This is a great opportunity for you to meet your child’s prospective teachers, allowing you to make an informed decision on your child’s future. Staff at Duke’s will address any queries or concerns you may have regarding the application process and your child transitioning to Year 7.
Our children have been having a blast with their new toys during breaks and lunch this week. Plus, we’ve got a squad of ace #SportsLeaders running the show, organising games for the younger ones!
The Year 1 and 2 gang busted out their best moves at the movement sports festival. Check out their moves!
Meanwhile, Year 4 and 5 rocked the skipping sports festival. They loved it so much that we’ve stocked up on new skipping ropes for all to enjoy!
Recently, Year 2 and 3, who’ve been grooving to their festival dance routine. These little dancers are all about showing off their fancy footwork!
An enormous #ThankYou to all our families and members of the community who came to support our summer school fair yesterday. We raised £570 for the school fund which will go towards providing special events for the children in school next year
Today our children dressed in white or rainbow colours as part of #Pride month. Thank you to our families who send donations for @JustLikeUsUK who support LGBTQ+ young people
Our fantastic football team has taken part in two friendly competitions over the last two weeks. We’re very impressed by their teamwork, sportsmanship and resilience in the games which is leading to improved performance and scores.
Twelve children from William Leech took part in Northumberland Schools 10 pin bowling competition organised by SMILE Through Sport and Pentathlon. The competition consisted of 16 teams across Northumberland. They got to meet Stephen Miller MBE, British athlete who competes in the fields of paralympic club and discus throwing and who has won three gold, one silver and one bronze medal at the Paralympics. Like Stephen, one team from William Leech finished in first place, winning gold medals to take home. The children developed leadership skills which they will use to lead sporting activities for other children in school in the Spring term.
Reception children at William Leech Primary went to visit Farmer Thompson at Broxfield Farm near Alnwick who showed them the wheat and weeds growing on his farm. He explained that the roots drink the water from rain and the green leaves soak up sunshine. He doesn’t use weed killers, so they helped him by picking some weeds and made a bunch!
Farmer Thompson explained when the wheat is grown up, it gets cut and you can rub the ear at the top to get the grains out. He blew the chaff away and taught the children how to grind the grains into flour. They all had a turn. He explained that flour is used in bread and they pretended to eat a slice of toast, which was naturally delicious!
William Leech Primary welcomed parents into school this week for our Easter Music showcase, featuring performances by children and adults. Children in Years 4, 5 and 6 showcased their talents in toots and flutes as well as ukulele. Some staff even joined in by forming a beginners flute group and a band.
It was a pleasure to have parents back in school for such a celebration of the children’s learning and progress. Special thanks to staff who teach our children music lessons; Miss Butler, Mrs Glanville and Mrs Straughan.
PS, following on from last week’s update, we now have 13 healthy chicks and our butterflies all hatched in time to be released into the sunshine last weekend!
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Reception children at William Leech Primary have been very patient indeed as they have waited for just over 20 days to welcome some very special visitors to their class.
Mr Kennedy came to visit the classroom at the beginning of March, bringing eggs and explained that they would hatch in 3 weeks and would be in an incubator in the classroom to stay warm. He also explained to the children what they would need to do to look after the chicks once they hatched. The children started their countdown and were very EGGcited to arrive in school yesterday to find 6 baby chicks! By the following morning they counted 14 chicks in their incubator and are looking forward to taking the lid off so they can care for them over the next two weeks.
This is all part of their Egg Enquiry learning this half-term where they have been thinking about new life, have read a number of different story books linked to eggs and have also learned about life cycles of frogs and caterpillars. The EGGcitement isn’t over yet though, as the class are also eagerly awaiting for butterflies to emerge from their chrysalises in the next week. What an EGGxellent end to term that will be!
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