As part of our maths, science and technology week we had a visit from the Happy Puzzle Company. We had great fun.
In Year 4 we found out about different bridges. We looked at pictures of famous bridges and wrote about the materials they were made from and their uses. We investigated how we could join art straws and lolly sticks and how we could make materials stronger. We used all of this research to design and make our own bridge.
The children at Biddick Hall Junior School had a great day working on a variety of book activities. The children came dressed as their favourite book character or came to school dressed in their pyjamas.
On February 7th the whole school took part in Sign to Sing. We raised £105 for this worthy cause.
We were visited by The Centre for Life on Tuesday 24th January and they brought their inflatable planetarium!
We had an hour session where we saw the moon, stars, constellations, planets and galaxies. We were told how many light years things were away from us which we were astounded by! We also were able to share lots of things that we already knew about space from our science lessons.
Friday 20th January
Laing Art Gallery, Newcastle.
We took a tour around the gallery and enjoyed looking at the different paintings, carvings, sculptures and pieces of art work, discussing what we liked and didn’t like about them.
Our workshop was a sculpture workshop and we started by discussing abstract and realistic sculptures and their features. Fran, our guide, told us that we’ be focusing on abstract sculpture and to get us warmed up we had to make body sculptures! She showed us a picture and in our groups we had to make a sculpture of it. Them we had to do a rough sketch of our partner in an unusual stance. Our sketch was then turned into a clay sculpture which we made piece by piece and moulded together.
We had a great day and came back to school full of ideas and creativeness!
On Tuesday
24th January, the school council visited Jarrow Town Hall where we met the Mayor and Mayoress. We had a tour around the town hall and got to sit in the Mayor’s Chamber where we held the deputy mayor and Mayoress’s chains and the Mayor’s mace – they were really heavy and very expensive! After that, we got to sit in the council chamber where the meetings take place and we found out about the Mayor’s job. Before we left, we signed the visitor’s book; many famous people had signed it too, such as Princess Diana. We had a lovely time and learned a lot.
Thank you to everyone who joined us today in wearing a Xmas Jumper and paying £1 for this worthwhile charity. £185 was raised. Thank You for your continued support!
The children in Year 6 enjoyed their party. They danced, played games and ate lots of food!
Thank you for all your continued support. We have raised the following amount of money for our school funds this Xmas.
Xmas Fayre = £311.86
Xmas Raffle = £303.00
Xmas Concert = £271.00
