With Christ at our side to guide us,
we shine in all that we do.
Year 5 visited South Shields Museum for a wonderful art workshop which tied in perfectly with our ‘Portraits’ topic. We were lucky enough to explore some portraits from the gallery’s stores, and complete activities using artwork in the exhibitions. We also had time to create a personal response afterwards by drawing self-portraits using a mixture of materials. What a lovely afternoon!
After reading scripture from the prophet Isaiah, Year 3 have been working in drama groups to demonstrate how we should behave during Advent, as we prepare for Christmas. We explored and depicted giving alms to the homeless, looking after the elderly, praying regularly to talk to God, showing love in our friendship groups and showing understanding with our friends. All of the children collaborated and showed excellent oracy skills with their friends.
The Junior Choir took part in South Tyneside’s Civic Christmas Carol Concert at Temple Park Leisure Centre. They sang a selection of Christmas carols alongside other schools and a live orchestra. They sang so beautifully and did us proud as always!
Yesterday the children in reception visited the Urban Factory to take part in a coordination challenge. The activities allowed the children to practice climbing, balancing and jumping all whilst having a lot of fun!
Year 4 enjoyed sharing their class Celebration of the Word with parents so they decided to share it with their peers in school as well.
The young historians in Y3 took part in an oracy session, where they took sides and respectfully debated the advantages and disadvantages of living in each period in Prehistory ( considering the changes that had occurred). They came up with many logical arguments, that they bravely stood up to articulate with confidence to the group. They listened, understood and then responded to the view of their fellow historians.
It proved to be a great session, where the children not only thought like historians, but also spoke like ones too. They then went on to write a response to the question with the disciplinary knowledge they had developed from the debating lesson.
This morning the children in reception walked to the Post Office to post their letters to Santa! We know that Santa is very busy at this time of year but we are hoping that he can squeeze in a reply…
This half term, the children in Year 2 have thoroughly enjoyed their Goldilocks and the Three Bears writing unit. It’s been wonderful to see their enthusiasm and effort throughout the process.
The unit began with an exciting ‘hook’ during our visit to West Boldon Lodge, which sparked their imaginations and set the scene for their learning. From there, they’ve embraced our whole-school writing unit, which has included skills lessons, identifying the key features of a narrative, comprehension based on a model text and detailed planning.
This week, the children completed their Big Write task, and we couldn’t be prouder of their hard work and dedication. They have exceeded expectations, writing at length and including a fantastic range of the skills they’ve been learning so far in Year 2. It’s also been delightful to see how much they’ve improved the presentation of their work—many of them are already joining letters!
Well done, Year 2! We are so impressed by your determination and progress. Keep up the great work!
Year 4 welcomed a visitor from the Tyne & Wear Fire and Rescue Service yesterday afternoon. Rachel taught the children how to stay safe at home to prevent fires from starting and what to do in the event of a fire occurring.
The children identified potential hazards in the home and how to stay safe.
They were very knowledgeable and came up with some great responses, including;
The children then learnt about the importance of a correctly functioning smoke alarm in the home and that these should be tested weekly, Rachel suggested ‘Test it Tuesday‘.
If a fire alarm was to be heard, the children were informed of how to raise the alarm and stay safe with this Escape Plan, as well as how to ring 999 and what to say when questioned:
The Sportshall Athletics squad achieved a brilliant team silver in the District Competition today!
Our young athletes have shown great dedication to train for the event, while everyone performed superbly contributing to our team. There were many fantastic performances, which saw lots of our children achieving personal bests!
I was so proud of how everyone supported each other; congratulations to everyone in our team! Thank you also to our fantastic parent helpers today, who supported the children so well throughout.
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