needing to isolate for any reason, Seesaw will be used to set work and offer feedback and support. If you haven’t yet logged in, please see the log in information which was sent home in your child’s book bag last week. All you need to do is download the Seesaw Class app onto a phone or tablet, or access it through the website: https://web.seesaw.me/. If you are having any problems accessing the system, please send an email to Parents@throckleyprim.newcastle.sch.uk and we will work with you to ensure that you can login.
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Year 2 Balancing Skills and Equal Groups in Maths
Fri 18 Sep 2020Year 2 have been outside on a lovely day for a PE lesson where we practised our balancing skills. In a maths lesson, we have been using practical equipment to make equal groups.
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A Mysterious Suitcase in Year 6
Fri 18 Sep 2020In Year 6, during an English lesson, a mysterious suitcase was left by someone. The children looked at the contents to try and learn more about this person. After finding lots of intriguing items we discovered it belonged to William Beech - the protagonist from our class novel, ‘Goodnight Mister Tom’. The children then made some incredible predictions about the book using the evidence they found. -
Character Description, Measurements and Scientists in Year 4G
Fri 18 Sep 2020In Year 4G we have been building our understanding of similes, metaphors and personification so that we can write an exciting character description of ‘The Iron Man’, which is our class book.
We have also been checking our knowledge of number, measurement and shape in maths. We used 2D and 3D shapes to help us understand their properties before building our own 3D shapes using cubes.
In science, we found out all about different jobs you can have as a scientist. We had already heard some of the titles like 'palaeontologist' and 'archeaologist' from other lessons or year groups. The most popular job roles in year 4 were astronomer, microbiologist and zoologist.
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The Importance of Exercise and Favourite Books in 4B
Fri 18 Sep 2020We have had a really exciting week in 4B! In PSHE, we learnt about the importance of exercising, especially during lockdown when it was even more important to keep our bodies and minds healthy. We organised some true and false facts about exercise, some of which were very surprising!
We also enjoyed discussing our favourite books. We then wrote book reviews on beautiful butterflies which have now been added to our wonderful class reading display. 4B have been reading so much since coming back to school. In our English lessons we have been reading ‘The Iron Man’ and for story time we have been reading ‘The Firework Maker's Daughter’. What a great start to the term.
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Ranked 44th nationally in the Times Parent Power Guide 2020!
Thu 10 Sep 2020Throckley Primary is in The Times Parent Power Guide for the 3rd Year running!
We are very proud to announce that we are ranked 44th nationally and 4th in the Northeast in the 2020 Parent Power Guide which is published annually in The Times. The guide is compiled using the scaled scores of the children from the May 2019 Key Stage 2 SATs. This table does not take into consideration the progress scores or the context of the school - it is based purely on the SATs results. Thank you to the children, the staff, the governors and all of the parents/carers who work so hard. We hope that you are as proud of these results as we are!