A great time was had by all!
The weather was great and everyone had a great time. Well done Year 4!
As part of one of our Design and Technology units called, ‘Cooking and nutrition: Come dine with me’, we researched starter recipes that included red pepper. Working in small groups of 2 or 3 we then followed our recipe, including using the correct quantities of each ingredient and prepared and cooked our own starter. At the end of the afternoon the rest of the year group came into to join our groups to try what we had created.
On Friday 14th June, 10 children from year 6 went to a Hoops for Health basketball tournament at the Vertu Motors Arena in Newcastle. We were the only school from South Tyneside who attended. We played 6 games, winning two, drawing two and narrowly losing two. We were runners-up on our court but unfortunately did not get through to the next round. Our behaviour was impeccable all day and we had a lot of fun!
To kick off National sports Week we enjoyed a visit from 3Sixty Bike stunt team. The children had a great time watching them perform their stunt show.
Year 5 took part in a football tournament at Boldon School. We took 3 teams and took part in 3 leagues. The children tried really hard. Although we did not top the leagues, we had lots of fun!
On Thursday, we took 2 teams of Year 3 children to take part in a Tag Rugby Festival at Boldon School. The children had some tricky matches and Team A drew four of their games and lost two, finishing in joint third position of their group.
Team B won all six of their matches and were the winners of their group, taking home medals.
The children had a fantastic morning and enjoyed participating in the festival.
Year 4 had visitors from Durham university to learn about the Vikings. We looked at where the Vikings came from, why they settled in Great Britain, and the origins of some of our words in the English language. We also learned about ancient Runes and designed our own. Finally, we looked at replicas of ancient Viking objects whilst pretending to be archaeologists.
Year 3 children enjoyed investigating forces with Professor Brainstorm. We took part in lots of practical activities which helped us to learn more about how forces work in everyday life. It was great fun!
Over the past few weeks in DT we have been researching Bolognese recipes and we created a healthy recipe. On Friday 17th May, we got the chance to make it! We prepared onions, garlic, carrots, celery, courgette, peppers and mushrooms using the bridge grip to protect our fingers. We sautéed the vegetables in vegetable oil and then added some seasoning, passata and chopped tomatoes. We simmered the mix and then blended it to a smooth sauce before adding beef mince that we had gently fried (for those who wanted vegetarian, they just had the sauce). We mixed the bolognese into penne pasta and added some parmesan and mixed herbs to our own portions to taste. We absolutely loved it!
