Prudhoe Castle First School

Little castle were so excited to play in our amazing new water tray this morning getting to fill/empty/squirt and pour 💧

A big thanks to our Childrens Cancer Runners, we've just received this certificate! Brilliant effort! You can take part next year on the 19th May and help us raise money for an important cause

Gymnastics Tomorrow - Don't forget to wear your PE kits!

It has been lovely having the children from Early Years share their experiences of Bonfire Night. Lots of us were lucky enough to see them either outside or from their window. A few of us decided to draw the fireworks that we saw as we discussed. Afterwards we learnt all about why we celebrate Bonfire Night and Guy Fawkes.

It's our first 'Little Castle Parent & Baby group' this Friday at 09.30 and we'd love to see you there! The first session is free!

Children in Need - Friday 17th November
Wear something spotty or bright in return for a £1 donation

School Dinners are now available to choose in MCAS for the new term, please don't forget to login and choose before children come back to school

KS1 all enjoyed "Break the Rules" Thursday although I was a little nervous to have some scary Halloween creatures in the class this morning! Have a wonderful half term everyone.

KS1 had fun this week researching facts about Mary Seacole (we did a fact hunt around the classroom) and finishing off our "Wave" pictures in art. We also designed our own PE warm ups to make sure we were warming our muscles up properly before PE. We pretended that we were a barcode scanner in Computing and ran our own shop. Well done everyone. What a great week!

KS1 have worked really hard this half term and produced some wonderful school work and homework. Well done for all your hard work everyone.

Reduced bags! Half price! From our 50th Anniversary celebrations! One for £3 or 2 for £5. Pay on MCAS or with cash at the office

Break the rules Thursday! Little castle looked fantastic they got up to so much mischief a coffee break was needed ☕️

In little castle we’ve had lots of spooky fun this week making Incy wincy spiders, decorating biscuits, helping to carve our pumpkin, exploring the slime counting how many spiders we could find, Halloween dress up and role play and listening to Meg and mog stories and room on the broom. 🕷️

Exciting new Parent and Baby Group in our new Community room starting after half term. Come along, the first session is free! We can't wait to see you all. First session 10th November 9.30 am - 11.00 am

Early Years have enjoyed playing in their new mud kitchen this morning! We have been making cakes, soups and even hot chocolate. Delicious!

Mr Vallance was very kind and gave KS1 & 2 a solo performance on the trumpet. He played ’Happy Birthday’ for two of our KS2 girls and Mrs Rutter who will celebrate their birthdays this week or next week during half term 🎶🎺🎼

KS2 and Ms Dodds looked at pictures of Sycamore Gap and discussed how they could plan and create their own masterpieces using different materials and printing methods.

Year 4 have been working hard in maths this week. We have been practicing our 4 digit column addition and subtraction.

This half term Ms Dodds has been teaching KS2 about different techniques to use during printing. They have enjoyed using different materials and methods to create their own artwork.

During RE this half term we have been learning about how we taking care of our world. We spent some time outside looking at the school gardens and talking about what we can do to create a better environment in school and in the local community.

Final Reminder - if you have donations for our food bank collection please could you send them into school tomorrow ahead of our Harvest Festival Assembly at 2.30 pm. Everyone is welcome at the assembly and we look forward to seeing you all.

Nursery and Reception are enjoying exploring this classroom this week. The book we are reading is Room on the Broom, so we have lots of Halloween themed activities planned for the week, including: potion making, making a broom, and matching amounts. We cannot wait to show you more of activities through the week!

Here are our Star of the Week and Presentation award winners! Well done, keep up the good work!

Collection from office door today. We have flooding outside of classroom doors and are unable to bring children out through the yard

Little castle have loved exploring the harvest vegetables and using them in their pretend play, collecting apples and using them to print and making yummy apple pies. 🍁 🍎

On Thursday 26th October we invite you to BREAK THE RULES! Forget about uniforms...come as you please!
The Wackier the better!! You could come in your favourite football kit, princess or superhero costume or even,
as it is so close to Halloween - your scariest Halloween costume. Children can break the rules in return for a £1
donation to the PTFA. P.S - Don’t tell Mrs Gibbon!

Looking for something to do in the Half Term Holiday? Its never too early for panto! We've pupils past and present in this production and one of our Parents/Governors! Get tickets quick before they sell out!

KS1 have been learning about "Nurturing Nurses" as our history topic. We've been studying Mary Seacole, a Jamaican nurse who helped soldiers on the front line in the Crimean War. She used herbal remedies so Year 1 have made some of their own! If you ask KS1 they should be able to tell you what types of remedies Mary Seacole used for different illnesses! We used ginger and lemon juice as it helps immunity!

Year 3 loved Bikeability on Monday, look at them go! well done everyone!

Creative ways to develop our fine motor skills in little castle.

Little castle have such BIG imaginations.

Last week, Nursery and Reception had a great time painting the Rainbow fish. We looked at the different colours that we could see and painted with precision. We were so proud of our paintings!

Well done to our Star of the Week and Presentation Award winners! Keep up the good work!

Little castle are so good at looking after the babies, bathing, feeding and changing them.

Can you help us with our food bank collection. Our Harvest Festival Assembly is on Tueday the 24th October and as part of this we would love to be able to collect as much as possible from this list for The Miners Lamp Food Bank,

Please drop donations off at the office

KS1 have been super artists this term. We've been looking at swirls using a piece called "Waves" by Beth Krommes as inspiration. They have created some beautiful swirls using different materials and paint types.

Today, they created some beautiful swirls after listening to music and letting the music inspire their drawing. We listened to music with a fast tempo, slow tempo and different dynamics/rhythms. It was fun to hear different types of music and everyone enjoyed drawing what they felt.

We're looking forward to starting our wave masterpieces next week!

KS2 really enjoyed working systematically in Maths and really focused on how their recording can help them do this! Children wanted to carry on through playtime and in the afternoon! Great work everyone.

It’s definitely Autumn in little castle, we’ve enjoyed Autumnal welly walks, exploring the natural objects we collected and creating some fabulous Autumn trees. 🍁

Don't forget! School Photo Day tomorrow (Thursday 5th October)