Year 4

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March 15, 2010

Parent's Evenings

Your child's class teacher invites you into school on either Tuesday 23rd or Wednesday 24th March from 3.30pm onwards to talk through your child's progress. Appointment charts will be outside the classrooms from Tuesday 16th March so anyone who would like to come along can sign up to a time slot.

March 11, 2010

Year 4 Family Activity Morning


Our Year 4 children invited their families and friends into school to join in with some fun activities during our 'Chocolate' topic! We dressed up as characters from 'Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory.'

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February 5, 2010

Year 4 Activity Morning

As above, our Year 4 family activity morning is on Thursday 11th February. We would like your child, if possible, to dress up on that day as a character from the 'Charlie & the Chocolate Factory' film.

Year 4 Topic

As part of our 'Chocolate' topic we would like our Year 4 children to watch 'Charlie & the Chocolate Factory' in school, this film is a PG so if you do not wish your child to watch this film could you please inform Mr Whitehead on Monday morning.

January 22, 2010

Years 3 & 4 Residential Trip

We would like to offer our children in Year 3 and Year 4 the opportunity to visit Robinwood Activity Centre for 3 days in June. For further details please see a member of staff.

December 7, 2009

Christmas Early Closure

On Friday 18th December school will close at 1.30pm for the Christmas break. PLEASE NOTE: There will be no afternoon Nursery session on Friday 18th December. School will re-open on Tuesday 5th January.

KS2 Carol Service

Our Year 3 & Year 4 children are holding their Carol Service at Bedlington Colliery Methodist Church at 10.00am on Wednesday 16th December. All family and friends welcome.

Christmas Parties

The class Christmas parties are to be held as follows:
Nursery & Reception - Monday 14th December (NO MORNING NURSERY SESSION ON THIS DAY - ALL CHILDREN TO ATTEND IN THE AFTERNOON PLEASE)Years 1 & 2 - Tuesday 15th December
Years 3 & 4 - Thursday 17th December
School will provide a drink of juice for all children, could parents please provide some food. So we have a variety, could boys please bring sweet items and girls bring savoury. Thank you. Children are allowed to come to school in their party clothes on those days or they can bring them to change into.

November 6, 2009

Year 4 visit to Hatton Gallery & Seven Stories

We have arranged a visit to the Hatton gallery & Seven Stories for our Year 4 children on Friday 13th November. Please call at the school office for more information.

October 19, 2009

Harvest Festivals 2009


Our Harvest Festivals were held in Bedlington Colliery Methodist Church with Key Stage 2 in the morning and Reception and Key Stage 1 in the afternoon. Lots of our families and friends came along to watch two wonderful services.

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October 16, 2009

Eco Week


Just a reminder that our children will be working on a whole school Eco project next week. Each class will have a different focus:
Nursery/Reception - Endangered Species
Year 1 - Rainforests
Year 2 - Water Conservation
Year 3 - Recycling
Year 4 - Newsroom - reporting on events in school.
If you can help your child find any information for their project, that would be very helpful.
Also, please remember to keep collecting your junk for our model competition and send it into school.

October 9, 2009

Year 4 visit to Plessey Woods

We have planned a visit to Plessey Woods for children in Year 4 on Tuesday 20th October 2009. Please click on the link below for more information.
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October 2, 2009

Harvest Festival Services

Our Harvest Festival services will be held on Friday 16th October at Bedlington Colliery Methodist Church. For our KS2 children (Years 3 & 4) the service will be at 10.00am and for Reception and KS1 (Years 1 & 2) the service will be at 1.30pm. Family and friends are welcome to attend either service, please meet us at the Church. We hope to see you all there!

Parent's Evenings

Your child's class teacher would like to invite you into school on the evenings of either Tuesday 13th or Wednesday 14th October to discuss your child's progress. From Monday 5th October there will be appointment sheets outside your child's classroom so you can sign up for an appointment.

September 21, 2009

Termly Overview - Autumn 2009


Please click on the link below to view our overview for this term. We hope it gives you an insight into what we will be learning.

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September 18, 2009

P.E. Days for Year 4

Tuesday & Thursday

September 11, 2009

Year 4 Leaving Assembly - July 2009

Our Year 4 children held a very emotional leaving assembly!

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July 17, 2009

Year 4 Leavers

Several children have asked if they may have their polo shirt signed by friends and staff following their leaver's assembly. We think this will be a good memento of their time at Stead Lane. If you do not wish your child to have their top signed please inform Mr Whitehead before Thursday 23rd July. Thank you.

Year 4 Leaver's Assembly

Our Year 4 children would like to invite their families into our school at 9.15am on Thursday 23rd July to join them for their leaver's assembly. We hope to see you all there. (Tissues are a must!)

