Year 6 were lucky enough to take part in a workshop run by ‘Science Buddies’ as part of our Science topic linked to ‘Light and Reflection’. We used torches and mirrors, and what we had learnt about about reflection to move the light rays around the maze. The winners of the task were the group who were first to make the ray of light shine onto the jewel, positioned at the end of the maze. We had good fun, while testing our problem-solving and team-working skills.
Year 6 visited our local church where volunteers welcomed us and took us around different stations which represented the journey of the magi following the star from the Nativity story. We reflected on difficult journeys we may make in our life and different emotions we carry around with us as well as hopes and aspirations and gratitude. Afterwards, we sang some Christmas carols to the volunteers who were incredibly impressed with our voices.
Year 3 children visited Boldon School to take part in a tennis festival. We completed lots of different tennis activities and we all had a great morning!
This week in Science Council club we made sherbet using different powders like citric acid and icing sugar, flavouring and a choice of dippers.
In Year 5, we are lucky enough to be learning to play the Ukulele with Mrs Mason. We have learned how to correctly hold a ukulele, what the strings are called as well as how to play single notes and chords using the correct fingers. We can confidently play ‘My Dog has Fleas’, ‘A Sailor Went to Sea’, ‘Shot Gun’ and ‘Jingle Bells’ with amazing rhythm, timing and accuracy – we even added some woodwind with Ava playing the recorder for ‘G’ and Alexis on percussion using a bell for F and it sounded brilliant! We love our weekly lessons and can’t wait to learn our next song!
4AW enjoyed our recent trip to Sunderland Winter Gardens as part of our geography topic. We began the day by finding out why rainforests are important to us. After that, we learnt about the different layers of the rainforest and which animals and plants could be found there. We had fun taking part in a rainforest treasure hunt and learnt lots of new facts about the topic. After lunch, we studied the rainforest plants and created leaf artwork. A fabulous day was had by all!
30 children from Year 5 took part in a sportshall athletics at Temple Park. They competed against 11 teams in a range of field and track events. They children represented the school well and tried hard in all events.
The children had a great afternoon.
This week in Science Council we made hover boards using old CDs, fruit shoot lids and balloons. We had fun testing the hover capabilities!
It was an indoor play due to the wet weather and some of the children in 5LR worked together to complete this huge jigsaw of Great Britain and Ireland! It was sad to destroy it but it was too big to keep anywhere. We’re looking forward to trying one of the other jigsaws soon!
