Curriculum

The curriculum at West Jesmond Primary is enhanced by an extensive range of popular “Out of school” clubs and activities for pupils. These cover a broad range of interests including art, foreign languages, sport, crafts and ICT.

As well as being fun for pupils to participate in, extra curricular activities and experiences help children build their self confidence and develop their social skills.

Lunchtime and after-school activities include netball, football, swimming, dance, recorder playing, knitting, art and drama.

We offer additional musical instrument tuition to our children including brass, piano, wind and string.

Trips and excursions are a popular part of our curriculum and provide children with memorable learning experiences. Day excursions and residential trips take place throughout the school year to galleries, local attractions and historic sites such as Bede’s World and Hadrian’s Wall. Children in Year 6 attend a residential trip to Robin Wood in the Tyne Valley.

The school allotment

Lots of schools are committed to healthy living but we take things one step further at West Jesmond with our very own school allotment.

Here, children learn how food goes from earth to plate and are involved in the whole food production cycle from planting to harvest time.

Produce from the allotment is sold to raise funds for our school.

Read more about our School Garden Project in this article from Amateur Gardening Magazine.