Christmas Raffle Draw & Coffee Morning
This year's Christmas Raffle Draw & Coffee Morning will be held on Thursday, 18th December in the school hall from 9:15.
Our school Christmas Church Service
Our annual Christmas Church Service for all the children, will be held on 15th December from 10.15am in St Nicholas' Church.
Community Carol Service
Our Community Carol Service will be held in St Nicholas' Church on 16th December, from 6.30pm.
Christmas Pantomime Visits
This year our Key Stage Two children will be visiting the Theatre Royal in Newcastle to watch 'Robinson Crusoe'.
The dates of this are as follows:
9th December ~ Years 3 & 4
10th December ~ Years 5 & 6
Christmas Parties
Our Christmas Parties will be held in school on the following dates:
9th December ~ Nursery (am & pm)
Reception (pm)
10th December ~ Years 1 & 2 (pm)
11th December ~ Years 3 & 4 (pm)
12th December ~ Years 5 & 6 (pm)
Christmas Plays
Our Christmas Plays will be performed in school at 9.30am & 2.15pm on the following dates:
Nursery & Reception ~ 5th December
Years 1 & 2 ~ 16th December
Years 3 & 4 ~ 8th December
Years 5 & 6 ~ 17th December
Celebration Week...Church Service
On Monday, 23rd June all children & staff attended St. Nicholas' Church for a special service relating to our move to the new school.
Reverend Teasdale guided the children through the decades since the school was built in 1910 & Mrs Watkins shared some memorable moments from the school's punishment book. Horseplay was just one of the examples of poor behaviour that came with a punishment way back when!!!
I think all of the children are releaved those days are past & the cane is no longer in use!
Y6 & Go...Go...Jo!
Our Y6 children excelled themselves with their end of year performance this week!
Joseph & His Amazing Technicolour Dreamcoat was adapted well & performed brilliantly by the entire cast.
The children sang all the catchy songs well & more importantly enjoyed every minute of it.
Well done Y6 - you are a special year group & will be a huge miss when you leave us in a couple of weeks & prepare for your new secondary school.
Kingsmeadow Steel Band
On Thursday, 26th June all of our children enjoyed a picnic in the school yard whilst they listened & danced to the fab sounds of Kingsmeadow's Steel Band.
The inconsistent weather didn't dampen our spirits too much & our lunchtime proved to be one of the most memorable to date.
It was also lovely to see some of our former pupils hitting the beat!
Sports Days
This year's Sports Days have been arranged & are as follows:
Monday, 30th June - Y3 & Y4
Tuesday, 1st July - Y1 & Y2
Friday, 4th July - Y5 & Y6
Celebration Week - 23rd June
Week beginning the 23rd June, will see a whole host of events taking place to celebrate our time as a school on Dunston Bank.
A working party has been meeting regularly to share ideas & organise a selection of events including:
Gateshead Music Workshop Team working with Key Stage One
Y6 working with Kingsmeadow to produce a DVD detailing what Dunston Hill means to them
Former pupils/staff etc invited to a cheese & wine evening plus a look round school
A tea party for anyone 65 years+
A Memory Book produced of the school, dating back to when it was opened in 1910
A visit from an ice-cream van for all children, as this proved to be a hit last year after Ofsted
Many more events will be taking place...& if you would like to become involved then please contact the school.
Y5 visiting Washington Old Hall
Both Y5 classes will be visiting Washington Old Hall next half term, to coincide with their topic of the Tudors.
The children will experience what life was like in Tudor times, wear Tudor costume & experience an appetising Tudor Banquet.
The dates of the trip are as follows:
5G Monday, 9th June
5R Wednesday, 11th June
Dunston Gala Day
Our Gala Day will be held once again in Dunston Park, on Saturday 12th July.
See you then!
Book Fair in school
The Scholastic Book Fair will be in school from Monday, 19th May until Thursday, 22nd May.
Pop along after school & have a browse at all the fab books on sale!
Summer Half Term
The children will break up from school on Friday, 23rd May & return on Monday, 2nd June.
Jack-in-the-box Theatre Company
The Jack-in-the-box Theatre Company will be visiting school on Thursday, 24th April.
Maths Puzzle Challenge
Key Stage Two children took part in a Maths Puzzle Challenge on Monday, 21st January.
Each year group worked on a variety of puzzles & had to demonstrate not only skill but determination.
