Westoe Rugby Club Trophy Presentation Celebration

21st July 2022Miss K. Wilkinson

The children were treated to a visit from Westoe RFC Coach, John, this week, when he returned to school to present the children with their trophies from his rugby sessions this year.

All children from Years 2-6 took part in rugby as part of their PE lessons this year, and over the year John had been looking for 2 children in each year group who impressed him by working hard, showing resilience, or excelling in the sport.

Here are some photos from our wonderful rugby presentation celebration assembly!

Scottish Reel Dancing

7th July 2022Miss K. Wilkinson

In Year 4, our current topic is “Picture our Planet,” where we are learning about contrasting localities around the world.

First, we learnt all about Brazil in terms of its location in the world, climate, physical and human features and traditions.

We are now learning about Scotland and today we learnt a traditional Scottish reel dance. The children all worked so hard learning the steps and then performing for Mrs Garr.

Year 4/5 Science Club

7th July 2022Miss K. Wilkinson

Some of the Science club have had a really exciting week looking at fire starting. They now understand the fire triangle (heat, fuel and oxygen) and how if you take one away the fire will go out.

The children practiced using a flint and steel and realised the friction caused a spark (heat) to light the cotton pad. After many goes we all had the hang of it and were rewarded with a campfire to toast marshmallows.

Diversity Week 2022

24th June 2022Miss K. Wilkinson

west boldon logo pride banner

We kicked off our second annual Diversity Week this week at West Boldon, celebrating our differences and what makes us all unique and special.

 

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This year, children (with the help of their parents) took part in a competition. Each year group had a different project brief to fulfil and winners were chosen today as part of our special Diversity Day Celebration Assembly.

Year Group

Project Brief

Reception

Draw an LQBTQ+ family.

Year 1

Design a West Boldon Pride Flag.

Year 2

Create a diversity and inclusion mascot for our school.

Year 3

Create a poster that promotes equality.

Year 4

Research the history of the Rainbow Pride Flag and present this how you like.

Year 5

Write an LGBTQ+ poem.

Year 6

Write a diary entry in the role of a professional footballer who has just come ‘out’.

Here are some of the AMAZING projects we received as part of this, plus you can scroll down to see our incredible WINNERS!

Rainbow Flag competition winners

 

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During Diversity Week, children also took part in a variety of PRIDE related activities in school. Year 3 learned all about the Rainbow Flag and the Progress Flag before collaging their own using mosaic squares and tissue paper, and Year 2 did some fantastic, bright, bold and beautiful colouring.

 

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We ended Diversity Week today by coming to school in bright and colourful clothes. Here are some of our children dressed in their brightest, boldest colours to celebrate our uniqueness and individuality!

Queen’s Platinum Jubilee 2022

27th May 2022Miss K. Wilkinson

Children were invited to come to school on Thursday this week wearing red, white and blue for the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee. They completed lots of fun activities during the week relating to the jubilee. They were also treated to a magnificent jubilee lunch courtesy of our wonderful kitchen staff!

Arts Week 2022

26th May 2022Miss K. Wilkinson

In school this week we have been celebrating Arts Week alongside the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee! The children have learnt all about Queen Elizabeth II while finessing their artistic skills and talents.

Here’s what each year group has gotten up to…

 

Year 2

Year 2 were busy making crowns fit for a Queen… or King!

After designing their brief, their first task was to practise stitching buttons and sequins onto a sample material. As you can see, they had lots of fun perfecting their skills for the real thing! Well done Year 2.

 

 Year 3

In Year 3 the children focussed on Pop Art. The children looked at the Andy Warhol image ‘Reigning Queens’ identifying who the different monarchs were with a focus on Queen Elizabeth. They discussed the different colours used, then they looked at traditional Andy Warhol artwork where the same image is repeated in different colours. On the chromebooks, children were given an image of the queen which they then had to copy, paste and arrange into a 2×2 grid and change the colours.

Pop Art Queens by Year 3

Year 3 also learned about the Superbloom project where over 20 million seeds from 29 flower species have been planted in the Tower of London moat to celebrate the Platinum Jubilee of Her Majesty The Queen.

They focussed on the flax flower, the national flower of Northern Ireland. They sketched their own flax flowers following a simple tutorial, then painted their creations using water colours. The results were incredible and it was particularly lovely to see them altogether, and see that every single painting was different!

 

Year 5

To celebrate the Queen’s 70th jubilee Year 5 were tasked with making a union jack themed bunting for a school display. Using fabric pens, paints and a few British themed templates, each pupil created their own contribution to the Year 5 piece.

Year 5 completing their Queens Jubilee art work

 

Strive for Five!

13th May 2022Miss K. Wilkinson

Well done to the children who won the Strive for 5 raffle today. They received a special prize to celebrate their excellent attendance this week.

Strive for 5 is one of our attendance initiatives. If children attend school for 5 consecutive days and arrive on time all week, each Friday their name will be put into a raffle. A winner from each class will be selected.

Strive for Five winners 13th May 2022

Bridge Blunder!

13th May 2022Miss K. Wilkinson

The Yeah 4 and 5 STEM club started tonight. The children were tasked with fixing a companies problem with a broken bridge. Each group spent time looking at different bridges and deciding on a shape before creating their own bridge.

We then tested each bridge by placing weights on it until it collapsed: 2 bridges held over 1kg!!!

A great evening had by all! Roaring Rockets next week 🚀

The face and the body

6th May 2022Miss K. Wilkinson

Year 4 started a new topic in French this week- parts of the face and body!

They started the session recapping their last topic on animals. Then looked at the head, the children were introduce to the words for head, ears, eyes, nose, mouth and hair. They played several games to learn and practice saying and seeing the words in both French and English.

Then they put our listening skills to the test. The children had to listen to a description of an alien and draw it. They used the new words for face and used their prior knowledge of French numbers to work out whether the aliens needed 1 or 13 eyes! Take a look at their aliens.

Dragons of the Dark Woods

29th April 2022Miss K. Wilkinson

Year 4 finished their Literacy topic on “Dragons of the Dark Woods” by creating their own dragons eyes.

They learnt about how texture is created in images and sculptures and then had a go at sketching pictures of dragons eyes. They then designed their own dragons eyes before practising clay skills. They learnt how to make spirals, flowers and leaves etc and then followed their designs to make intricate patterns. Once dry, they painted them with metallic acrylic paints.

They look absolutely amazing and the children are so proud!

They then produced some amazing fact files about their own dragons that they created using lots of features such as subheadings, varied sentence openers and scientific words! They displayed them proudly alongside their dragons eyes.