Year 5 and Year 6 children enjoyed a visit from the Newcastle Eagles as part of the Hoops4 Health Roadshow.
Year 6 enjoyed their trip to South Shields fire station and participated in seven different scenarios.
Today, Katie from Science Buddies visited year 6 to dissect some lamb hearts with us. This is part of our Science learning this half term linking to ‘Staying Alive’. We explored the weight, shape and size of the heart and appearance. We discussed and identified chambers and heart strings and thought about how the heart serves us. It was so extraordinary to be hands on with an actual heart. What amazing science fun!
Our new Science Council members have been voted in and what a wonderful group of pupils they are already proving to be. They have all been introduced to each other and now have their own very important ‘Science Council representative lanyards to wear to club each Thursday and when doing important jobs, helping to give students at Biddick hall Juniors a voice for science in the school.
Year 6 visited the Open zone to complete some green screen filming after writing a script about democracy and voting rights in Ancient Greece which they are studying in history lessons.
Whilst there they also completed a robotics workshop using software called Spike and lego pieces which they could attach to motors and run programmes through one they wrote the code themselves. The children had a brilliant time with some excellent work achieved by everyone.
We celebrated Roald Dahl day on his birthday (13th September). His favourite colour was yellow so we all tried to wear something yellow. During the day we discussed some of his books and completed activities linked to these. We held a competition linked to ‘Charlie and the Chocolate Factory’ which involved us designing our own unique sweet/chocolate bar.
Year 6 are undergoing a project to make an automata toy. This week we were building the frames. We used wood, saws, wooden blocks, rulers, glue guns and joined together our pieces with care and concentration.
On Friday 16th September, Year 4 children visited Jarrow Hall to find out more about Anglo Saxon life. We enjoyed learning about how the Anglo Saxons made clothes and we even had a try at spinning wool. We also learned about the herbal medicines that people would have used in Anglo Saxon times. We enjoyed walking on the farm and discussing the important roles the animals played in Anglo Saxon life. We went inside of an Anglo Saxon house and listened to a story about King Oswald as we sat around the cosy fire. We all had an amazing day!
Year 3 had a visit from a Stone age historian. He brought his collection of artefacts for us to see and hold. He talked to us about how people in this period would live, how they would get their food and where they would live. We looked at how Stonehenge was formed and its meaning. Finally we created our own cave drawings. We had a great afternoon and learned lots of information ready for our new topic.
