Canning Street Primary School

We are looking forward to welcoming you all to our Christmas craft day at 9.00am! The teachers have planned some lovely crafts to make with your child!

School closes at 1.30pm tomorrow for the Christmas holidays. All of the staff at Canning Street would like to wish you a very Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!
School reopens on Monday 7th January 2019!

This week, we have been making rainforest dioramas (3D models) of the Amazon Rainforest. We have been learning about the environment, animals and plants that might be found there. Using paint, tissue paper and pipe cleaners we have tried to create a realistic looking diorama of the rainforest. We have had lots of fun!

In Year 4, we have been learning about The Great War. A soldier called John came to visit us and brought loads of interesting World War One artefacts and replicas.
It was a great day and we learnt so much! We explored the WW1 soldiers equipment, which taught us what life was like for soldiers in The Great War.
Soldier John showed us how to use the binoculars, kit pack, telephone, first aid kit, helmet and so much more.

In Year 2, we had a hoot of a time when some real life Owls came to visit us! We met a Barn owl called Albert, an Indian Eagle Owl and Harry the Hawk. We also stroked a Baby Spectacled Owl and helped to name her! This gave us a gliding start to our class novel, The Owl Who Was Afraid Of The Dark.

Over 200 signatures on our petition already... thank you for your support but please keep sharing and getting as many signatures as possible! Signing the petition takes 1 minute!
We want to make Benwell a cleaner place to live!

Here is a direct link to our #KeepBenwellClean petition. Please sign the petition and then like and share this post!
Thanks for your support!

Raffle tickets for our 'Christmas Chocolate Hamper' have gone on sale this week.
Tickets are £1 a strip or 20p per ticket and will be drawn during our 'Star of the Term' assembly on Thursday 20th December!
If you wish to buy raffle tickets, please send your child to school with the money and they can be bought in the classrooms.
... Good luck!
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PARENTS AND GENERAL PUBLIC:
WE NEED YOUR HELP!
As you know, we have been working very hard on our campaign, #KeepBenwellClean. We have created a petition so that the council will listen to us and help make Benwell a cleaner place to live.
... It takes 2 minutes to sign: all you need to do is enter your first and last name and your email address.
Please visit our campaign website and find the petition in the 'More' section of the website.
https://sites.google.com/view/keepbenwell clean
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Thank you to all of the parents who attended our #KeepBenwellClean meeting on Friday morning.
Well done to our fantastic team of campaigners, who did a great job of getting their point across!
Our campaign website is fully up and running. Please visit us at:
... sites.google.com/view/keepbenwellclean
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We are very excited because we are going to the pantomime at Gateshead Stadium on Wednesday 12th December!
This year's show is Aladdin.
Parents are asked for a contribution of £6 towards the trip. Could you please sign the consent letters and get them back to us as soon as possible please?
... Thank you!
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60 children from Years 4, 5 and 6 were specially chosen to go on a very special trip on Friday – to see a show performed by Diary of a Wimpy Kid author, Jeff Kinney. The children had a fantastic time and even got to go on stage to take part in a trivia quiz – which they won! In the words of Hassan from Year 4, it was the best day ever!

We are excited to announce that we have officially adopted our sculpture of Elmer and cannot wait to have him join us at Canning Street next year!

Very positive feedback from Chi Onwurah today after her visit! #KeepBenwellClean

Are you sick of seeing rubbish on the streets?
Please support us in making Benwell a cleaner place to live!
Visit our school's campaign website for more information:
... https://sites.google.com/view/keepbenwell clean
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As some of you may know, we have been working very hard to get our campaign, 'Keep Benwell Clean', up and running.
Canning Street Primary School are currently trying to educate people about why we shouldn't litter and the importance of disposing rubbish correctly.
Today our local MP, Chi Onwurah, visited Canning Street and listened to our campaign. She was very impressed with how much work the children have put in and said it was one of the best campaign speeches she has eve...r heard! She also said she would support us with our efforts to keep the streets clean!
Well done to the children of Canning Street for all of your hard work and thanks for coming in to see us, Chi!
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Year 6 started learning all about fractions this week. To begin the unit, the children created different fractions using lots of different representations. Here are a few pictures of them in action!