ARC 1 have been learning about the Hindu festival of colour, Holi. We learnt about some of the traditions and then made our own brightly coloured splatter paintings
This is what Boldon is all about, community coming together to help each other out. Huge thank you to parents and local contractors for all the help over the last week with regards our new reading bus. We have got it moved to its final resting place, we can’t wait to get the kids involved in transforming it.
More exciting times here at West Boldon Primary! We haven’t had a bus driver go rogue and crash into the school field. Stagecoach have very kindly donated a bus that we are going to turn into a lunch time reading/craft area. The children were so excited when they came out at playtime and saw it!
We have been enhancing our RE teaching this half term through the use of stories. Some year groups have been lucky enough to have a very special visitor, Elizabeth, who came to lead a workshop with each class.
Reception have had a storyteller in to tell the story of the Three Trees for RE. This version of the folktale ‘Three Tall Trees’ sensitively introduces EYFS children to the Easter story, whilst also placing it in context with the story of Jesus. Incorporating actions and call and response, pupils were given the opportunity to reflect on the meaning of the Easter story for Christians.
Year 3 have had the opportunity to go through the story of Palm Sunday with the storyteller to look at the entrance into Jerusalem from a disciples perspective. Whereas, Year 5 have discussed the events leading to and after the Last Supper.
On Tuesday, Year 1/2 had a very special visit from Mrs C from the OpenZone at The Word in South Shields.
She brought with her some amazing robots and the children programmed them to do lots of different things. They used iPads to control the Bluebots, navigating them to different areas of the hall using BeeBot mats, then they programmed some Spheros to make them move, change speed and direction, and even change colour!
They had a fantastic day! Thank you Mrs C!
We had a brilliant day out on Wednesday and Class 7 were amazing representatives of our school.
We walked to the metro took the metro (some of us had never been on a metro) and then walked to the old fire station in Sunderland. It’s been turned into a space for drama and theatre.
There we took part in some drama and story telling games and activities before settling down to create a new story. The children had so many awesome ideas and we put them all on a magic interactive wall! Hannah our coach, helped us choose ideas and we created two characters, a setting and the first part of our story.
She then asked us to finished the story! We all worked so hard to write our own endings and they were awesome! As a surprise, there was an illustrator working there and she created an image of our characters 🥰
What a brilliant day out!!
Class 10 spent a morning exploring Lego Spike. They followed instructions to build the different models and then learnt how to code a programme to make the models move, make sound or how to use sensors.
We love reading at West Boldon Primary so we especially love world book day! The children (and staff) looked fabulous in their outfits and had a lovely day after Miss Ingoe’s class lead an assembly based on reading. We can’t wait for next year.
We do playtimes slightly different here at West Boldon Primary! It’s all about fun and the children being children. We ensure that they have the opportunity to engage with each other and learn how to play effectively. This is only the start in our plans to transform our outdoor areas……watch what we have coming soon!
Arc2 are really enjoying their Dimensions topic all about Africa. Today they researched one of the big 5 African animals using non fiction books and the internet to find out about their appearance, diet and habitat. The children then produced excellent fact files about their chosen animals, showing lots of independence when writing.
