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• Wednesday 17 June 2026 Active Movement Metro At Bede Community Primary School, we are always looking for ways to help children develop healthy, active lifestyles. This year, we have been working alongside RISE North East to explore how we can make physical activity more accessible, affordable and enjoyable for younger children and their families.
• Friday 22 May 2026 Once Upon a Time... This half term, Reception have been immersed in the wonderful world of storytelling through our topic, Once Upon a Time.... The children have embarked on a series of exciting adventures inspired by traditional tales and fantasy stories. They have explored a giant's castle, crossed an ancient forest in search of dragon eggs, joined a pirate crew sailing to Skull Island and even brewed magical potions to save our class monsters from a witch's spell. Through these imaginative experiences, the children have developed their creativity, curiosity and confidence while bringing stories to life through play and exploration.
• Friday 22 May 2026 SATS, Skills & Skateboards SATS
• Friday 22 May 2026 Spring Forwards Position Positivity
• Friday 22 May 2026 Tick Tock! In Maths, we have been learning to tell the time using the 24-hour clock. The children have applied their knowledge of Roman numerals to read a range of analogue clocks and have practised drawing the minute and hour hands accurately. They have also used their understanding of time to solve duration and elapsed time problems.
• Friday 22 May 2026 What’s the time! In Numeracy, the children have been solving problems using time. We have focused on developing our use and knowledge of mathematical language when explaining the duration of time. We used our ‘Perseverant Pug' Super Learning Power to help us when reading time for half past, quarter past, quarter to and to the nearest minute. The children have enjoyed solving time problems which required them to convert between hours, minutes and seconds.
• Friday 22 May 2026 A local hero! This half term, our History unit has been all about Grace Darling and why she was a celebrity in the north east. The children have learned all about her life and the heroic rescue she did with her dad. We retold the story through drama, making boats and mini Grace Darling puppets as props. The children then made their own Grace Darling medals to go in the RNLI Grace Darling museum in Bamburgh. Perhaps you could visit there one day? It is totally free to go!
• Friday 3 April 2026 Spring into Science! This half term, Reception have been exploring the question “How Things Work” through a range of exciting, hands-on science experiences. The children investigated blackouts while learning about electrical circuits, explored mysterious turnip deliveries to understand forces, and experimented with ways to help eggs “fly” as part of learning about gravity. Alongside these practical investigations, they enjoyed a variety of high-quality stories and developed their scientific understanding through curiosity, discussion and experimentation.
• Friday 3 April 2026 Codes, Character & Connections World Book Day 2026 – Cracking Codes and Cosy Reading
• Friday 3 April 2026 Sunny Spring Superstars
• Friday 3 April 2026 Woodland Work Year 4 have had a fantastic and busy half term, filled with enthusiasm, creativity, and determination across all areas of their learning!
• Friday 3 April 2026 Fairies, Flights & Flora What an exciting half term it has been and, despite it being short, jam-packed with fun and learning!
• Sunday 29 March 2026 Easter Holiday Happenings
• Sunday 29 March 2026 Tech4Communities – Free Devices for Gateshead Residents
• Friday 20 February 2026 Around Our World This half term, Reception have loved exploring different places, people and cultures from around the world. They have investigated clothing from a range of cultures, sampled delicious foods from different countries, practised map-making, and learned about animals, where they live and their features. They also compared homes from around the world, explored a variety of musical styles and even learned dances to new songs.
• Friday 20 February 2026 Science, Suspense & Safety Internet Safety Week - BBC Live Lessons
• Friday 20 February 2026 Singing into Spring! Marvellous Multiplications
• Friday 20 February 2026 Nature, Numbers & Non-fiction Save our Hedgehogs!
• Friday 20 February 2026 3D ABC ABC have been studying 3D shapes and discussing their properties. We made our own and used alliteration to name them.
• Friday 19 December 2025 Let’s Celebrate! This half-term Reception have continued to build on their phonics knowledge, their listening skills and applying their understanding of literacy and mathematics in their play. They have practised their writing and comprehension skills through our exploration of ‘celebrations' by creating friendship posters, road signs, birthday invitations and Christmas cards to name a few. When we celebrated Millie the House Mouses birthday the children particularly enjoyed giving her cards, gifts and playing musical statues.
• Friday 19 December 2025 A Wonderful Winter Fabulous Fractions
• Friday 19 December 2025 Freezing, Fires & Forests This half term , we have been outdoors a great deal and it's been wonderful. We took part in a project about climate change with Beamish Open Air Museum . First we were visited by Catherine from the museum, who helped us to understand how people have used more and more fossil fuels over the last 200 years. We examined maps of our local area from the 1800s, 1890s and 1930s, comparing the use of the land and transport links. We were surprised to see just how many houses, roads, train tracks and factories have been built over the years. When we visited Beamish, we were able to see for ourselves how people's lives have changed and came to understand how much more people rely on fossil fuels on a day to day basis today. To help offset out carbon footprint, we planted seeds to grow flowers that will help our environment in the future.
• Friday 19 December 2025 Super Stone-Age In Literacy, this half term, we have been writing instructions on how to make animal skin clothes. We have been developing our range of vocabulary, the use of adverbs and have identified different types of sentences. We have also been learning about the different writers' tools that we can use to make our work more exciting and have tried very hard to use them in our independent work. We also had great fun making our class poem about our Super learning Power animals. We created a kenning, which is like a riddle.
• Friday 19 December 2025 Beamish & Billy Goats The children in Class 1 have had a wonderful half term, full of excitement, joy and lots of sparkle!
• Friday 19 December 2025 Learning Beyond the Classroom! Year 6 had an incredible week working with IntoUniversity, a charity that inspires young people to think about their future. Over five days, we explored the urgent issue of climate change, learning about inspiring activists like Greta Thunberg and Sir David Attenborough. We discussed the tough decisions needed to tackle global challenges and discovered the wide range of careers linked to sustainability and science. We even visited Tynemouth Aquarium to see first-hand how pollution and climate change affect our oceans and marine life – a powerful reminder of why action matters!
• Friday 19 December 2025 Print, Practise and Parties The children in Class 2 have enjoyed such a creative half term.
• Friday 19 December 2025 Proud as Pugs It's not easy to write a story, but ABC were perseverance pugs and made their own Christmas stories, using their imaginations and helping each other explore different ideas. They were also incredibly brave telling their stories to Reception class. We are extremely proud of your effort and creativity.
• Friday 24 October 2025 Autumn Aspirations At the start of the school year, our Year 6 pupils took part in a vibrant and inspiring art project designed to help them set three personal goals for the year ahead. Through line and colour work, each child crafted a unique piece of artwork that captured their aspirations and ambitions—focusing on growth, determination, and dreaming big. Some children wanted to improve their handwriting or reading to others wanting to climb a mountain or become an engineer.
• Friday 24 October 2025 Amazing Autumn Achievements Place Value Excitement
• Friday 24 October 2025 Maths, Magnets & Metal This term, in maths, we have focused on working with three-digit numbers by looking at the value of each digit. We have been learning how to be more independent and have been learning to play different maths games to develop our skills when working as a team.

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