British Science Week in Year 4

28th March 2022Miss K. Wilkinson

Year 4 took part in the Outdoor Gym Challenge as part of Science Week. This year the theme is all about growth, we looked at why growth is important to our development and health.

The task was to think about ways to grow physically but to find ways that everyone could enjoy it with an outdoor gym. We tested out exercises that needed NO EQUIPMENT such as squats, planks, sprints and sit ups. The children even created a few exercises of their own. They then created an exercise plan that added up to no more than 10 minutes for another group to complete.

The children in Year 4 loved this activity and when evaluating the task they said, “We were so surprised how many things you could do without equipment.” They also said, “We found it difficult to choose exercises that were right for everyone, not too hard or too easy.”

Blue and Yellow for Ukraine

25th March 2022Miss K. Wilkinson

Today, children were invited to come to school to raise awareness, raise funds and show solidarity with Ukraine. They were able to come to school in non-uniform, wearing something blue, yellow or a combination of the two. We are really proud of how our children embraced this – just look at these lovely photos!

Note to parents: Thank you so much for your donations. We will be collecting again at the KS2 Mother’s Day Assemblies and then we will let you know how much we have raised for the Red Cross Ukraine Appeal.

Article of the Week (Week 11)

25th March 2022Miss K. Wilkinson
UNICEF Right of the Week RRS

This weeks Articles of the Week are: Articles 5 and 18.

Article 5- You have the right to be given guidance by your parents and family.
Article 18- You have the right to be brought up by your parents.

Articles 5 and 18 are all about the job of parents and carers in the upbringing of children and young people. With Mother’s Day around the corner, and our school Mother’s Day celebrations approaching, what better time to reflect on some of the important things that carers and parents do for their children.

Article of the Week (Week 10)

18th March 2022Miss K. Wilkinson
UNICEF Right of the Week RRS

This weeks Articles of the Week are: Articles 24 and 27.

Article 24 – You have the right to the best health possible and to access medical care and information to help you stay healthy.
Article 27 – You have the right to a good enough standard of living e.g. food clothes and a place to live.

This week’s articles link to World Water Day.

World Water Day takes place on 22 March every year. It is an annual United Nations observance, started in 1993, that celebrates water and raises awareness of the 2 billion people currently living without access to safe water.

A core focus of World Water Day is to inspire action towards Sustainable Development Goal (SDG, also known as Global Goal) 6: water and sanitation for all by 2030.

Helping Simba in Commando Joe’s

18th March 2022Miss K. Wilkinson

Year 1 have had an awesome Commando Joe session today. Their missions have recently been based within the story of The Lion King. Today they had to help Simba refill the watering hole after Scar had been defeated and left Pride Rock.

The children were tasked with moving water as quickly and effectively as they could. There were some fantastic ideas how to use the resources to transport the water. Brilliant team work.

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Year 1 children enjoying their Commando Joe lesson

British Science Week 2022

18th March 2022Miss K. Wilkinson

Year 1’s British Science week task took them down to the Secret Garden this afternoon to search for worms. The children were all surprised to learn that there are three kinds of worms and tried hard to identify the ones we found. They used string to measure the worms. Two groups measured the same worm and were astounded to find it had stretched itself from 16 cms to 23 cms!!! The children were also intrigued to watch one wonderful working worm do a poo!

Wordle!

15th March 2022Miss K. Wilkinson

One of Class 3’s weekly challenges is to use the iPads to solve simple ‘Wordle’ problems. We have loved using them alongside our friends.

Article of the Week (Week 9)

11th March 2022Miss K. Wilkinson
UNICEF Right of the Week

This weeks Article of the Week is: Article 12.

Article 12 – You have the right to an opinion and to have it listened to and taken seriously.

Article 12 says that every child has the right to express their views freely and that their views should be taken into account when decisions are made.

At West Boldon, we ensure that every child can have their voice heard, however they like to communicate.

Investigating Floating and Sinking

10th March 2022Miss K. Wilkinson

This week as part of Year 3’s Dimensions topic, Athens v Sparta, the children have put their science hats on to investigate floating and sinking.

They predicted which materials would float or sink and they discussed how density effects objects. Today they had 3 attempts to make their plasticine ‘boat’ float. The children had lots of fun manipulating the plasticine, problem solving and finally figuring out how to make their boat float by equally distributing the mass into a boat shape.

Eco-Warriors Update 9th Feb 2022

10th March 2022Miss K. Wilkinson

Today our Eco-Warriors met to take part in an environmental review of our school, this is one of the criteria to help us achieve our Eco-Schools Green Flag Award. We talked about the things our school does well and what we can do to improve.

We also discussed the upcoming Great British School Clean and how we could help Keep Britain Tidy.

Ecocommittee hard at work