Year 6 were invited to take part in an Easter Labyrinth at West Harton Methodist church.

7th April 2025S Admin (Biddick Hall Juniors)

as part of our RE unit for this Spring term, ‘How and why is Easter celebrated by Christians?’ 

We were split into groups and we then visited different parts of a church hall which had been mapped out to tell us parts of the Easter story Christian’s believe.  We found out about significant points of Jesus’ life leading up to his crucifixion. It was informative and allowed us to be reflective and ask questions linked to Christian beliefs. The church volunteers were extremely welcoming and even enabled us to plant our own sunflower seeds which they said was to represent new starts.

Making playground structures in Year 6 as part of out DT.

7th April 2025S Admin (Biddick Hall Juniors)

As part of our Design Technology unit of work, we have been designing and making playground structures. We began by sketching out each of the pieces of equipment and then decided how we could make them using the available materials. We developed a range of skills including measuring with accuracy and marking-out. Working in small groups, we used a variety of tools including saws, drills and glue-guns. It was important that each structure was sturdy, so we reinforced the corners to assist with this. Finally, we added cladding and other landscape features to ensure that our designs were aesthetically pleasing.

Year4 get a visit from Father Thompson to talk about Lent.

7th April 2025S Admin (Biddick Hall Juniors)

Father Thompson visited year 4 to talk about our unit question ‘Lent and why it is important to Christians’. We learnt that Lent starts on Ash Wednesday, lasts for 40 days (excluding Sundays), and ends on Good Friday. Lent is important to Christians as it is a time when Christians can prepare for the celebrations of Easter by reflecting on their behaviour over the last year and finding ways to live a life based on the teaching of Jesus. It was lovely to be able to ask Father Thompson questions and look at some of the artefacts that he brought with him.

Year 6 visit Dogger Bank!

26th March 2025S Admin (Biddick Hall Juniors)

As a year group we visited Dogger Bank which is North East England’s offshore wind cluster. We learned about how companies such as Equinor are working hard to revolutionise renewable energy with wind farms using the awesome power of the North Sea wind. It was very interesting and aspirational too with lots of children learning about a range of jobs and company benefits in this industry. This trip linked well to our Geography topic ‘Energy’ but also with STEM too.

British Science Week visitor at Biddick Hall Junior School.

18th March 2025S Admin (Biddick Hall Juniors)

Science Council voted on a science week visitor to wow us with some science linked to adaptation and change and it was ZooLab who topped the voting pole. Rob visited and brought in a tarantula (typically from the desert), a giant snail (rainforest habitat), a snake (grassland habitat), rats and cockroaches. We learned about lots of different characteristics which the different animals have that help them survive where they live. We got to hold/ stroke them if we wanted to and had a brilliant time.

As part of Science Week, Year 6 visited Nissan

13th March 2025S Admin (Biddick Hall Juniors)

As part of Science Week, Year 6 visited Nissan where we had a brilliant time learning about Nissan’s manufacturing of cars, the plant itself and careers. We worked in pairs to be creative and design our own Lego cars. We also worked as part of a larger team that imitated a production line, creating cars and completing checks: we learned how to work more efficiently and all increased our production rates. On the factory floor, we saw operational robots and then got hands on with stations that allowed us to experience drills, screwing, assembling, dent management and so on. It was an eye-opening day out which left lots of us inspired by apprenticeships and jobs in this industry.