Music Workshop Team visiting Dunston Hill
The Music Workshop Team in Gateshead, will be visiting us on the morning of Wednesday, 19th March. The team will be sharing their musical talent with Key Stage One & Two children, based on a particular theme & encouraging all of us to become involved & have some fun!
Year Five's ICT fest...
Year five children will have a 'FAB' couple of days at Heworth CLC on Monday, 11th & Tuesday, 12th February.
All children will have the opportunity to experience some extra special ICT including...
writing & performing narration & music to accompany a cartoon clip; distorting images with Adobe Photoshop & completing some important 'Data Logging'.
Y6 in 'Control' at Heworth CLC
Y6 will be visiting Heworth CLC on Friday, 1st February to learn more about 'Control' - part of the year six ICT curriculum. The children will also have the opportunity to work with Lego Robotics & practise their already impressive skills.
Reception introduced to ICT
All of our Reception children will be visiting Gateshead CLC on Wednesday, 30th January to become familiar with ICT. The children will have fun learning the basics & no doubt enjoy this new experience.
Miss Harbottle's class will be going AM
Mrs Anglesea's class PM
Y3 visiting Heworth CLC
Year three will be visiting Heworth CLC on Wednesday, 30th January, to combine their ICT skills with their current topic - 'The Egyptians' & also have some fun with animation.
Foundation Stage Nativity Photos
Children from years one to six have had the pleasure of watching the Foundation Stage Nativity ~ 'Humph the camel' & the audience thoroughly enjoyed it.
Our youngest children looked fabulous & sang some lovely songs...
Take a peak at some snapshots...
Key Stage Two Pantomime Visit
On the afternoon of Thursday, 13th December, a fleet of coaches will leave Dunston Hill at 1.15 to take every child in key stage 2 to the Theatre Royal in Newcastle to watch the pantomime, "Aladdin".
The panto visit has become the traditional Christmas treat for our older children and, as usual, everyone is really looking forward to it.
Scholastic Book Fair
The Scholastic Book Fair was in school during the week of our Christmas Fayre. Many thanks to all the children and their families, who supported this event. We took over £700 over the week, securing over £400s' worth of books in commission for our school.
Thanks must go to all the members of staff, who ran the stall each evening and a very special "thank you" to Mrs Forster and Mrs Bainbridge, two of our parents, who ran the book fair for us, whilst staff were attending staff meetings. Well done, everyone!
Music Workshop visits Key Stage Two
The Music Workshop team in Gateshead visited years 3 to 6 today & shared their music relating to 'food' with us. This included nursery rhymes such as 'Pop goes the Weasel', 'Polly put the kettle on' & 'Oranges & lemons' to name a few.
As usual the children were very 'hands on' & sang harmonies as well as using some instruments.
Break up for Christmas!
We break up for Christmas on Friday, 21st December & return to school on Monday, 7th January 2008.
Let's hope Santa is kind to us all & we enjoy the merry festivities!
Attendance Assembly & Carol Service
Our end of term Attendance Assembly will take place in St. Nicholas' Church
Friday, 21st December
Santa Claus visiting Dunston Hill
Santa Claus will be coming to Dunston & visiting our younger children - those who have been good!
Thursday, 20th December
Year Three & Four Christmas Disco...update
The children in years three & four will have their Christmas Party in the Lower Key Stage Two Hall during the afternoon of Wednesday, 19th December
Christmas Coffee Morning
Our Christmas Raffle will be held in school on the morning of 19th December from 9.30am in the Lower Key Stage Two Hall.
Community Carol Service
Our Community Carol Service will be held in St. Nicholas' Church from 6.30pm
Tuesday, 18th December
Year One Christmas Party...update
Year One children will have their Christmas Party in the Key Stage One Hall, during the afternoon of 18th December
Year Two Christmas Party & Year Five/Six Disco...update
Our Year Two children will have their Christmas Party during the afternoon of 17th December in the Key Stage One Hall.
Years Five & Six can enjoy their Christmas Disco in the Upper Key Stage Two Hall during the afternoon of 17th December.
Reception Christmas Party
Our Reception children will be able to dress up for their Christmas Party during the afternoon of Friday, 14th December.
Nursery Christmas Parties
Our Nursery children will enjoy their Christmas Parties on Thursday, 13th December.
Children will have their parties during their usual Nursery sessions...am or pm.
Key Stage Two visit the Theatre Royal
The children in years 3 to 6 will once again be fortunate enough to visit the Theatre Royal for our annual Christmas Pantomime. This year it is Aladdin & we're all confident the children will enjoy it just as much as previous years.
