Hoops 4 Health Tournament!

17th January 2020S Admin (Biddick Hall Juniors)

On Thursday 16th January, 2 teams from Year 5 went to Temple Park to play in the Hoops for Health basketball tournament.

 

Team 1 won four out of their five games. The first game was 16 – 0, the second was 8 – 0, the third 3 – 1, match four 10 -0 and the final match we lost 3 – 1.

 

Team 2 won 3, lost one and drew one.  The first game was 5 – 0, the second was 2 – 1 to the other team, the third 4 – 0, match four 2 – 2 and the final match we won 4 – 1.

 

Both teams got through to the quarter finals for coming second in our groups.  Unfortunately, we had to play each other in this match and Team 1 won 2 – 1.  This means that Team 1 have made it through to the Grand Finals which will be played at the Newcastle Eagles Community Arena on Friday the 7th February.  We will play in the semi-finals before the Eagles match and then if we get through to the final, that will be played at half time in the Eagles match.

 

We had a great day and everyone played extremely well and showed good sportsmanship.

Beliefs and Practices associated with Christmas!

20th December 2019S Admin (Biddick Hall Juniors)

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?’

The choir entertain at The Civic Carol Concert!

20th December 2019S Admin (Biddick Hall Juniors)

The choir sang at the Civic Carol Concert at Temple Park along with children from lots of other schools and the South Tyneside orchestra. It was a fabulous evening and the children from Biddick Hall Juniors were a real credit to the school.

The choir entertains!

20th December 2019S Admin (Biddick Hall Juniors)

Choir had a great time singing Christmas songs at The Word on 4th December. It put us all in the festive spirit.

Design Technology in Year 4!

20th December 2019S Admin (Biddick Hall Juniors)

In our Technology lessons, Year 4 have been designing and making torches. We needed to think carefully about who the torch was for and what it would be used for. We enjoyed using plastic bottles, wires, batteries and switches to make torches that lit up.

Childhood Flu Immunisation

19th December 2019a hayward

School Based Immunisation team for Childhood Flu.

 

The School Based Immunisation Team for Gateshead, South Tyneside and Sunderland have arranged community clinics in January 2020 for children who have not yet received their flu immunisation (nasal spray).  Please note: The service will be closed from Friday 20th December at 17:00 hours and reopen on Monday 6th January at 8:30am. 

 

For parents/carers to arrange an appointment please contact the School Based Immunisation Team on 

0191 402 8179 up to 5pm  on Friday 20th December or from Monday January 6th 2020.

Year 5 DT project!

18th December 2019S Admin (Biddick Hall Juniors)

Year 5 have thoroughly enjoyed their DT project for this term! We were tasked with making an electronic greetings card and thought it would tie in perfectly with Christmas.

The children have spent time exploring circuits with a difference – learning how graphite and copper are electrical conductors and understanding the electrical components needed to make a complete circuit.

The children had to design a greetings card which included at least one lit-up element and needed to carefully place their LED bulb into their circuit.

We are thrilled with the results!