Year 5 and 6 took part in a knife crime workshop.

16th July 2024S Admin (Biddick Hall Juniors)

As part of this session we discussed healthy and unhealthy friendships, how friendships can change and how easy it is to became part of a group where power is not equal.  We talked about how it is often difficult to pull away from a friendship or situation and say no.  We discussed about how to identify if something is not right and how often we just get a feeling and that we should trust our gut instincts.  We found out that it is against the law to carry a weapon of any kind (knives, pepper spray etc.) even if your intention is not to use it.  Being with a group that is committing a crime makes us accountable – it is called ‘joint enterprise’ and comes with will result in you having a criminal record. The man also told us that if we have a knife we are much more likely to become hurt than if we did not as the person attacking us can use it against us or react in a more threatening manner because they assume we were planning to attack them.  He told us how important it is to know who our trusted adult is and to always tell them if we feel or are involved in anything that we don’t think is right.

Learning to play the ukulele in Year 5 this year.

11th July 2024S Admin (Biddick Hall Juniors)

We have been learning to play the ukulele in Year 5 this year.  To show off our amazing progress we held a ukulele concert for our parents and carers to attend.  Our first was called my dog has fleas. This was the first song we learned to play and we used a strumming pattern with open strings. Our second song used the chord ‘C’ and demonstrated musical dynamics. In music the letter F means ‘LOUDLY’ and the letter P means ‘play quietly’. The following song was ‘Three Little Birds by Bob Marley and we used chords C, F and G. Alfie Back demonstrated the chorus in 5LR and Kaiden, Cameron and Amelia Q and Amelia H sang in 5AE. We then did ‘Shotgun’ by George Ezra. In this song we used plectrums and a strumming pattern called the island strum. The Wellerman song was one of our favourites and we followed that with our final song which was ‘Country Road’ by John Denver. Everyone thoroughly enjoyed it, both the musicians and the audience.

Being creative in art in Year 5!

11th July 2024S Admin (Biddick Hall Juniors)

We made picnic items out of Modroc, card and paper and then painted them to look realistic.  When they were dry, we arranged them on picnic blankets in the hall and selected a viewpoint from which to draw certain items. We used a range of sketching pencils to create an accurate shape and shading. After we shaded some different items, we then created an individual piece of art using our ideas. We decided how to add colour using either watercolour paints, watercolour pencils, colouring pencils or chalk pastels.

Year 6 took part in an orienteering event at Marine park. 

11th July 2024S Admin (Biddick Hall Juniors)

On Monday year 6 took part in an orienteering event at Marine park.  Two teams of 8 children went.  We had to use a map to find markers at various points around the park and write down a letter.  Finally, we took part in a challenge where we had to match countries to their flags, both teams got them all correct and therefore had 24 seconds taken off their time.  Team A came 3rd out of 20 teams and received medals.

 

Year 6 visited West Boldon Lodge to listen and join in with the local South Tyneside band.

10th July 2024S Admin (Biddick Hall Juniors)

Year 6 visited West Boldon Lodge to listen and join in with the local South Tyneside band, Different Voices. It was an amazing opportunity for pupils to listen to a live band and discuss instruments and see and hear them being played by talented musicians. Many of us had a brilliant sing along and dance and thoroughly enjoyed our music trip. We were also given the opportunity to explore the wooded area and take part in a bug hunt as well as toast marshmallows on an open fire. It was a wonderful morning.