Thursday, 13th December
P.S. The children will return to school by approximately 5pm.
Key Stage Two Christmas Production
The children in years 3 to 6 will perform their Christmas Production 'Christmas through the decades' for parents & carers of children in 3W, 4A, 5R & 6D on Wednesday, 12th December @ 9.20am in the Lower Key Stage Two Hall & for parents of 3N, 4C, 5G & 6G on Thursday, 13th December from 9.20 am in the same venue.
Foundation Stage Nativity
Our Nursery & Reception children will perform their Christmas Nativity 'Humph the Camel' for parents & carers on Tuesday, 11th December @ 9.30am & 2.30pm in the Key Stage One Hall.
Key Stage One Nativity
Our Year One & Two children will perform their Christmas Nativity 'Whoops-a-Daisy-Angel' for parents & carers on Monday, 10th December at 9.30am & 1.30pm in St Nicholas' Church
Christmas Dinner
The Traditional Christmas dinner will be served on Wednesday, 12th December.
Your child should have received a letter including a menu & a reply slip. The cost is £1.70
Year One Christening
Year One children have been looking at aspects of Christianity & were able to watch the Christening of baby Molly by Rev. Teasdale in St Nicholas' Church.
The proud parents
The God Parents
Rev. Teasdale baptising baby Molly
The congregation watched & applauded
The older children in the family carried a lit candle
Golden Time Launch
Friday, 9th November will see the official launch of 'Golden Time' at our school.
This event coincides with our school's discipline policy & is proving successful with all the children.
At the beginning of each week, the children have 20 minutes Golden Time, which they can spend on a Friday (at the end of the week) doing an activity they enjoy e.g. painting, playing football, watching a DVD etc. However, if they misbehave they may lose some/all of their Golden Time & therefore have to earn it back by demonstrating a significant improvement in their attitude/behaviour.
We will be asking all children to design a 'logo' to accompany Golden Time & the winning design will be announced nearer the official launch date. Activities will also be taking place throughout the day, to celebrate Golden Time in our school.
Fab Food Funhouse visits Dunston Hill
The Fab Food Funhouse visited Key Stage Two, to encourage healthy eating & raise awareness of the unhealthy content in some foods.
The Funhouse provided an interactive & engaging session, where the children played a variety of games!
The LA's Don Sweeney presented the show, with his glamorous assistants
Key Stage Two Music Workshop
We once again welcome into school the Gateshead Music Workshop Team, who will share their themed visit with the children in years 3 to 6.
Wednesday, 28th November
Christmas Fair
Our annual Christmas Fair will take place in school on the morning of Saturday, 24th November
Anti-bullying Week/Scholastic Book Fair
Week beginning the 19th November is Anti-bullying week, where the whole school will focus on the key issues & reinforce the message that bullying will not be tolerated in our school at all. The children will also be actively involved in a range of Anti-bullying activities.
This week also welcomes the Scholastic Book Fair, which will be open every night after school, from 3.30pm.
Anyone wishing to help out please see Mrs Chapman.
Parent Consultations
Parent Consultation Evenings will take place on Tuesday, 6th November & Wednesday, 7th November.
Letters & appointment schedules will be available to you nearer the time.
Y3 trip to Segedunum
Year 3 will be visiting Segedunum in Wallsend to coincide with their topic work
Wednesday, 7th November
Autumn Disco
Autumn Discos to take place
Thursday, 1st November - more details will follow
Y3 visiting Gateshead CLC
Year Three visiting Gateshead CLC to coincide with ICT
31st October
Y6 visiting Journal Tyne Theatre
Y6 will be visiting the Journal Tyne Theatre on the afternoon of 18th October, to watch Shakespeare's 'Hamlet'
Harvest Festival
Harvest Festival in St. Nicholas' Church from 10.30am
Nursery Workshop for Parents
Nursery Workshop for Parents
12th October
School Photographer
School Photographer in school to take children's photographs
10th October
Reception Workshop
Reception Workshop for parents to help support their child's learning
4th October
Year Two visiting Gateshead CLC
Year Two visiting Gateshead CLC
10th October
Year 5 Image Gallery
Visit the Y5 Image Gallery, to view the latest pics from our visit to Kingsmeadow - 12th July & also our special visit from King Henry VIII - 11th July... You'll find the link at the top of the page.