Reception have enjoyed a wonderfully Christmassy day in class today where they were surprised to see the Polar Express had arrived!
They came to school in their pyjamas, drank hot chocolate and watched the movie.
A big well done to all of our children who have hit the 50 dojo point mark this term! They were all given a special certificate as their prize. Next stop 150 dojos and an extra break time! 🏆
Year 3 children with their BRONZE DOJO Certificate for reaching 50 points.
‘TO GIVE, TO HELP, TO BE KIND AND CREATE HAPPINESS’
A new project has been introduced into the school
To Give, To Help, To Be Kind and Create Happiness.
This Christmas, as part of the ‘Giving Project’, the children made beautiful Christmas cards to give to the residents of the Sycamore Care Home, they also hand delivered their Christmas cards to the bungalows in Don View.
The children wanted to send Christmas wishes to members of the local community, to let them know that they are thinking of them at this special time of year. They were all greatly received.
Mrs Sloanes enlisted the help of some Year 6 children today to draw the prizes of our Christmas Raffle. Thank you to everyone who purchased a ticket. We raised £353 for the school.
422 Blue / white
144 Pink / white
281 Pink / white
171 Pink / white
99 Blue / white
923 Blue
11 Pink / white
302 Blue / white
425 Blue / white
246 Pink / white
372 Pink / white
685 Yellow
969 Yellow
615 Yellow
829 Blue
622 Yellow
47 Pink / white
469 Pink / white
388 Pink / white
442 Blue / white
466 Pink / white
750 Yellow
632 Yellow
145 Blue / white
480 Blue / white
14 Blue / white
405 Blue / white
754 Yellow
222 Pink / white
76 Blue / white
463 Blue / white
184 Pink / white
604 Yellow.
Please collect your prizes from the school office today please, thank you.
Year 4 have been working in pairs to complete Christmas themed maths challenges.
They had to complete a series of problems such as ordering snowmen by height, finding how many possibilities there are for different outfits for a snowman and sharing buttons following different rules.
They had to work together and could choose how they wanted to solve the problem e.g. mentally, written methods, drawings or practical resources.
KS2 (Year 3-6) enjoyed a wonderful walk to St Nicholas Church this morning.
Once there, each year group sang a Christmas carol they had been practising over the last few weeks. Rev. Paul also told the children all about Advent and chose a lucky Year 3 child to come and light the candles on the Advent wreath.
Rev. Paul was really impressed with the children’s knowledge of Advent already and after that the children asked him such insightful questions about the church.
At the end of the service Rev. Paul blessed us all with a lovely Christmas prayer.
All of the children were beautifully behaved and represented our school incredibly! Well done KS2!
At West Boldon Primary we celebrated Christmas Jumper Day this year on Monday 13th December 2021.
Children were invited to come to school wearing their Christmas jumpers or T-shirts on this day to share some Christmas cheer!
It was Year 1’s final gymnastics session with Mr Gilmore this week. The children have been working hard to learn elements for a routine, today they performed their routine in a competition.
Mr Gilmore watched each child perform their routine and scored them just as if they’d been competing in the Olympics. He was very impressed at the standard the children performed at and wasn’t able to only pick a first, second and third place. We had joint places for silver and gold! Amazing!
All of the children have worked so hard in their gymnastics lessons and every single one of them have developed new skills.
This morning, Year 1 and Year 2 (Key Stage 1) took a wintry Christmas walk to St Nicholas’ Church. Once there, the children sung some of their favourite Christmas carols in this beautiful environment and talked with Reverend Paul about how Christians celebrate Christmas.
Reverend Paul was very impressed with some of the questions relating to the church itself.
All of the children were so impeccably behaved and are a real credit to our school!
At West Boldon Primary School, we value the rights of our learners and strive to keep them at the heart of our ethos and culture. To support us in doing this, we successfully applied to become a ‘Rights Respecting School’ at Bronze Award level, which is given on behalf of Unicef UK.
Unicef is the world’s leading organisation working for children and young people and their rights. In 1989, governments across the world agreed that all children have the same rights by adopting the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, based on what a child needs to survive, grow, participate and fulfil their potential. Children at West Boldon Primary will learn about their own rights, the rights of others and how they can be a force for change and equality in both their time at school and in their own futures.
As part of our work towards this award, we will be hosting a ShoeShare event, where we ask for donations of old or unwanted shoes (no holes or broken soles, please!). These shoes are then donated for re-use through a local Clarks store, earning a donation towards Unicef’s work and supporting those in need. This event will take place during the week beginning 13th December. Shoes can be brought to the Main Office or given to your child’s class team.
We really hope that you will be able to support our school on our journey towards becoming a Unicef UK Rights Respecting School.
If you have any questions, please feel free to ask or visit unicef.org.uk/crc or www.unicef.org.uk/rrsa.
