Autumn 2023
A special visitor!
On Christmas jumper day, Dunstanburgh class were super lucky and had a very special visit from Santa! He very kindly gave us all a present to put under our tree.
Christmas Beach Day
On Friday the 15th of December, Dunstanburgh class had their Christmas beach day. It was a fabulous day. In the morning, we played lots of fun warm-up games and created our own sand tower. Following this, we made Santa's sleigh in the sand. After our lunch, we made Santa traps. The traps included lots of inventive ideas such as trip wires, slides and nets! Our final activity was to make and decorate a Christmas tree in the sand. We had a great day!
Christmas Card Competition
Dunstanburgh class had a fabulous Thursday afternoon creating Christmas cards for the church competition. The children all really took their time and created some amazing, traditional cards. Well done, everyone!
INTO Film Festival - Monday 13th November
We had a lovely little adventure as part of the National Film Festival as we walked to Lesbury Village Hall as a group of EYFS and Key Stage 1 to go and view The Gruffalo and The Gruffalo's Child. It was a real treat to watch them on the big screen like a cinema experience and gave us a good taster of discussing film and which one we preferred. Thank you to the committee at Lesbury Village Hall for enabling us to be part of the festival.
Beach Day - Monday 2nd October
Dunstanburgh Castle class had a fabulous first beach day! We used all of our knowledge about the Great Fire of London to build what London looked like during 1666 in the sand. Each group included key features such as close houses, narrow streets, St Paul's Cathedral, Thomas Farriner's bakery and even a hole for Samuel Pepys to bury his cheese! Following this, we had a go at creating sparks using a flint and steel. Throughout the day, we discussed the season Autumn and collected different types of leaves that had fallen off the trees. After lunch, we collected materials that had been washed up on the beach. In groups we created museums to display and categorise our collected materials. We had an amazing day!