tag:www.thedriveprimary.org,2010://1 2010-03-06T22:34:27Z Movable Type 3.33 tag:www.thedriveprimary.org,2010://1.217 2010-03-06T21:58:58Z 2010-03-06T22:34:27Z

If your children start pointing out Fair Trade labels on produce in the shops and encourage you to buy these products, that's because we have been learning about the importance of buying products with the Fair Trade label on them....

Smith The conclusion was that they tasted the same, so if the fairtrade ones are just as good they should buy those. Then we made banana milkshakes with the rest of the bananas. most children reallly liked the milk shakes. AM PM ]]> tag:www.thedriveprimary.org,2010://1.216 2010-03-06T21:46:38Z 2010-03-06T22:32:54Z

The children engaged in numerous Mathematical activities in both the indoor and outdoor areas. You can see some of the things they did in the pictures below. A fun day was had by all. AM session PM session...

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Children had a fun day at nursery, they dressed up as characters from a book. brought in their favourite stories, listened to lots of stories, made and tasted porridge, and experienced why the three bears needed to go for a...

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We have enjoyed celebrating World Book Day.Pupils came dressed as their favourite book character. Year 2 went to the library for a special book session and really enjoyed themselves....

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On Wednesday pupils in the Sir Kits Quest group went to see sharks as part of their quest....

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Today we had a "Hats for Haiti" fundraising activity. We all came to school with a hat. Some were silly, some where handmade,all were fun!! We all paid £1 then raised money with a cake sale as well....

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Our Creative Curriculum theme this half term is Food Glorious Food. We will be exploring food from around the world and finding out where the food we eat comes from. We will also be learning about traditional recipes and trying...

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Dance club are looking forward to the upcoming Dance Festival being held at the Sage in March this year. The theme this year is 'Festivals and carnivals from around the world' and we are busy working hard to practise our...

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We are all very excited about this terms theme 'WW2' and would like to take this opportunity to thank everyone who has contributed to this exciting topic with books, old uniforms and newspaper articles. I am sure by the end...

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Year 1 are currently working on Super Sport as part of their topic for the creative curriculum. They have been doing lots of experiments on different kinds of materials and their properties. They have had lots of fun in the...

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Since the new term began, we have been very busy in ICT. As you can see, we had lots of fun on our ICT treasure hunt. We managed to find lots of ICT around the school....

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Children from Year 5/6 began their Cycling Proficiency training last week and thoroughly enjoyed the first session. There will be another 3 sessions this term. Please make sure your child brings their bike in this Friday for the next session....

Guest Children from Year 5/6 began their Cycling Proficiency training last week and thoroughly enjoyed the first session. There will be another 3 sessions this term. Please make sure your child brings their bike in this Friday for the next session. Thanks. Mr C. tag:www.thedriveprimary.org,2010://1.202 2010-01-25T15:53:41Z 2010-01-25T15:57:55Z

Gateshead Council are organising and hosting the above competition. Judging will take place at the Spring Bulb Show on Saturday 27th March 2010 at 11:00am. The children will be painting a variety of pictures from months across the year. We...

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Obviously with the recent weather all Primary football in the authority has been posponed. It is expected the leagues will begin again later this half-term or at the beginning of the next. More details to follow when available. Mr Connor....

Guest Obviously with the recent weather all Primary football in the authority has been posponed. It is expected the leagues will begin again later this half-term or at the beginning of the next. More details to follow when available. Mr Connor. tag:www.thedriveprimary.org,2010://1.205 2010-01-25T15:48:27Z 2010-01-25T16:10:18Z

Year 4/5 had a great day on Friday at Heworth clc, based at Heworth Grange comp. We spent the day exploring music software called 'Music Maestro', learning about tempo, pulse and rhythm. We then worked in groups to create a...

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