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Travelling Crib

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In Advent, as we wait and prepare for the coming of Jesus, the children have been invited to join our special project called ‘The Travelling Crib’.   Starting this week, each child will take turns bringing home a pack to share with their families.

This is to help us remember the journey Mary and Joseph made to Bethlehem, and as a family take time to stop and think about the true meaning of Christmas.

Children in KS1 will bring home The Christmas Story, while children in KS2 will bring home a book called ‘When the Stars Shone Bright, A Christmas Tale’ telling the Christmas story from the perspective of the three wise men.

KS2 Virtual author visit with Hannah Gold

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Key Stage 2 classes recently took part in a virtual visit from award-winning author, Hannah Gold. 

During the virtual visit, Hannah spoke about her bestselling books The Last Bear and The Lost Whale. She also introduced the children to her highly anticipated third book, Finding Bear. Hannah spoke about her exciting work and the background to her latest book, as well as answering pupils’ questions in a Q&A session.

Some of the children enjoyed listening to Hannah so much that they were motivated to write their own animal stories inspired by Finding Bear.

 

Y3 Archaeologists in Durham!

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Our Y3 mini archaeologists enjoyed an interesting Stone-Bronze Age day at Durham’s Museum of Archaeology! We learned about the chronology of Prehistory and analysed an exciting range of ancient artefacts. The children completed an exciting gallery trail and also considered what we could deduce from the bones of a skeleton. Y3 conducted themselves superbly throughout the visit and even took in some of the sites of a picturesque Durham.

 

 

 

Our New Juniors!

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Well done to the Y3 children who made a positive transition into the juniors this week; everyone showed a great attitude to all aspects of school life!

Y3 Outdoor Adventurers!

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Y3 enjoyed orienteering using their mapwork skills around South Marine Park today.  They navigated around the park in teams to find letters and numbers which helped them to solve a variety of puzzles. During the course, they also embarked on six problem solving activities, where they had to use communication and teamwork skills. The children were fantastic and really embraced the challenges in a wonderful festival!

Big Sing 2023

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The school choir took part in The Big Sing 2023 at The Sage Gateshead. They enjoyed singing a selection of songs alongside many other schools.

Dance Festival 2023

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Our Monday night dance club recently performed a medley of songs from Matilda to a packed out audience at the Customs House in the  South Tyneside Dance Festival 2023. The children have been very enthusiastic in dance club and worked extremely hard to remember all of the routine. For some of our children this was their first time on stage.

 

Double Tennis Success!

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Our Y3 tennis players enjoyed double success at Boldon Tennis Club; where our A Team won the competition and our B team came a brilliant second! Both of our teams really shone under the bright sunshine today, with outstanding performances in both the singles matches and tennis skills challenges!

It was great to watch our children enjoying the event with their friends, while still playing skilful, determined tennis. I know how much the children have enjoyed playing tennis together this summer, so it was extra special to see both teams achieve great success at the competition.

Thank you to our brilliant parent supporters at Boldon who gave the children wonderful support, which meant they never wilted in the beautiful sunshine.

 

 

May Procession

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During the month of May we honour Mary, the mother of Jesus. On Wednesday, we held our May Procession and service in Mary’s honour, offering our prayers to her. We were blessed with beautiful weather, processing from the school grounds into the hall where the service was held. Father Bill welcomed the children at the start of the celebration and gave us a blessing at the end.

Year 4 led the celebration, with children from each class bringing flowers to place in the vase at the focal point dedicated to Mary. The children shared a reading, prayers, a litany, sang some beautiful hymns, and one of the children crowned Mary with a lovely garland of flowers.

It was a joyous occasion, and we were impressed with the children’s engagement and beautiful singing throughout.

 

Infant and Junior Music Festival 2023

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Some of our infant and junior children took part in South Tyneside’s Music Festival at the Customs House this week. The infant children performed in the musical ‘Two by Two in a Floating Zoo’ and the junior children performed in ‘Vikings’. They acted, sang and danced brilliantly – we couldn’t be prouder of them!

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