Everyone at Biddick Hall Junior school enjoyed World Book Day 2025. We were lucky to have a visit from author Pauline Waters.
4CL had a brilliant time at Jarrow Hall. We found out all about burials and battles.
We handled different artefacts and even took part in our own ferocious battle.
We enjoyed meeting the animals on farm and listening to the story of Beowulf around the fire in the Great Hall.
4KJ visited Jarrow Hall on Tuesday 11th February. We had great fun investigating Anglo Saxon settlements and a farm and loved meeting the animals. We also found out more about Anglo Saxon religious beliefs and burials and had the opportunity to look at weapons from the period. The day ended with a fierce battle.
On Number Day we came into school wearing a number and did LOADS of fun things linked to Maths! Throughout the school, we did activities including solving a theft by solving logic puzzles; graffiti maths where we wrote down everything we knew about maths on large sheets of paper; investigating spirals and how to make different patterns by following an algorithm; playing maths games and puzzles with each other and we did some active maths where we danced around the room solving addition and subtraction problems as well as lots of other activities. We had such good fun and realised that there’s more to maths than just numbers!!
On Thursday 30th January, 29 Year 5 children went to the Vertu Motors Arena to take part in a Hoops4Health basketball tournament. We had a brilliant day and the children played some excellent basketball. They worked well as a team, showed great sportsmanship and were an absolute credit to their parents and the school. We were also lucky enough to meet the Eagles men’s team after one of their training sessions as they came in to give everyone a (very) high five!
In music in Year 5, we are looking at South and West African music. We learned a South African song called ‘Shosholoza’ and then we learned to play 4 chords on the glockenspiel to accompany the song. We played these as a chord progression and sang along with a few drums to keep our rhythm on track. We thoroughly enjoyed it and Mrs Rennie thought we were marvellous!
As part of our new history topic ‘Impact of World War 2’, Year 6 enjoyed a visit from ‘That History Bloke’. We had great fun looking at artefacts including kit bags, gas masks, clothes and toys. They helped us to learn a lot about life during war-time. Just look at the fun we had!
In the second part of the workshop, we learned about aircraft and played a game which encouraged us to distinguish between English and German planes. We actually did really well, getting all of the answers correct!
We ended the session by listening to an air-raid siren . . . . it was extremely loud!
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School Council have been very busy in the Autumn term! Our amazing members: Logan, Hannah, Gracie, Alfie, Aariarna, Kara, Lilly, Ella and Joey were elected by their classes and we got straight on with important business! The children started by writing and typing their own biographies to introduce themselves to the rest of the school – these are proudly displayed in the hall.
One of the key jobs performed by the School Council is leading our Biddick Beliefs in assembly. The children stand in assembly on a Monday and Friday morning and take turns to read out our Biddick Beliefs which help us to learn and understand the British Values. They do this excellently and each week they are getting a bit louder and more confident.
We award Pupil of the Week certificates in assembly on a Friday morning, and this term, the School Council spent several weeks making new and improved ones. These are now being used by the rest of the school alongside the original ones.
Attendance is so important, and at Biddick Hall Junior School we want our children to come to school every day. To help with this, Mrs Collinson is starting a new initiative where coming to school will win you prizes! The School Council were asked to discuss what they thought would be good incentives for children to attend school more regularly and they came up with some brilliant ideas which Mrs Collinson took on board when designing our new attendance initiative.
Another thing the School Council are responsible for are House Points. We found that teachers were running out and having to send to the office for extras as not all classes had equal amounts. They discovered we were short on green house points, so Mrs Collinson has new house points on order. Each week the School Council starts each meeting by re-stocking class house points and this is working much better with classes now have enough for the week.
During Parliament Week, the children took part in an afternoon of activities where they learned about the role of parliament. To show democracy in action, the School Council decided to hold a vote to see what we should do on the last day of term before Christmas. The overwhelming consensus from all classes was to hold a toy day!
Finally, the School Council worked together with Mrs Rennie to create a Christmas Quiz for the children to take part in on the last day of term. The School Council members are going to be the quiz masters and deliver the quiz!
Mrs Rennie, who works with the School Council, is extremely proud of the children and she has been very impressed with their dedication, creativity and contributions. Logan, Hannah, Gracie, Alfie, Aariarna, Kara, Lilly, Ella and Joey are looking forward to having just as big an impact in the Spring Term.
