Year 1 spent this afternoon exploring how to keep snow!
The children were given a selection of materials to test after collecting snow from the playground.
They made their predictions and checked every ten minutes for changes.
The children were surprised that cotton will turned out to be the best insulator while tin foil was the least effective. Mrs Sloanes was equally shocked. We talked about how the tin foil conducts the heat and so will have sped up the melting process.
Year 1 have been investigating the question “What do Christians believe about God?”
They began by discussing what they thought about this question, they then learnt about the Christian Creation Story, how Christians believe in God the Father and that he looks after and cares for everyone, before finding out about how Christians believe that God made everyone special and that everyone is unique.
We completed the investigation by returning to the original question and reflecting on our learning.
Class 4 have been making Christmas cards and writing letters to Santa.
They have worked very hard on them and they have really shown of their developing skills in scissor control, pencil control, handwriting, grammar and spelling.
I am overwhelmed and fantastically impressed at their work. I am sure Santa will think the same himself when he opens them.
Class 3 have been learning about where food comes from this week. We learnt about wheat and how it is harvested and made into flour. We then made some delicious bread buns, they were yummy!
On Friday 19th November, at West Boldon we celebrated Children in Need in style! Children were able to come to school in their sportswear and took part in lots of different activities in the classes to recognise the day.
Reception children learned all about Children in Need and why it is important, before taking part in the Joe Wicks Live Lesson.
In Year 1, the children enjoyed creating some split-pin Pudseys and they also took part in the Joe Wicks Live Lesson for Children in Need!
Here are Year 2 children in their Children in Need costumes and sports wear!
Year 3 looked fabulous in their sports-wear today too!
Year 3 children also completed a Pudsey draw along, where the had to follow the instructions carefully to draw the perfect Pudsey.
Year 4 also joined in with Joe Wicks live which was a lot of fun but quite hard work! They then had a competition to design a new bandana for Pudsey which was judged by Mr McCormack, Mrs Buck and Mrs Bingham. Millie’s design was chosen as the winner. Well done, Millie!
Year 5 coloured in and decorated some Pudsey bears with some important messages – We are all equal, we are all the same.
Year 6 created some posters for their outdoor classroom doors to give passers by information on Children in Need and why it is so important to donate.
At West Boldon we celebrated Anti-Bullying Week during the week 15th-19th November 2021.
This year’s theme is ‘One Kind Word’. Kindness is more important today than it has ever been. The isolation of the last year has underlined how little acts of consideration can break down barriers and brighten the lives of the people around us.
Our children were able to come to school wearing odd socks on Monday 15th November to recognise and celebrate all of our individual differences.
Each year group took part in a different activity throughout the week to recognise and understand the importance of Anti-Bullying Week.
As part of Year 3’s lesson they made notes of some ideas of ways they could show kindness and respect to one another:
“smile at people”
“play with them”
“you can keep an eye out for them”
“tell them a joke”
Year 5 also showed their understanding of what bullying is. Here are their ideas:
As part of Class 3’s Dimensions Geography work, the children learned about aerial views and used Google Maps to see the school from above. They used the Kapla blocks to build an aerial view of our classroom. Some children then drew how their bedroom would look from above.
You may have noticed the new clothing container on school grounds.
We have signed up to the ‘Fundraise and Recycle Ltd’ scheme in a bid to reduce waste, recycle and reuse unloved clothing and goods. Our school will then earn money for every full container.
Please make use of this facility, bring in your unwanted clothing (but still in decent condition) and help us fundraise for our school at the same time!
As a school we recognised Maths Week England this week, with each year group completing a different maths challenge. Here are some things we got up to…
Class 4 enjoyed our Maths Week Challenge this week. The children had to create three robots and use the vocabulary big, bigger, biggest to describe them. Some of the children extended their own learning by adding the length of the robots legs, body and head together. It was a tricky task to add three numbers together so they chose to use numicon to help them
Year 3 and 4 recognised Maths Week by taking part in a Times Table Rockstars Competition. They were able to play for 1 hour a day to earn points. The children loved the competitive element and we have some fantastic mathematicians in Lower Key Stage 2!
At the end of the week, the scores were totalled and below are the leaderboards for the pupil totals (top 10 players) and the class totals. Well done to all of the children who took part!
As part of Maths Week England, Year 6 have taken part in fun maths activities all week. We have participated in the daily challenges and worked in groups to solve some ‘magic maths’, where we learnt the magic of number through cards. Great fun was had on Mangahigh as we took part in a live lesson on geometric properties.
Whilst we aren’t able to hold full school events inside due to COVID, we were thankfully still able to go outside to recognise Remembrance Day.
We heard the Last Post and stood in silence for two minutes to show our respect.
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