Science Buddies in Year 3 as part of our science week.

15th March 2024S Admin (Biddick Hall Juniors)

Katie from Science Buddies came in to work with us on activities linked to time. First of all she showed us how to operate a stop watch. We then measured some alkali powder into a beaker, measured 10ml of acid (white vinegar) in a syringe and added this to the powder. We timed how long it took to dissolve. We then stretched a balloon with a balloon pump and used a funnel to put more powder inside the balloon. Katie helped us to use a funnel to pour more of the vinegar into a plastic bottle. The balloon was placed over the top of the bottle and lifted up. We observed the balloon inflate in 1 minute.

What a super star junior scientist!

15th March 2024S Admin (Biddick Hall Juniors)

Wow! How fantastic! Nolan and his parent completed the child-parent challenge during our school Science week that everyone was sent home with the option to do. He was so proud to come and show me the fabulous science he had been getting up to at home and said that the lemonade he made was the most glorious and delicious lemonade he had ever tasted! Perhaps he could be a lemonade entrepreneur of the future! It is wonderful when children and parents work together to take science outside of the classroom!

What a super star junior scientist!

Comic Relief

15th March 2024S Admin (Biddick Hall Juniors)

To celebrate Comic Relief, we came into school in non-uniform and paid £1.  Some people had t-shirts, some people had red noses and others had red accessories and throughout the day the children got to design their own red nose! In assembly, the teachers all told one of their favourite jokes and we all enjoyed hearing them.  Which is your favourite?

 

World Book Day 2024!

15th March 2024S Admin (Biddick Hall Juniors)

This year’s World Book Day was focused on how children are more likely to enjoy reading when their choices are championed and we make reading fun.

Children and staff were encouraged to wear a costume relating to a book character.

For the full day lessons were focused around WBD.  As part of this pupils were given the opportunity to take part in a school competition where they had to create a blurb and a front cover for a book that they would like to read.  Additionally, they could enter another competition for which their entries will be sent away, this involved them design a national book token.

As part of World Book Day an author called Paula Fowler visited our school to tell us what inspired her to start to write books. She lives locally and is a self-published author of Wizard Beano and Pals.

We had great fun finding out about the two books she has written so far and finding out about the characters in her stories and how she created them.  The themes of the stories are friendship, adventure, helping save the planet and looking after our wellbeing.  We also found out a little bit about the book she is currently writing.

 

STEM event at Vertu Motors Newcastle Eagles arena.

15th March 2024S Admin (Biddick Hall Juniors)

Year 5 and Year 6 visited the Vertu Motors Newcastle Eagles arena to look at how STEM is involved in everything we do in sport. We looked at data analytics and watched a video to work out shooting percentages. We then carried out our own on-court experiment where we had to shoot and work out or own percentage of shots made compared to shots taken. We also considered the effect that forces have on dribbling, passing and shooting as well as the importance of technology and engineering in developing the correct footwear.

Update!

15th March 2024S Admin (Biddick Hall Juniors)

On Friday the 8th March the winning basketball team played a semi-final game against Forest View. Unfortunately we lost and got knocked out. However, it was a great experience. We stayed to watch a Newcastle Eagles match and we all received a medal.

Year 5 Hoops4 Health basketball tournament.

7th March 2024S Admin (Biddick Hall Juniors)

On Thursday 15th February, some of Year 5 visited the Vertu Motors Arena where we took part in a basketball tournament with other schools from South Tyneside.  We took 3 teams and the all played exceptionally well, with all 3 teams making it through to the quarter finals. Unfortunately, 2 of our teams were knocked out, but one made it through to the semi-finals!  These are to be held on Friday 8th March before the Newcastle Eagles play their match. If we make it through to the final, the game is played at ½ time in front of thousands of people!  Watch this space for an update on how we did!

Making a soft toy in DT in Year 5!

7th March 2024S Admin (Biddick Hall Juniors)

In Year 5, our DT topic in the Spring first ½ term was to make a soft toy.  We created cardboard templates, cut the body from felt (2 identical pieces) and then we sewed on some appendages (fins, eyes, ears, noses etc). After that, we used a blanket stitch to join the two edges of the front and back together. A blanket stitch is a strong and decorative stitch, so it was perfect for our projects.  Lastly, we stuffed our toys and then used more blanket stitch to close the stuffing entrance. We are so proud of our end products and couldn’t wait to show them off!

Year 5 visit the Life Science Centre in Newcastle

7th March 2024S Admin (Biddick Hall Juniors)

On Friday 16th February, Year 5 visited the Life Science Centre in Newcastle to round off our Science topic of Earth and Space. We went into the planetarium and learned all about constellations and the relative sizes of the planets as well as the differences in their orbits and rotations – it really brought our learning to life! We explored the Space exhibit and some of us even got to film a weather report! We loved exploring the other elements of the Science Centre including the engineering elements in the WoW zone. We also experienced a special Science show all about colour and we were amazed that we all saw colours slightly differently.