Welcome to Winlaton West Lane!
A warm welcome to parents, governors, children and friends of our school. We hope that you find our school website useful and informative..
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Ms A H Exley: Head Teacher
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July 1, 2009
Sports day!
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Reception
June 24, 2009
Claire Sotow visits Year 5/6AT
This half term Year 5/6AT worked with Claire Sotow to create cushions for everyone to use in the outdoor classroom.
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Year 5/6
June 18, 2009
Carbon Footprints
Over the past few days in Year 5/6AT we have been thinking about the marks that we leave on our planet.
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June 16, 2009
French Club visit coast with our French Friends
French Club enjoyed meeting their French Friends from Baho, South of France. I'm glad they brought the weather with them as we visited the coast!
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MFL
Little Acorns at Tynemouth - Beach and Aquarium
We had a great time at the beach - it was a typical English summer weather - but our packed lunch went down a treat...
then we went to the aquarium and saw......
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Little Acorns Nursery
Little Acorns Minibeast Assembly - Creepy Crawlies and Itchy Things
We were super in our Class Assembly as all types of creepy crawlies and itchy things.
We told our favorite minibeast story - The Very Hungry Caterpillar.
Look how fab we were.....
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June 4, 2009
Our trip to the Blue Reef Aquarium/ Tynemouth beach!
Foundation Stage (nursery and reception) had a fantastic day at Tynemouth on our school trip to the Blue Reef Aquarium!
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Reception
May 23, 2009
Learning to ride our bikes
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Reception
French day- jour français
We learnt some French phrases, ate croissants and had the French flag painted on our face!
Nous avons appris quelques expressions françaises, avons mangé des croissants et avions le drapeau français a retouché notre visage!
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Reception
May 8, 2009
West Lane enjoy day out at Newcastle Falcons
Earlier this term, West Lane's rugby team won the "Wooden Spoon " tag rugby event at The Newcastle Falcon's rugby ground. As a rerward for their success they qualified to play during the half time interval of the Newcastle versus Bath Guiness Premiership match at Kingston Park. Although we lost [as did the Falcon's!] it was a great experience to play on the same pitch as the professionals in front of several thousand spectators! For a more detailed account of the day written by team members, see extended entry.
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P.E.
May 5, 2009
Year 3/4 investigate Bede's World
Last week Year 3 and 4 started off their new topic 'Pillage & Plunder' by going on a trip to Bede's world. We had a wonderful day exploring what life was like during Anglo Saxon times. In the morning we went to the monastery and we all dressed up as monks. We had to wear a habit and take a vow of silence, most of us were able to keep our vow!
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History
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Year 3/4
Websites to aid KS2 SATs Revision
ICT Teachers
http://www.icteachers.co.uk/children/children_sats.htm
The ICT Teachers site has lots of KS2 SATs practice questions.
BBC Bitesize
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/ks2bitesize/
Resources from the BBC covering English, Maths and Science.
Woodlands Junior School
http://www.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/revision/
Includes sample questions taken from past Key Stage 2 SATs papers, as well as a whole host of interactive tests/quizzes.
Science Essentials
http://www.channel4learning.net/sites/essentials/science/index.shtml
Find out loads more about science by investigating the three areas: Choose Life, Material World and Get Physical.
KS2 Maths Tutor
http://www.legend.yorks.com/~calverms/contents.htm
Shape, Space and Measures revision.
Spell It
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/spellits/activities_y5/activity1.shtml
Interactive online activities and printable resources which teach spelling strategies, rules and patterns.
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Year 5/6
May 4, 2009
WWL come 2nd in the Lego Robotics Competition
On Friday, our Year 5 team of James, Adam, Eleasha & Megan took part in a Lego Robotics heat at Heworth CLC.
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Year 5/6
May 1, 2009
Toby's Visit to Branches
The children attending Branches were delighted that Toby could visit them on Thursday, 30th April 2009. Please find out about the viist. Download file
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April 27, 2009
Free Swimming in Gateshead for school pupils
We hope our pupils will be able to take advantage of the free swimming in Gateshead. Please see the further information attached. Download file
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