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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'Thank you Throckley' Poem from Our Head Girl and Boy
Fri 18 Dec 2020Thank You, Throckley!
Dear Throckley children and staff, The year 2020 hasn’t been a laugh, We’ve written this poem just to say, A thank you in a Head Boy and Girl way!
Back in March, when time stood still, We stayed inside to keep safe, until… Staff at Throckley worked really hard, To bring back some of us to the yard.
Mrs Stuart came up with plan after plan, Learning from home? Thanks to Mrs Giblin, we can! Mrs Brown kept us safe, had a long list of calls, Miss Sewell perfected routes around the school walls, Mrs Cunningham and Ledger were always there, Offering lots of advice, help and care.
This return wouldn’t have been possible without the lovely Paul, Or our school office staff and Mrs Comstock who are always on the ball, The cleaners being resilient and scrubbing everywhere, And the cooks providing meals with bundles of care.
To all support staff, we can’t thank you enough, You keep our breaks fun (at a distance) which must be tough, Your kind, smiling faces and your nurturing way, Brightens every minute, every hour and every day!
In September, children came back, back where they belong, Laughing and playing with their friends after it had been so long, Soon it was back to normal, lessons brought such fun, You have all adjusted so brilliantly, thank you and well done!
Now, our class teachers the ones we see most, In the news all the time, but there’s no need to boast, The endless hours and work that you do, Provided us with normality to help us get through.
In March, the school was empty, without its beating heart, There is a nasty virus that still keeps us all apart, But thanks to Throckley Primary and all of those within, Brighter days are coming and our team spirit will always win!
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Class Elf in Year 4B
Fri 18 Dec 2020This week, 4B have enjoyed reading to their class elf. He left them a message during the night asking them to read with him. 4B have excellent reading voices and Buddy the elf loved snuggling up on some cushions and listening to them read!
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Virtual Pantomime
Fri 18 Dec 2020Our wonderful PTFA used some of their funds to buy in a professional pantomime which was streamed directly into the classrooms across the school. Teachers pulled out all of the stops and tried to recreate the true pantomime experience. Here is one of the Reception classrooms set up like a theatre and ready for the big show! The Reception teachers even provided traditional 'pantomime rules' to show the children how to truly enjoy watching a pantomime!
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Virtual Games Pentathlon
Fri 11 Dec 2020Over the last couple of weeks, Years 3-6 have been taking part in the ‘Virtual School Games Pentathlon’ with each pupil recording a personal best in five events (Standing Long Jump, Speed Bounce, Shuttle Run, Vertical Jump and Chest Push). The scores of the Throckley Primary children will be entered into a national database and will give us the opportunity to compete with other schools during these challenging times. The national virtual competition aims to connect young people across the country in a common goal. The children have recorded some amazing personal bests in all of the events and Mr Elliott is very proud of how they have represented Throckley Primary in this unique event.
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Hearts for Homes and Hearts for Schools Project
Fri 11 Dec 2020This week children have been delighted to spread some Christmas messages of hope to our local community by participating in the Hearts for Schools and Hearts for Homes project that was started by picture-news.co.uk in Manchester. Pupils from local schools and residents in care homes shared some positive messages throughout lockdown, all within a heart shape.
The residents in Lindisfarne Care Home in Throckley wrote a little biography and a positive Christmas message, poem, story, or picture for the children in our school. Some of the children picked a specific resident to send a reply to and some sent a general Christmas message to all of the residents. We are going to miss taking the choir to perform carols for the residents this year and we hope these messages will spread a bit of Christmas cheer!
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Secret 'Room on the Broom' Spell in Reception
Fri 04 Dec 2020A huge old spell book appeared in the Reception classroom on Monday with a shopping list and recipe inside. All of these things were from the witch in the book, ‘Room on the Broom’. Each day that the children worked hard, they were rewarded with one of the ingredients from the list. At the end of the week they had all the ingredients they needed and then followed the recipe to find out what it was. If your child is in Reception, please ask them to tell you all about the recipe from the witch in ‘Room on the Broom’!
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Year 6 Interactive Poetry Lesson
Fri 04 Dec 2020Year 6 used the Seesaw App for an interactive English lesson. The children read aloud the National Poetry week poem, 'Refugees’ by Brian Bilston and then answered questions about it. They then explored the stereotypes used by the poet, which led to a fantastic discussion surrounding why refugees leave their own country to move to a different one. After the discussion, they read the poem backwards and, to their surprise, it changed the meaning of the poem altogether! They used Seesaw to capture their thoughts and discussions about the more caring meaning that they discovered in the poem when they read it in reverse.
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'Stick Man' Activities in Nursery
Fri 04 Dec 2020Nursery have been learning about the book, ‘Stick Man’ this week. Their activities have included: making their own Stick Man, making a collage out of natural materials and figuring out how to rescue Stick Man from out of the ice.
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Y2 Vincent Van Gough Inspired Collages
Fri 04 Dec 2020In their art lesson this week, Year 2 have been thinking about the textures in Van Gogh’s ‘Fishing Boats on the Beach at Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer’. They each made a collage to represent the different textures that they found in the painting. They used some interesting materials such as lentils and rice which helped them to explore the textures in an unusual way.
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Reading Advent Calendar
Fri 04 Dec 2020The countdown to Christmas is under way! The Christmas decorations are up and classes across the school have been enjoying their daily Reading Advent Calendar. Everyday, waiting behind a door, is a seasonal reading surprise for the children so that they can enjoy listening to festive poems and classic Christmas stories with their class. Be sure to ask your child about the stories they have listened to this week!