Look what we’ve been up to

Year 5 and 6 children became young fire figthers and worked with Tyne and wear Fire Brigade for 1 week! They did drills, rescued dummies, used the hoses and gas masks too-they had a great time!

We joined The Wear Rivers Trust and looked at wildlife in the Congburn biome. We measured the depth and velocity of the river and looked at the parts of a river and what the size of rocks told us about erosion. We had a great time!

Today we revisited our sewing that we did in year 4 and re did the back stitch. We then took our learning even further to create and over stitch in readiness for our Viking purse designs. We were amamzing!

In geography we are looking at the importance of trees. We looked at what trees gave the earth and he living things on it. We then looked at leaves and how they informed us as to what the tree was. We then went out looking at leaves to identify the species-we loved it!

During Volunteer Week, our School Council led a special assembly to help everyone learn about the importance of volunteers and the amazing work they do in our community. After the assembly, we made thoughtful cards and small gifts to thank volunteers at the Salvation Army for their dedication and kindness. We then delivered them in person, which was a wonderful way thank the wonderful

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Year 2 explored tie-dyeing and printing today in preparation for creating their pouches as part of this half term’s DT and Art project. The children experimented with a range of patterns and shapes, exploring different techniques before choosing their favourites to use in their designs. Everyone had lots of fun getting creative and developing their artistic skills!

This term in computing we have been exploring Microbits. We have learnt they are tiny computers and that we can program using code to make pedometers, night lights and this week play rock, paper and scissors. We had lots of fun writing the code and transferring to the Microbit then seeing if you could beat the computer!

This week year 4 were lucky enough to have a talk with Miss Stronach’s Grandad, Billy, who used to work in the shipyards. He spoke about what his typical working day was like, how long it took to build a ship and how the ships were built. The children were extremely interested and asked a lot of fantastic questions!

In today’s PSHE lesson, we explored the concept of opinions—what they are, why they matter and the importance of respecting the views of others. The children took part in an engaging activity where they were presented with different statements and asked to decide whether they agreed or disagreed, explaining their reasoning. They showed great enthusiasm in sharing their thoughts and demonstrated excellent speaking and

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Congratulations to Taylor Ditch from Year 3 for receiving the highest award a Cub Scout can receive. Taylor has completed a range of challenges and demonstrated a variety of skills at his Cubs sessions and has been awarded the Bronze Award. Well done Taylor!

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