Nursery Fun
During 2007- 2008 the nursery children have had many exciting and enjoyable experiences both inside the nursery and outside in the garden. We always try to make learning as much fun as possible.
July 17, 2008
July 04, 2008
Every Picture Tells
The arts company Every Picture Tells came to work with the Early Years children to produce some art and craft work related to traditional stories. Firstly, the children listened to an alternative version of Goldilocks and the Three Bears. A storyboard was used to help to tell the story and afterwards, the children had the opportunity to produce a baby bear picture. To finish off the visit, the children took part in a mini quiz: Guess the traditional story. The children were excellent at the quiz and guessed all the answers correctly! A fabulous time was had by all.
July 03, 2008
Artsmark Silver Celebrations!
We are extremely proud to announce that the school has achieved the Artsmark Silver award for our high level of provision to the arts. By gaining the Artsmark Silver award, the school has shown it's commitment to the wider development of pupils and teachers and to raising the profile of it's arts provision both within the school and the local community.
The arts cover the four artforms of art, drama, dance and music. Over the last couple of years, we have been developing and increasing the provision we offer to the children through organising a range of activities to enrich and broaden the curriculum, such as visits to arts organisations, artists coming in to school, various competitions, and events within school.
The awards ceremony was held at the Northern Stage in Newcastle and it was a fun filled event, with music and dance performances from various schools around the North East. Heather Seymour and Adam McIntyre accompanied Miss Gillie and Mr Malik to collect the award and to celebrate the achievement.
Thank you to all of the staff and pupils at Wardley for their hard work and dedication to the arts.
January 15, 2008
Christmas card project
The staff and children have taken part in an exciting festive project to design and make their own professionally finished Christmas card. Each year group has chosen a different theme, designed their work and then sent it away to be professionally made. Along with their design on the front, the card also featured each child's full name and school name on the back. The school has made a small sum of money from this project which will be spent on further developing the arts provision within school.
September 28, 2007
African Arts Week- A Huge Success!
Key Stage One and Foundation Stage children have enjoyed a fantastic arts themed week based around the continent of Africa.
The week was planned and designed in order to enable the children to gain an insight into different cultures and customs of the African people. The children learned about the geography of the continent, foods, animals, clothing and jewellery, music, singing and dance, as well as the different forms of African artwork.
Read on to find out more about our visiting artists for the week, see more photos and find out more about the types of activities that took place.
July 20, 2007
Wardley’s production of The Gingerbread Man
Over the past half term a small group of Reception class pupils have been attending Miss Gillie’s drama Club. They used the traditional story The Gingerbread Man to develop their role-play skills and confidence in speaking and listening.
The children also developed their creative skills by painting a back drop designed for the set of the performance. The backdrop set included the Little old lady and Little old man's kitchen and the countryside that the Gingerbread man ran through.
The play was then performed to Foundation Stage and Key Stage One pupils and teaching staff. Well done to the children for a fantastic performance!
July 19, 2007
Wardley pupils work with Heworth Grange Comprehensive School Art Teacher!
Wardley Primary School has been working in partnership with Heworth Grange Comprehensive School Arts College staff to develop the skills of some of our pupils here at Wardley.
Mrs Park, the art teacher at Heworth, came in one morning per week for six weeks, to work with our gifted and talented artists from Nursery to Year Six. The children looked at and discussed artwork by Henri Matisse, as a stimulus. The children did still life sketches, painted; sponge printed and did collages of various fruit and vegetables, for a Healthy Eating Display now situated in the dining hall.
Mrs Park also worked with all of the Year Two pupils in order to support the children with their transition from the Infants to the Juniors, by producing artwork to be displayed in the Junior Hall. The children looked at multicultural art and used aboriginal style techniques to re-create a map of Wardley.
Thank you to the children and to Mrs Park for their hard work producing the wonderful displays.
May 25, 2007
Healthy Eating Presentation
On Thursday 24th May 2007, the parents and grandparents of the Reception children came to watch the Healthy Eating Presentation. The children talked about their favourite healthy foods and ways of keeping fit. They demonstrated how to warm up for exercise. The adults had the opportunity to carry out activities about healthy eating with guidance from their child. Finally they were entertained by a fantastic dance routine. The event was well attended and enjoyed by all.
May 11, 2007
Reception Farm Visit
The Reception class had a fun filled day on their trip to Hall Hill Farm. On the 9th of May all the Reception children and 16 very kind helpers travelled to Lanchester in County Durham to go and see Rooney and Beckham.... No sadly not the amazing footballers but two very cute wallabies.
April 01, 2007
Eggs-ellent School Easter Egg Competition!
To coincide with the Easter celebrations at Wardley, we ran a whole school competition for the second year running. Every child in the school took part in the competition, which involved the design and decoration of a hard boiled egg.
The children were encouraged to use their own creativity and imagination when designing and making their egg and we had a wide selection of ideas. These included: animals, cartoon characters, birds, insects and people.
Also back by popular demand was a staff egg competition: Miss Gardner’s Grouch won, followed by Mr Shackleton and Mr Arthur’s joint chicken and egg design.
There was a 1st place and two runner up prizes per year group, which was a delicious chocolate egg-Mmm!
Well done to everyone at Wardley Primary for taking part!
December 18, 2006
Theatre Royal Poster Competition Winner!
We were delighted to find out today that Amy Porthouse has won the Theatre Royal Poster Competition in the Reception to Year 2 category. Amy has been awarded a £30 cash prize plus two tickets to see the Jack and the Beanstalk pantomime. She will also get to meet the star studded cast after the show.
A big thank you to Miss Forster, who worked with the artists to complete their designs.
Congratulations Amy.
December 08, 2006
Theatre Royal Poster Competition
The Friends of the Theatre Royal are holding their annual art competition. The children have been asked to design a poster relating to their Christmas Pantomime ‘Jack and the Beanstalk.’ The winners receive a cash prize and two tickets to the performance. In addition, the best designs are displayed in the foyer during the panto season. The reception class entered this competition. The four chosen designs for entry were by Josie Ball, Amy Porthouse, Louis Ciaraldi and James Stevenson. (See designs above)
Thank you to those children for their efforts and good luck.
Miss Gillie (Art Co-ordinator)