On Thursday, Year 6 performed their end of year leavers’ production of “I’m an 11 Year Old, Get Me Out Of Here!”

The children worked very hard to learn their lines, the songs, dances and stage directions. They did a morning and an afternoon performance and I am very proud to say both of their performances were outstanding.

For those of you that attended, I think you will all agree that the production was excellent and very funny!

I would like to thank Mr Richardson for his amazing piano skills, our children in years 4 and 5 who made up our amazing choir, Mrs Hill for practicing the songs with the choir for weeks on end, Mrs Molenda who was in charge of adding the sound effects throughout the play, Mr Maratty for his exceptional artistic skills creating the stage sign and for helping backstage and Mrs Wilson for all her hours of hard work with the endless practices, creating dances, organising props and costumes and ensuring the children were ready back stage for their scenes!

And lastly, I would like to thank the parents and adults who unknowingly were going to take part in the Grammar challenge on stage and having various items tipped over their heads! You were all a great sport and I appreciate your braveness! Thank you!

As an end of year ‘leavers’ trip, year 6 visited South Shields Surf School for an afternoon of surfing.

After a battle getting into their wetsuits, the children braved the cold North Sea to learn how to surf. The children embraced this opportunity, and it was fantastic to see them enjoying themselves, having fun and learning something new.

Their behaviour and attitude were outstanding and as you can see from the pictures, they had a great time!

In DT, the children researched the typical ingredients that go into a curry. They also learnt about food allergies and which ingredients people may be allergic to or have a reaction to. We then did a vote of which vegetables the children wanted in their curry. They chose: onions, peppers, potatoes and cauliflower.

On Wednesday, the children first learnt about food safety and how to prepare, cook and store food safely. Lisa the cook then demonstrated how to safely peel, chop and slice the vegetables.

Children worked together to prepare the veg and Lisa and the kitchen staff kindly cooked the curry in the school kitchen.

In the afternoon, the children then got to taste and evaluate their curry with an extra little treat of poppadoms.

All the children tasted the curry and some even went back for seconds…..and thirds!!