This half term the children in Year 3 have been answering the learning challenge question: ‘How did the Early Britons make shelters?’ as part of their DT work.
The children designed their own Stone Age shelter; either a Paleolithic cave or a Mesolithic tent-style home. To make their designs come to life, they molded clay and used sticks to hold them in place. Once the clay had dried, the children painted them in the colours they would have been back in the Stone Age.
Take a look at our fabulous Stone Age settlement!
This week in Science Year 3 have been investigating how rocks change over time as part of their Learning Challenge Question: What can rocks tell us about the way the Earth was formed?
They agreed that rocks don’t change massively to the naked eye, however we know that they must change over time somehow!
We worked in small groups to conduct an experiment. We chose a rock, and placed it inside a jar with 100ml of water. We shook the jar to the count of 100, then filtered out the water through filter paper to see what was left behind.
Once all of the water filtered through we noticed there was some debris left in the filter paper. Some of us said that this looked like sand! It was clear that the rocks knocking together had made small fragments break off.
Super work, Year 3!
This week in Year 4 we have been focussing on column subtraction, which can be tricky when you need to exchange numbers. To help us we practiced working out calculations while physically exchanging our counters. It was even better as we were allowed to use the tables as huge whiteboards!
Welcome to Class 12’s Poetry Gallery!
We were inspired by Tennyson’s ‘The Eagle’ to write our own poems. We used literary techniques, such as rhyming couplets and triplets, alliteration, powerful words and similes, to create an animal poem. Enjoy our creativity!
This week to recognise Anti-Bullying Week at West Boldon we had an Odd Socks Day!
It was a great way to celebrate what makes us all different and to encourage people to express themselves and celebrate their individuality and what makes us all unique! Here are some colourful socks worn by our Year 2 children.
“It taught me to be kind online” – Kaiden
“It taught me that playing games that are too old for me because I will be playing with adults and might be more at risk of cyber-bullying” – Codey
“If I was cyber-bullied it would make me feel sad” – Megan
“I can show people respect online by understanding they have different ideas” – Bubacarr
Further up the school in Year 6, Class 12 took part in activities to understand Anti-Bullying Week 2020. They had great discussions about bullying, the victim and perpetrator and empathy. Here is some of their fantastic work:
After counting up all of the children’s votes, we now have our representatives for this academic year! Here they are…
Year 1: Amy
Year 2: Danny
Year 3: Lola
Year 4: Danyl
Year 5: Maisy
Year 6: Jack
Well done to you all!
This week Year 5 started their new science topic on Properties and Changes in Materials. Over the next few weeks they will be working on answering the Learning Challenge Question: Could you be the next CSI investigator?
The first lesson involved the children taking on the roles of crime scene investigators and looking at the evidence to identify the top secret project the kidnapped Professor Brainstorm was working on.
They had so much fun!
Today the children have all talked about Remembrance Day and what the poppy represents. Some of the children in Year 1/2 and Year 4 painted poppies on stones and Mrs Askwith took them to the cenotaph at Jarrow Cemetery.
The children also enjoyed making their own poppies to wear during the two minutes silence today.
On Tuesday 10th November we celebrated World Science Day at West Boldon! Every class looked at a famous scientist linked to their topic.
They created a fossil jar whereby jelly represented the soil and sweets represented the animal remains. Each day this week they will add a new layer of jelly to the jar representing how soil layers occur over time. They talked about how these fossils form and also made a zigzag book!
Year 6 looked at Charles Darwin to link to their topic on Evolution. They all created a factfile about him explaining why he is so important in his field.
What wonderful scientists we have at West Boldon!
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