Congratulations to the 100% year group winners. They each won a £5 Asda vouchers and their parents/carers a £25 Asda voucher.
Year 3 – Sophia Storey 3BA; Year 4 Lydia Raine; Year 5 Joey Davison; Year 6 Jayden Bridle 6GA
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.
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.
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Choir children had a great time participating in The Big Sing at the Glasshouse in Gateshead. We sang lots of songs with a live band and had lots of fun.
Some year 6 cooked today using salmon as their main ingredient as part of their Design and Technology project. The children researched and found recipes such as pomegranate salmon, teriyaki salmon, salmon burgers and salmon pasta dishes. They developed skills of following steps in a recipe, grating, peeling, chopping, dicing, boiling, marinating, cooking salmon and presenting their dishes. Other pupils from the other two classes joined 6GA to taste the dishes with some very positive comments and empty plates left at the end of the afternoon.
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The children enjoyed a session with Mr O during the day.
The whole school enjoyed a fabulous assembly led by Mr. O, the drumming teacher. He talked about the drums he had brought with him and explained where they came from. He taught everyone to chant a rhythm, stamping their feet to certain beats. Some lucky children were also chosen to play the drums, while everyone else counted the rhythm. We all had a great time.
Science Council met as normal this Monday but with an extra special treat as we had Katie from Science Buddies visiting. She is so impressed by our Science Council that she brought in some of her amazing animals to show us – we loved meeting Einstein, the African giant snail and even made some sweet smelling bath bombs too. Thank you Katie!
