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We are delighted to share our recent Ofsted Report.  We are all thrilled with our outcomes overall.
The quality of education        Outstanding
Behaviour and attitudes        Good
Personal development         Outstanding
Leadership and Management    Outstanding
Great news, we’ve done it again!
Biddick Hall Juniors has topped the Autumn 2024 WOW Top Ten leaderboard for South Tyneside  Congratulations and well done to you all pupils who logged their trips to school on Travel Tracker, and everyone who travelled actively to school, during October. They have all contributed to Biddick Hall Junior School reaching the top of the local leaderboard. We also finished in 45th place on the national leaderboard for England – 30 places higher than last term! That’s out of more than 650 schools – what an amazing achievement!!
Father Mervyn joined us to celebrate our Harvest Festival at Biddick Hall Junior school. Thanks you to all our parents and carers who donated food items. They were distributed to two local foodbanks. They were very grateful that you shared your harvest gifts with them.
We all enjoyed a spooky disco. Look at our amazing costumes!
This week in Science Council we all met together and created chemical reactions between bicarbonate of soda and vinegar to create some spooky potions. We also had a special visitor, Mrs Hayward, who came in to meet us and help.
Year 5 participated in a Year5/6 dodgeball festival at Temple Park. There were 25 teams and 300 children taking part. Our teams should resilience, passion and determination. All the children had fun and their teachers were very proud of how they conducted themselves.
Year 5 were visited by ‘That History Bloke’ and we explored the Tudor times. We answered some true or false questions about the time period and looked at a Tudor instrument called the lute. We handled some Tudor objects and explored them, even looking at a real leech that would’ve been used by healers! We wrote a death warrant using a quill and ink which was trickier than we thought it would be, and we played a strategy game called Merelle which actually linked with battle tactics.
On Tuesday 22nd October, Year 3 were visited by ‘The Stone Age Guy’ and we found out more about life in this period. We handled some artefacts and discussed their uses and we had a try at drawing our own animals using charcoal. We all found the session very interesting.
The children in Year 5 and 6 had an exciting afternoon with players from the Newcastle Eagles basketball team taking part in their ‘Hoops4Health’ Roadshow. We did some physical exercise, learned about hydration, eating from different food groups and the importance of a healthy mind. We all had a great afternoon and learned lots about keeping healthy as well as having lots of fun!