July 10, 2009

Main School Sports Day

Our sports day will be held on Thursday 16th July at 1.30pm (weather permitting!) for all children in main school. We would like all children to bring a top in the colour of their house to wear along with their P.E. shorts for the sports afternoon. The house colours are: Endeavour - yellow, Voyager - blue, Explorer - green and Challenger - red. Thank you for your cooperation. We hope to see you all there!

July 6, 2009

Year 4 Workshop

Our Year 4 children thought about building a town - what buildings they would include in their town and what jobs peolpe would do. They then built their own mini towns!

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Year 4 visit to Sanderson Arcade, Morpeth

Our Year 4 class visited the redevelopment of Sanderson Arcade in Morpeth. We took a look at what the Arcade will look like when completed and we had a tour of the site learning about all of the different people who are needed to do the different jobs.

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July 3, 2009

Year 4 Enterprise Learning Day

Our Year 4 children have been invited to Bedlington High School on Wednesday 8th July. Please click on the link below for more information.
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Main School Sports Day

For our sports day on Thursday 16th July we would like all children to bring a top in the colour of their house to wear along with their P.E. shorts for the sports afternoon. The house colours are: Endeavour - yellow, Voyager - blue, Explorer - green and Challenger - red. Thank you for your cooperation.

June 9, 2009

Year 4 - 'Marvellous Maths & Super Science' Workshop

Our Year 4 children have been given a great opportunity to attend this workshop at Ashington Leisure Centre on Friday 19th June 2009. Please call at the office for more information.

Year 4 visit to Great North Museum-Hancock

On Monday 8th June 2009 our Year 4 children will be visiting the newly opened Great North Museum - Hancock. If you have not already done so please return the consent form on Monday as your child will be unable to attend the visit without it. Spare copies are available from the school office. Thank you.

May 22, 2009

Year 4 visit to Sanderson Arcade, Morpeth

As part of our 'What I want to be when I grow up' week Year 4 will be visiting Sanderson Arcade in Morpeth to look at the different jobs people do. Although these visits are funded by WEEN we still nedd your consent to take your child out of school so please print off and fill in a form below:
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May 15, 2009

Year 4 visit to Hancock

Our Year 4 children are to visit the newly opened Great North Museum - Hancock in Newcastle on Monday 8th June 2009. Please click on the link belwo for more information.
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May 8, 2009

Skills zone

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We took part in the 'skills zone.'

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March 27, 2009

Year 4 helping Africa

Next Friday Year 4 invites all children to bring their copper into school to make a money line to raise money for their Enterprise Africa Scheme. Each class will have the opportunity to make as many lines as possible. Please give generously.

March 23, 2009

Easter Services

On Thursday 2nd April 2009 we are holding our Easter services:
• Our Reception, Year 1 and Year 2 service is to be held at Bedlington Colliery Methodist Church at 10am where parents are welcome to attend.
• Our Year 3 and Year 4 service is at 2pm in the school hall where parents are also welcome to attend. (Any parent wanting to take their children home after the afternoon service is welcome to do so).

Parent's Evening

There are still some appointments available for Parent's Evening next Monday and Tuesday so please see appointment chart for times.

March 13, 2009

New Reward System

As a staff, we are very keen to reward good work and celebrate excellent behaviour. Following the Easter holidays, we will be introducing a new 'house point' system at Stead Lane. The children will be divided into four 'houses' or teams. Each week merits will be earned for good behaviour, effort, work etc. Individually children will work towards earning Bronze, Silver and Gold certificates. Collectively each team will be competing to win a house treat which the children will choose.

TEAM NAME COMPETITION
We have chosen a 'Space' theme for our teams. Each team will be represented by a different coloured rocket. And now for your cooperation - can you or your child think of four imaginative names for our teams. If so, please complete the slip attached and return to school. A prize will be awarded for the winning suggestion

March 6, 2009

Year 4 family activity morning

Our Year 4 children would like to invite their families into school at 10.00am on Thursday 12th March to take part in their activity morning. This term our children have been learning about a number of challenges that face Africa today. The children would like to raise money to send a charitable donation to help other children less fortunate than themselves. As part of this enterprise they will be selling refreshments during the morning. We hope to see lots of our families there to help this worthy cause.

January 30, 2009

Keeping up with the kids - literacy support

Following the success of our coffee morning this week, we look forward to an excellent turn out for our parent classes which start next Thursday, 9.00 – 10.30am. A free crèche facility is available on site for parents with pre-school age children.

January 23, 2009

Year 4 termly overview - Spring 2009

Please click on the link below to view our termly overview for Spring 2009.
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December 18, 2008

Photos from KS2 Carol Service

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December 12, 2008

Christmas Early Closure

On Friday 19th December school will close at 1.30pm for the Christmas break. Please find attached a reply slip for you to complete and return.
PLEASE NOTE: There will be no afternoon Nursery session on Friday 19th December.
School will re-open on Wednesday 7th January.

