4CL and 4AW had a great day at Jarrow Hall. We walked around a working Anglo Saxon farm. We listened to the Beowulf story in the grand hall around a roaring fire
We took part in a burial ceremony and finished the day with a battle re-enactment.
Year 4 had a great morning at Temple Park taking part in different track and field events.
4KJ visited Jarrow Hall on Tuesday 11th February. We had great fun investigating Anglo Saxon settlements and a farm and loved meeting the animals. We also found out more about Anglo Saxon religious beliefs and burials and had the opportunity to look at weapons from the period. The day ended with a fierce battle.
Year 4 went to a football tournament at Boldon School. They played against different schools trying their best. Unfortunately, we didn’t win any medals but all children received a certificate.
Mrs Lynn was very proud of all the children. They tried their best and were an outstanding representation of the school.
Science Council have had great fun this half term making pop and Mentos geysers, spooky cauldron mixtures, Halloween lights from milk bottles and experimenting with pencils being pierced through zip lock bags of water. It has been a fun half term that’s for sure.
We celebrated Roald Dahl Day on Wednesday 13th September. Staff and children were encouraged to wear yellow (because this was Roald Dahl’s favourite colour) and pay £1 for the Dahlicious charity. As well as finding out about Roald Dahl and his charity some of our lessons were linked to a Roald Dahl book.
One of the lessons was a competition. We read extracts from the BFG and then linked with this the children drew something in a jar, like the ones the BFG had, that they would like to see in a dream. We had great fun!
Katie from Science Buddies, helped us understand how a piece of food travels through our digestive system, starting at our mouth and finishing at the rectum. We looked at the different parts of the body involved and the enzymes needed to aid the process.
In Year 4, we are learning about sounds in our Science lessons. We made these string telephones and as one person talked into their cup, the vibrations travelled down the string into the other person’s ear.
Over the last couple of weeks children have been undertaking work in their RE lessons, focusing on the beliefs and practices of Christianity associated with Christmas. On Thursday 19th December 2019, children from each year group, shared their work with the rest of the school and gave an explanation as to what they had been learning about and why.
The following questions were answered in each year group:
Year 3: ‘How and why is Advent important over Christmas?’
Year 4 ‘Why do Christians call Jesus the light of the World?’
Year 5 ‘What are the themes of Christmas?’
Year 6 ‘What do the gospel stories tell us about the birth of Jesus?’
On Tuesday 18th September, year 4 children had a fantastic day at Jarrow Hall. We learned about stories that the Anglo Saxons liked to tell and listened to the story of Beowulf. We re-enacted an Anglo Saxon battle and enjoyed learning more about village life in a replica Anglo Saxon village.
