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• Wednesday 20 November 2024 Year 4 - Kensuke's Kingdom cinema visit Year 4 visited the cinema to watch Kensuke’s Kingdom today. All children came out of the cinema full of excited chatter, describing the events they had witnessed. We had discussions in school about some of the themes in the film. Many children could describe their favourite parts of the film and many said they’d love to see it again! Throughout the visit, all children showed excellent focus and were very respectful.
• Tuesday 19 November 2024 Santa Dash 2024
• Tuesday 19 November 2024 Y2 Movement Lab - Problem Solving Can you guess what the rules were?
• Tuesday 19 November 2024 Year 3 Orienteering In Year 3, the children have been developing their orienteering skills during outdoor learning sessions on the Sele Playing Field. Orienteering combines map reading and physical activity, helping children build confidence in their navigational abilities while staying active.
• Friday 15 November 2024 Odd Socks Day in Year One Today, children have been thinking about what makes them special and unique. They created a background for a piece of art consisting of their favourite colours and then attached a black and white picture of themselves. They then thought about traits that they have that they are proud of and wrote some positive affirmations about themselves. The children came up with some lovely ideas about each other as well.
• Friday 15 November 2024 Reception's Week Reception have done lots of writing this week! From how they would fill their bucket of kindness for Kindness Day, to odd sock designs and orders for the cafe, children have been using their phonics to spell simple words and emotions, e.g. happy, hug.
• Monday 11 November 2024 Year 4 Pantosaurus Day Last week children wore different pants for Pantosaurus Day. We investigated the PANTS rules; privates are private, always remember your body belongs to you, no means no, talk about secrets that upset you and speak up, someone can help. Great work Year 4!
• Friday 8 November 2024 Year 3 PE This week in PE, Year 3 had a blast with some dancing and running! They loved getting into the groove with some fun dance moves, and they also practiced their running skills, working on speed and stamina. It was great to see them so full of energy and having fun together
• Friday 8 November 2024 Remembrance Day 2024 In preparation for Remembrance Day, the children have been busy creating beautiful poppies for a special display outside our school. Using a variety of materials like paper, felt, twigs and wool, each child designed their own unique poppy, symbolising respect and remembrance for those who have served. They’ve been learning about the significance of the poppy and discussing why we wear them to honour the sacrifices made during times of war. The display is now filled with these handmade poppies, showing our school community's shared respect and gratitude as we commemorate this important day.
• Friday 8 November 2024 Pantosaurus Day in Year 2 Children began their day designing their own pants which began the discussion of the importance of the day. Children talked about respecting each other's private parts and how to do this.
• Thursday 7 November 2024 Sele First Park Run Takeover On Saturday 14th December, we are going to do our second TAKE OVER of the Tyne Green Parkrun.
• Thursday 24 October 2024 Y2 - Take One Picture Open Day What a fantastic day Year 2 had for this year's Take One Picture Open Day. Y2 used chalk to recreate the streets of London engulfed with flames. They made their own Take One Picture souvenir of something they had learnt from this half term. By the end of the busy day, all children had visited the Art Studio where they sketched, created a shadow puppet and moulded their own clay gargoyle.
• Thursday 24 October 2024 Year 4 - Take One Picture Studio Year 4 have had a fantastic experience in the Take One Picture studio, creating artwork inspired by ‘Courtyard of a house in Delft’ by Pieter de Hooch. They experimented with tone and shade at the sketching station, created intricate patterns with acrylic paint on tiles and performed mini plays using shadow puppets they had fashioned with lolly pop sticks and paper. We were lucky to be visited by a local willow weaver, Ruth Marley, who expertly supported the children in the making of our giant sculpture, soon to be revealed.
• Tuesday 22 October 2024 Hidden Nature Challenge with the RHS This year, Sele First became part of the National Education Nature Park, in conjunction with the RHS. To kick things off, the Eco Warriors welcomed Jane Pollinger from the Nature Park into school to take part in the Hidden Nature Challenge.
• Thursday 17 October 2024 Year 2's Visit to see the Arches As part of this half term's Take One Picture project, Year 2 took their Art sketchbooks on a local walk to spot and draw arch shapes in the centre of Hexham. Children were very surprised by the arch shapes they could see that they had previously missed when doing their homework menu task. Back at school, children finished off their art by adding detail using charcoal pencils.
• Thursday 17 October 2024 Reception in the Art Studio Reception thoroughly enjoyed their visit to the Art Studio on Tuesday. They took along their clay pumpkins to paint and loved making shadow puppets.
• Tuesday 15 October 2024 Year One in the Art Studio What a great way to kick off the week for Year One as we had our day in the Art Studio on Monday.
• Friday 11 October 2024 Year 4 Kennings This week, Year 4 learnt how to write a kenning. We investigated the origin of kennings before writing one about ourselves. Everybody followed the rule of ‘noun, hyphen, verb’ to create excellent kennings. Finally, inspired by our Take One Picture, we wrote a kenning about a caregiver. In the poems, the children were able to reflect upon what they are thankful for in their daily lives and how their caregivers support them.
• Friday 11 October 2024 Y2's Great Fire of London Day Today Y2 children have been busy following a set of instructions to bake their own bread. Children weighed their ingredients, mixed the flour and stirred in the liquid ingredients to make dough to knead before forming their own bun. Whilst the bread was baking in the oven, children used a jar to shake cream to make their own butter. Once ready, they enjoyed both together!
• Tuesday 8 October 2024 KS2 NSAA Cross Country Today, 23 children from KS2 braved torrential rain to take part in the Northumberland Schools Athletics Association Cross Country County Championships at Temple Park, South Shields.
• Saturday 5 October 2024 Our week in Nursery Nursery have been looking at the Take One Picture- The Courtyard of a House in Delft by Pieter de Hooch.
• Friday 4 October 2024 Y3 Art - Narnia
• Thursday 3 October 2024 Year 4 Art
• Thursday 3 October 2024 Reception's Take One Picture This week Reception began their study of A Courtyard of a House in Delft. Drawing on the arches and bricks in the painting, they have been printing with Duplo. Having enjoyed tracing last week, children traced a variety of arches and chose to add their own colours. They also drew what was behind their own imaginary door, with ideas ranging from fairies to Roman soldiers!
• Wednesday 2 October 2024 KS1 Curriculum Evening A big thank you to those of you who were able to attend last night's Key Stage One Curriculum Evening, hosted by the KS1 Team.
• Wednesday 2 October 2024 Our Delft plates are almost done!! This week, Year One have been painting their Delft plates. We learned that a coat was not just something that you wear in bad weather, it can also mean another layer of paint! This was needed to give them their bright, white background. We then added the fine blue detail making them resemble the typical Royal Delft style. We've now got to varnish them so that they harden and shine! We're really proud of our pottery and can't wait to display them for all to see!
• Tuesday 1 October 2024 London's Burning - Poetry Y2 As part of our Great Fire of London topic, linked to this year's Take One Picture, Y2 explored the language and lyrics of the well-known song London's Burning.
• Thursday 26 September 2024 Celebrating European Day of Languages 2024 Today is European Day of Languages! Children took part in activities to celebrate the range of languages that are spoken across school and in our community.
• Thursday 26 September 2024 Sele First Bake Off - European Day of Languages
• Thursday 26 September 2024 The Canny Band visits KS2! We had the enormous pleasure of having The Canny Band in to school today!

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