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..

We welcome your comments and feedback. You can do this online by simply clicking the comments link below most of our postings. Please note that all comments are moderated before publication. We look forward to sharing our news with you and keeping you up to date with the excellent work of your children.

Ms A H Exley: Head Teacher

 

Latest School News

March 19, 2010

Canny clippy mats

Yesterday, 60 Key Stage 2 children tried their hand at making clippy mats from recycled material.

It was a tricky skill to master but some excellent artwork was produced.

Did you enjoy the clippy mat workshop? What skills did you learn? Share your 'comments' below.

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Categories: Art , Class News , Events , Year 3/4 , Year 5/6

March 18, 2010

Seven Stories Visit

We had an excellent time at Seven Stories and we loved the story 'The tiger who came to tea'.

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Categories: Reception

March 16, 2010

Firefighters come to Winlaton West Lane

Yesterday Y5/6 received a fire safety talk from members of the Tyne and Wear Fire Service.

The children learnt about the job of a fire-fighter, about fire safety at home and at school and what to do should they ever discover a fire.

They were all given fire safety activity packs and some even got the chance to dress up as fire-fighter!

Did you enjoy the fire safety talk? What important messages did you learn? Share your 'comments' below.

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Categories: Class News , News , PSHCE , Year 5/6

March 15, 2010

Dance Festival 2010 at The Sage Gateshead

Well done kS1 and KS2 children who performed on stage at the sage. The dance festival was a huge success and the children were fantsatic!!!

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Categories: Events , Extended School Activities

March 9, 2010

Our class assembly

'People who are special to us.'

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Categories: Reception

March 5, 2010

Disco!

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Categories: Reception

March 4, 2010

The Music Workshop Team come to WWL

On Wednesday morning, the Music Workshop Team came to Winlaton West Lane Primary to play music and sing songs with Key Stage 2 about France.

We all enjoyed it and some children got the chance to play instruments and do other activities.

Take a look at the Photostory produced by Y5/6 children to find out more about what we got up to.

PhotoStory1 music workshop.wp3

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Categories: Events , Music , Year 3/4 , Year 5/6

E-Safety

At Winlaton West Lane Primary School we take E-Safety very seriously.

Check out the links below, games and further support about how to keep safe online.

Please take the time to look through this information and discuss it with your child. This will help to re-inforce what they learn in school about using the internet safely.

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Categories: Noticeboard , Year 1/2 , Year 3/4 , Year 5/6

Our trip to the Co-op

Reception went to visit the Co-op this week to look at the fruit and vegetables. We asked the staff lots of questions about where the fruit and vegetables come from and we all got an apple and an orange to eat back at school!

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Categories: Reception

March 1, 2010

Flying high at West Lane!

This term has seen the start of the West Lane trampolining club.The club runs for an hour after school on a Friday and has been possible due to the fantastic fundraising efforts of the Friends of West Lane, who raised £2.500 to buy a state of the art new trampoline for our school. The club is initially open to Year 6 pupils but should be available to Year 4 and Year 5 pupils later in the year. The first group of children had their final session this week and they all said that they had had a thoroughly enjoyable 5 weeks, as you can see from the photos below and in the extended entry! So we'd all like to say a great big thank you to "The Friends"

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February 22, 2010

Enter the Dragon!

Happy New Year of the Tiger!

We celebrated the New Year with some super fun activities. 我們慶祝新年的一些超級有趣的活動。

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February 12, 2010

Do the Lion Dance with Me!

For Chinese New year, Reception and Nursery got together to share the wonderful things the children have been learning about Chinese culture. We performed dances, songs and parades with masks, dragons and instruments.

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Categories: Little Acorns Nursery , Reception

February 10, 2010

Home Computer Opportunity

Parents of low income families can apply for a grant to acquire a free home computer with free Internet connection for a year. There are a limited number of grants that parents may apply for. These will be allocated on a first come first served basis.

Parents who think they are elegible (Free school meals, job-seekers allowance, income support etc.) can phone 0333 200 1004 for an application pack.

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Categories: Events , ICT

National Family Week - The UK's biggest ever celebration of families

The new National Family Week 2010 website is now LIVE at www.nationalfamilyweek.co.uk. Here you will find even more updates, information and resources to help you plan and prepare for The Week.

Make your Family Week Picnic a GIGANTIC occasion!

The National Family Week headquarters have come up with ideas to make your picnic even more fun. Why not produce a giant form of some type of picnic food? This will add a fun, quirky angle to your event and draw families along and could be a fundraising exercise with the money going to a local charity.

More Record-Breaking Fun in 2010
Join this year's Guinness World Record attempt for the largest three-legged race as part of the Family Week Sports Day.

Family Week Story Time

Following its success in 2009, the Wednesday of National Family Week (2nd June 2010) will once again be the Family Week Story Time. We are encouraging storytelling in all its forms - any story, any time, anywhere!

New supporting partners

Monday 31st May
Family Week Picnic
On the Bank Holiday Monday families across the country will be enjoying fresh air and good food. There will be 9 flagship Family Week Picnics and up to a thousand smaller events run by not-for-profit partners.

Tuesday 1st June
Family Week Film Day
A national celebration of film, encouraging families to watch a film together either at the cinema or at home. Why not host a screening of your own?

Wednesday 2nd June
Family Week Story Time
We'll be encouraging families to share a story, anytime, any place, anyhow! It's a great opportunity to showcase storytelling events in a variety of formats, throughout the day.

Thursday 3rd June
Family Week Road Trip
Families will be encouraged to get out and see the UK. To explore and experience just some of the things that makes this country so special. Tourist attractions and beauty spots can open up their doors offering free entry and a range of activities to create a fun day out for all the family.

Friday 4th June
Family Week House Party
Thousands of families will be holding a house party on the Friday of National Family Week. As an organisation why not organise a party too? It can be as big or as small as you like. The theme could tie in with a celebration that is already happening or just be used as an excuse to have a party.

Saturday 5th June
Family Week Sports Day
There will be 9 flagship Family Week Sports Days as well as thousands of smaller sports days happening across the country, encouraging families to get out and active. Why not host a sports day of your own?

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Categories: Events , Extended School Activities

February 8, 2010

Chinese New Year

Reception are learning all about Chinese New Year this week. We will be role playing in our Chinese restaurant, tasting Chinese food and making dragons.

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Categories: Reception

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We welcome your comments and feedback. Simply click the comments link below most of our postings. Please note that all comments are moderated before publication.

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Eleanor is so good at doing the splits even in the air! Nice face shannon you look so freaked out.
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Going to the Great North museum was great. We all had lots of fun at the museum. There were lots of
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http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/scienceclips/ages/7_8/plants_grow.shtml this is a good website if you a
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Hahahahahahahaha.........look at Shannon's face..........I hope we do have lots of fun this term can
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It was fun and cool
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I was not there to watch but it looks good!!
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Video Zone

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This instrument has four strings and a very short neck. The frets are made of bamboo. The yueqin is sometimes called the ‘moon guitar’. Can you say why?

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Ms A H Exley
Winlaton West Lane Community Primary School
West Lane,
Winlaton,
Gateshead,
NE21 6PH


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