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Subject Overview
Click below to the subject overview for each year group.
We are currently in a transition period with our History Curriculum. From September 2023, we will be implementing ‘Opening Worlds’ – a knowledge-rich humanities programme for teaching History and Geography in Years 3 to 6.
Subject News
- Stories of Famous Rulers
This term in our History lessons, Year 1 have been learning about lots of different rulers. We first learnt about… Read more: Stories of Famous Rulers - Our recent past
Year 1 have been learning all about the recent past in their History topic. Over the past few weeks we… Read more: Our recent past - Exploring Roman artifacts
In Year 4, we have been learning about the Romans invasion of Britannia. Year 4 took part in a workshop… Read more: Exploring Roman artifacts - Lunar New Year
The children in Reception have been busy learning about Lunar New Year. They enjoyed listening to the traditions that happen… Read more: Lunar New Year - Voices for Equality
On Thursday we were visited by Sam from the Anne Frank trust. We first thought about what the word equality… Read more: Voices for Equality - Queen Elizabeth II
This term, Year 1 have been learning all about Queen Elizabeth II in their History lessons. We have looked at… Read more: Queen Elizabeth II - Anglo-Saxons
On Wednesday Year 6 enjoyed a visit from Richard- ‘The History Bloke’. In history we have been studying the Anglo-Saxons… Read more: Anglo-Saxons - Remembrance Poems
Year 6 have taken inspiration from their current writing unit, in which they have just written some beautiful emotive poems… Read more: Remembrance Poems - Black History Month
Throughout the month of October, the children across school have been doing some lovely activities, all relating to Black History… Read more: Black History Month - Black History Month in Year 2
Year 2 have been learning all about Black History this month. Firstly, we looked at what black history month is… Read more: Black History Month in Year 2 - History Surprise
We had a visit from Richard today who came to tell us about a part of Gateshead and Newcastle’s history.… Read more: History Surprise - Ancient Egyptians in Year 3 with That History Bloke
This week Year 3 had a visit from That History Bloke – Richard Stevenson. He came into our classroom to… Read more: Ancient Egyptians in Year 3 with That History Bloke - History in Summer Term
This Summer term we have done some excellent History work. In Year 1 we have learnt all about seasides in… Read more: History in Summer Term - Cultural Diversity Day in Year 3 – India and Bollywood Dancing
Today was Cultural Diversity Day in school and Year 3 have been learning about India. The children found out about… Read more: Cultural Diversity Day in Year 3 – India and Bollywood Dancing - Egyptian Art in Year 3
Earlier this year, Year 3 studied the Ancient Egyptians in their History – Opening Worlds lessons. This half term the… Read more: Egyptian Art in Year 3 - That History Bloke in Year 3 – Ancient Greece Workshop
Studying the Ancient Greeks On Friday, Richard Stevenson – That History Bloke came to visit us in Year 3. The… Read more: That History Bloke in Year 3 – Ancient Greece Workshop - Year 2 Visit to Beamish Museum
Year 2 had a wonderful day exploring Beamish Museum. In the pit village, we visited some of the cottages. A… Read more: Year 2 Visit to Beamish Museum - Year 1’s visit from That History Bloke
In Year 1 we have learnt all about toys from the past. To help us in our understanding, we had… Read more: Year 1’s visit from That History Bloke - That History Bloke
This week That History Bloke came to visit Year 5 to talk about the Romans. We have been studying the… Read more: That History Bloke - Ancient Greece- That History Bloke
We started off with a true or false quiz testing what we already know about Ancient Greece! Greece was a… Read more: Ancient Greece- That History Bloke - Y2 visit from That History Bloke
We had a visit from Richard today who came to tell us about a part of Gateshead and Newcastle’s history.… Read more: Y2 visit from That History Bloke - Remembrance
This week Year 5 led an assembly for KS2 all about remembrance. They spoke reverently about the history of the… Read more: Remembrance - Significant events in Nursery!
In History, Nursery have been remembering and talking about significant events in their own experience. Lots of children remembered their… Read more: Significant events in Nursery!
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Latest News
End of Year Trip
This week Year 1 visited Saltwell Park to celebrate a wonderful year shared together. At the park we went to see the animals- we were very lucky and got to see the animals being fed! After that, we went into the play area and had so much fun playing together in the sand, on the […]
Published: July 17, 2026
Year 2 take action to protect our environment
This term, Year 2 delivered a fantastic assembly all about protecting our environment, with a special focus on plastic pollution. After reading the inspiring story We Are Water Protectors, the children became passionate about looking after our planet and wanted to help spread awareness about the importance of protecting our environment. They worked hard to […]
Published: July 17, 2026
Sporting Success at Corpus Christi
Our pupils had an amazing time representing the school at the annual Gateshead School Sports Athletics Festival, taking part in a wide range of track and field events throughout the day. We are incredibly proud to announce that this was our most successful year ever at the athletics festival! Our talented athletes achieved a record-breaking 23 medals across a variety […]
Published: July 16, 2026
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