KS2 Carol Service

Our Years 3 and 4 children are holding their annual carol service at Bedlington Colliery Methodist Church on Wednesday 17th December at 10.00am. All family and friends are welcome to meet us there.

December 5, 2008

Christmas Parties

The class Christmas parties are to be held as follows:
Nursery & Reception - Monday 15th December (NO MORNING NURSERY SESSION ON THIS DAY – ALL CHILDREN TO ATTEND IN THE AFTERNOON PLEASE)
Years 1 & 2 - Tuesday 16th December
Years 3 & 4 - Thursday 18th December
School will provide a drink of juice for all children, could parents please provide some food. So we have a variety, could boys please bring savoury items and girls bring sweet except Nursery who will be informed by Mrs Mallin or Mrs Athey of what to bring. Thank you.
Children are allowed to come to school in their party clothes on those days or they can bring them to change into.

Christmas Performances

Our main school children will hold their Christmas performances on Thursday 11th December at 1.00pm and Friday 12th December at 10.00am. PLEASE NOTE: Tickets are needed for both performances so please apply for tickets via the school office. Thank you.

November 28, 2008

Stepping Stones

For parents who attend our ‘Stepping Stones Reading Group’, our last session will be held on Tuesday 2nd December at 2.15pm. Please return all resources in the plastic wallet on or before Monday 1st. Thank you.

November 21, 2008

Last swimming session

As Year 4 are visiting Segedunum on Friday 28th November, their final swimming session will now be on Friday 5th December.

Segedunum visit

Our Year 4 children are visiting Segedunum on Friday 28th November. Please click on the link below for more information.
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November 7, 2008

Year 4 appeal

Our Year 4 children need boxes as they are going to reconstruct Hadrian’s Wall! Please hand any you have to a member of staff. Thank you.

Early Riser's Football Club

There will be an early riser’s football club held at school on Thursday mornings. Any child from Years 2, 3 or 4 who is interested needs to return the reply slip which can be downloaded below.
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Kwik Cricket Festival

Our Year 4 children are to take part in a Kwik Cricket Festival at JJB Soccerdome. Please click on link below for more details.
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October 24, 2008

Visit to Arbeia

On Monday 3rd November Year 1 are to visit Blyth Fire Station, on Tuesday 4th November Year 3 are to visit Woodhorn Colliery and on Wednesday 5th November Year 4 are to visit Arbeia Roman Fort. If you have not already returned your child’s reply slip for any of these trips, please do so as soon as possible. Thank you.

October 17, 2008

Year 4 visits to Arbeia & Segedunum

Year 4 are going on two trips in November to tie in with their Roman topic. On Wednesday 5th they are going to Arbeia and on Friday 28th they are going to Segedunum. Please click on the link below to download more information.
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Looking After Ourselves Week

All of next week is ‘Looking After Ourselves’ week at Stead Lane and the children will be taking part in various activities so will need their full P.E. kit every day, suitable for indoors and outdoors. We are always trying to encourage the children to eat healthily and next week will be awarding the healthiest packed lunch with a prize. We have various leaflets to share with parents/carers and these will be displayed every day at 3.00pm in the hall.

October 13, 2008

Year 4 topic overview - autumn 08

Please click on the link below to view Year 4's topic overview for the autumn term 08

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October 10, 2008

Harvest Festival

Just a reminder - we are holding our Harvest Festivals on Friday 17th October at Bedlington Colliery Methodist Church at Bedlington Station. Our Years 3 & 4 children will hold theirs at 10.00am and Reception, Year 1 & Year 2 will hold theirs at 1.30pm. Family and friends please meet at the church. We hope to see you all there.

Parent's Evening

As detailed in last week’s newsletter, we are holding our Parent’s evenings on Tuesday 14th and Wednesday 15th October. Times are still available with your child’s teacher, so please sign up outside their classroom every day from 3.00pm.

September 19, 2008

Kingswood Residential visit 2009

Following the success of our residential last term, we are proposing a return visit to Dukeshouse Wood Centre, Hexham, next summer. By booking early, I’ve secured another excellent deal for our children in Years 3 & 4. Please call at the school office for a letter with information regarding our meeting, if you have not already received one.

September 12, 2008

P.E. Days

Please make sure all children have their named P.E. kit on Thursdays and Fridays.( Swimming kit needed on Fridays this term). Thank you.

July 23, 2008

Year 4 leavers assembly

Year 4 held a very emotional farewell assembly. We were pleased to see lots of members of our families there to support us. Stead Lane wishes all of their Year 4 leavers 'Good Luck' for the future!

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July 18, 2008

Lost Property

There will be a final opportunity to claim any lost property in the school hall on Monday 21st July at 3.00pm. Any unclaimed items will be disposed of after this time.

