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• Sunday 7 December 2025 Hexham Community Grocery Visitors This week Year 4 were fortunate to have a visit from Dale and Neil who help to run Hexham Community Grocery.
• Friday 5 December 2025 The Christmas Story in Reception In amongst their second and last week of Nativity rehearsals, Reception learnt about the traditional Christmas story celebrated by Christians.
• Friday 28 November 2025 Year 3 Week 4: Rhythm of the Ramanyana Our school was buzzing with energy this week as pupils took part in an exciting Ramayana dance workshop led by the talented team from West End in Schools.
• Thursday 27 November 2025 Tyne Rivers Trust
• Monday 24 November 2025 Year 4 Maths - Commutativity Commutativity is when two numbers can be added or multiplied and the same answer will be found no matter what order they are in. Year 4 found some creative ways to demonstrate this using arrays. Great work Year 4!
• Friday 21 November 2025 Year 3 Week 3: Let’s Talk Rainforests! This week, our budding geographers took their learning to new heights—quite literally—as they used oracy skills and creative materials to build the layers of the rainforest!
• Friday 21 November 2025 Snail and the Whale in Reception
• Friday 14 November 2025 Week 2: Striking a Pose with Hansel and Gretel! This week, our pupils stepped into the world of Michael Morpurgo's Hansel and Gretel through an exciting drama activity: freeze frames. Working in small groups, children recreated key moments from the story, thinking carefully about body language, facial expression, and the emotions of each character.
• Friday 14 November 2025 Room on the Broom Reception loved sharing their classroom for Stay and Play this week! They
• Thursday 13 November 2025 Anti-bullying Week 2025
• Friday 7 November 2025 NSPCC Pantosaurus Day
• Friday 7 November 2025 Year 3 Week 1: Science Behind the Snack This week in science, we've been learning all about nutrients — the special ingredients in our food that help our bodies grow, stay strong, and keep our minds sharp. We discovered that a healthy lunch isn't just about how many calories it has — it's about getting the right balance of foods.
• Friday 7 November 2025 Hibernation and Guy Fawkes in Reception
• Thursday 23 October 2025 Year 3 Week 8: Wood You Believe It? EGGER Visits Year 3! To finish our half term in style, Year 3 were visited by representatives from EGGER, our local manufacturing company in Hexham. The visitors explained how EGGER turns wood into a range of useful products, such as chipboard and furniture panels, which are used in homes, schools, and workplaces all over the UK.
• Friday 17 October 2025 Year 3 Week 7: Magic at Lilidorei Year 3 enjoyed a truly magical day out at Lilidorei, where imagination came to life among the twisting towers, secret tunnels, and enchanting stories of the mythical clans who live there.
• Friday 17 October 2025 Gingerbread Houses in Reception The Reception bakers were busy making gingerbread houses this week! Prompted by the houses on the Venetian waterside in the painting, children wrote lists of ingredients, mixed, squeezed, rolled, baked and of course ate, delicious gingerbread.
• Monday 13 October 2025 Year 1 Outdoor SPAG To bring English out of the classroom, each Friday in Year One we've been doing our Phonics and SPAG outside.
• Monday 13 October 2025 Year 1 Observing changes over time We've started a really exciting project in Science lessons! We might have gotten a little ahead of ourselves and gone and planted our very own CHRISTMAS TREES!
• Monday 13 October 2025 Sports Leaders begin their training Last week, our Key Stage Two Sports Leaders went to Haltwhistle Leisure Centre to undertake the School Games - School Sports Organising Crew - training.
• Monday 13 October 2025 NSAA Cross Country 2025-26 On Tuesday, 24 of our KS2 children took on the challenging Northumberland Schools Athletics Association Cross Country County Championships at Temple Park in South Shields.
• Friday 10 October 2025 Year 3 Week 6: Buildings That Bloom Like Trees This week our budding artists have been diving into the world of architecture and imagination through our Take One Picture art project. Using drawings, paint, and mixed media, pupils studied the reflections and textures of buildings rising from the canals. They experimented with the idea of the houses in Venice growing out of the water like trees to create their own Venetian-inspired houses using branches.
• Friday 10 October 2025 Starting to write in Reception! As we come to the end of our single letter sounds in phonics, Reception are starting to use their knowledge to write words! They labelled objects they could see in the Regatta on the Grand Canal, e.g. 'g' for gondola, 'bt' for boat. We are so impressed with everyone's skills!
• Friday 3 October 2025 Week 5: Row, Paint, Repeat: Exploring Regattas This week, members of Tyne Amateur Rowing Club visited school to talk about rowing as a modern sport. They explained how rowers train, the teamwork involved, and what it feels like to compete in regattas today. Pupils were fascinated to learn how modern equipment compares with traditional wooden boats.
• Friday 3 October 2025 Celebrations and Birthdays in Reception Inspired by the flags and bunting in our Take One Picture, Reception's topic this week was celebrations and birthdays.
• Wednesday 1 October 2025 Painting in Year 4 This week, Year 4 have been working collaboratively to recreate a giant version of Regatta on the Grand Canal by Canaletto. The project began with each student sketching a section of the painting. Then, using primary colours, they carefully mixed and blended paints to match the tones and shades of the original artwork.
• Friday 26 September 2025 Week 4: Crackers for Cricket! Cricket fever has officially hit Year 3! Every week, our students have been taking part in exciting cricket lessons as part of their PE program — and their skills are growing as fast as their enthusiasm!
• Friday 26 September 2025 Masks! This week, Year 2 have been exploring Venetian culture through mask making, inspired by A Regatta on the Grand Canal as part of our Take One Picture project. The children began by learning about traditional Venetian masks and their role in festivals like Carnevale. They then designed their own masks, choosing between a full-face or half-mask style, and planned how they would decorate them. Using a shared mould and modroc (plaster bandages), they created their mask casts, learning how to layer, shape, and smooth the material. We're looking forward to seeing how they bring them to life with colour and decoration next!
• Friday 26 September 2025 Mr Grumpy's Outing in Reception Inspired by the gondolas in our Take One Picture (A Regatta on the Grand Canal), Reception read Mr Grumpy's Outing. They used small world characters to walk through and retell the story.
• Saturday 20 September 2025 Rosh Hashanah Interactive Broadcast On September 16th, Y4 took part in a live interactive Zoom call with the Jewish Museum of London. Sele First School came together with lots of other schools from across the UK to discuss Rosh Hashanah. Rosh Hashanah is a Hebrew term meaning 'Head of the Year' and is when Jewish people celebrate New Year. After learning a little bit about Rosh Hashanah last week in our RE lessons, children were excited to spot some of the artefacts and images that they already knew about from their lesson.
• Saturday 20 September 2025 Rosh Hashanah Interactive Broadcast On September 16th, Y4 took part in a live interactive Zoom call with the Jewish Museum of London. Sele First School came together with lots of other schools from across the UK to discuss Rosh Hashanah. Rosh Hashanah is a Hebrew term meaning 'Head of the Year' and is when Jewish people celebrate New Year. After learning a little bit about Rosh Hashanah last week in our RE lessons, children were excited to spot some of the artefacts and images that they already knew about from their lesson.

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