Look what we’ve been up to

Year 5 Outdoor Learning…

Some of us in year 5 wrote autumn haikus after looking at autumnal objects and using our senses to describe them. Some of us did maths and made natural equations using autumnal objects to represent numbers in our number sentences. Our imagination went wild and we had a great time!


Year 5 investigate cams…

Today we looked at how different cams worked and experimented using different ones-it was a bit tricky but we were very resilient!


Year 5 Colour Mixing…

In art we looked at how to mix colours effectively. We then used the primary colours to create darker tones and shades. We then used water colour and colour mixed and painted our Lowry sketches-they turned out amazingly detailed!


Year 5 Financial Literacy…

Here at Southwick, we believe all children should learn life skills such as how to handle money. Today we looked at budgeting and had certain budgets for different holidays. We had to include food, accommodation and activities when planning our holidays. Some of us spent the minimum we could and others maxed out their budgets but we all had a great time and are

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Key Stage 2 Halloween Party

We had great fun, there were great costumes and some wonderful dancing too!


Year 5 Explore local history

Year 5 finished their unit of Local History by completing and displaying some amazing posters about what life was like for the people of Sunderland after World War 2. All of the children in year 5 were invited to visit ‘Our Museum’ to learn about what life was like for those who lived in Sunderland at the time. We learned lots about our local

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Financial literacy

This week, each class has taken part in a Financial Literacy lesson where they have focused on a different aspect of money and finance. Take a look at what each year group have been up to.

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KS1 Halloween Disco!

Year 1 and 2 had a fantastic time at the Halloween Disco tonight! There was some amazing dance moves and costumes! Take a look…


Year 4 love fencing!

Year 4 were lucky enough to have extra P.E and enjoyed a fencing taster session. The children loved practicing the moves and trying on the guards.


Year 1-Week 7-Art and Diwali

In Year 1 art lessons, the children have been exploring the world of colour through the seasons and discussing all the different colours we might see through the four seasons. We began by identifying primary and secondary colours, learning how to mix primary colour paints to make secondary colours. We discovered how adding white or black can create tints and shades, and experimented with

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