Early Closure

School will close on Wednesday 23rd July at 1.30pm for the summer break and there will be no afternoon Nursery session on this day. Please fill out a reply slip (available from the office) so we know you are aware of this. Thank you.

Year 4 family assembly

Our Year 4 family assembly is on Wednesday 23rd July at 9.10am. We hope to see as many family members there as possible for their final assembly at Stead Lane!

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July 11, 2008

Year 4 leaving assembly

Our Year 4 leaving assembly will be held at 9.10am on Wednesday 23rd July. All family members are welcome to attend.

Main School Sports Day

Children in main school will be holding their sports day on Thursday 17th July. If your child is in Reception, Year 1 or Year 2 sports will begin at 10.30am, if your child is in Year 3 or Year 4 they will begin at 1.30pm. We hope you will come along and support our children. Could all children please have their P.E. kits in school all week, so they have them if needed.

July 4, 2008

Sports day

Years 3 & 4 are holding their sports at 1.30pm on Thursday 17th July.

June 27, 2008

Kingswood Residential visit 20th - 22nd June 2008

Some of our Years 3 & 4 children visited Kingswood for a fun packed weekend!

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Stepping Stones

Our Stepping Stones reading group will be held, as usual, this Tuesday 1st July, please meet at school at 1.45pm.

June 20, 2008

Y4 performance at The Sage

Year 4 are performing at The Sage on Wednesday 25th June. Uniforms must be worn on this occasion. Please ensure we have your consent slip as we cannot take your child out of school without it. Any parent attending the performance should arrive at the Sage for a 1.00pm start. Thank you.

June 13, 2008

YEAR 4 VISIT TO THE SAGE, GATESHEAD

As part of the process of transition to West Sleekburn Middle School our children have been taking part in a project with dancers and musicians from the Sage, Gateshead. Our children are to come together with children from other first schools and West Sleekburn Middle School at the Sage, to perform on Wednesday 25th June 2008. Parents are welcome to attend. Please contact office for more details.

June 6, 2008

Kingswood Residential Visit

For parents of children going to Kingswood, please find below some information which we hope you will find useful.

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BRAKE - KS2 Record Breaking Attempt

On Wednesday 11th June children in Years 3 & 4 will be taking part in a ‘National Walking Bus Guiness Book of Records Challenge’. Children all around the county will be walking around their local area on Wednesday to promote walking to school.

May 9, 2008

Year 4 visit to the Sage in Gateshead

Year 4/5 TRIC funded Transition Project with The Sage

Work has now started in Year 4 on our transition project this term. Taking the theme “journeys”, our pupils are working with a number of dancers and musicians from the Sage in a collaboration with other children from Cambois, The Station and West Sleekburn. The theme is intended to represent their own personal journey moving on to a new school, exploring the feelings of fear and excitement that the children will experience at this point of change. The project will culminate in a final performance at The Sage on Wednesday 25th June. Parents and Governors will receive an invitation to the performance – details to follow.


April 1, 2008

Easter 2008

Key Stage 1 held their Easter service at Bedlington Colliery Methodist church.

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While Key Stage 2 held theirs in the school hall.

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March 15, 2008

'Pride of Wansbeck' bus tour 14/03/08

Our children had an exiting time on the 'Pride of Wansbeck' bus tour. We toured around our local area and earned lots of interesting things about where we live. We visited the iron works in Bedlington, the recycling centre at North Seaton, Newbiggin and Bothal.

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March 12, 2008

Year 4 visit to Alnwick Gardens 11/03/08

Year 4 visited Alnwick Garden and Carole told us all about how the different water pools of the Grand Cascade are cleaned and cared for.
Each group were given a quiz by Mrs. O'Connor and we had to look around the garden to find our answers.
We looked at the water features and had great fun jumping across the rope bridge in the tree house!

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February 28, 2008

Police visit to Year 4

The police visited Year 4 to talk about stranger danger, the role of the police and drugs.

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February 14, 2008

Year 4

Welcome to our Year 4 class.

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Working hard in Literacy.

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February 7, 2008

Year 4 Family Activity Morning 06/02/08

Year 4 invited their families to join them for a 'Hot & Cold' Activity Morning.
They designed healthy meals for hot and cold days and made their own thermometers.

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February 5, 2008

Year 4 visit Rising Sun Country Park 04/02/08

We visited Rising Sun Country Park to get ideas for our school garden. We made maps, built animal houses and used our senses to discover more about the outside world.

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January 6, 2008

Year 4 Kwik Cricket Festival at JJB Soccerdome

All of Year 4 children took part in a Kwik Cricket Festival at the JJB Soccerdome. We were split into two teams, the Rockets and the Terriers and the Terriers went on to win! Both teams played well and we all had a fun day!
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November 6, 2007

Year 4 Trip to Whickham Thorns 05/11/07

Year 4 had an exciting day at Whickham Thorns Activity Centre!

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