Class 4 took a trip down to the Secret Garden today to release our butterflies.
The children have been observing the changes from tiny caterpillar to chrysalis and then to butterfly over the past few weeks.
This week, Year 3 have been learning about angles. They know that an angle is where two straight lines meet at a point.
Yesterday, they began looking at the sizes of different angles. They used right angle finders in pairs to measure the size of the different angles on their tables in masking tape, then they labelled each angle with their mathematical name- acute angles being smaller than a right angle, and obtuse angles being greater than a right angle.
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.
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.
Class 3 were enlisted to rescue some endangered koala bears stuck up the trees, as part of our Steve Backshall inspired Commando Joe mission. We have been learning about the term ‘endangered’ so knew we needed to think carefully about how best to solve this problem.
As always they worked well as a team, demonstrating great communication skills, resilience and perseverance.
Year 3 enjoyed a fabulous afternoon today. Rob from ZooLab came to visit us as part of our rainforests topic to show us different animals that call the rainforest their home.
We met animals from the forest floor, the understorey, the canopy layer and the emergent layer. The children were so brave and handled all of the animals with great care. They listened very intently to what Rob had to say and asked so many insightful questions!
Mrs Garr even popped in to meet some!
Yesterday, 27th June, our rounders team took part in a rounders competition at Boldon School. Our two teams competed very well and played some great rounders. The children behaved very well and really enjoyed themselves. We eventually finished fourth – a great achievement. Well done everybody.
Today Year 3 went on their trip to the Hindu temple, which was lead by the lovely Kirtida.
We have learnt about Hinduism in the Autumn and now Summer term. Religious Education (RE) makes a major contribution to the education of our children here in West Boldon Primary. It helps pupils develop knowledge and understanding of religion and of the differing religions and non-religious beliefs represented in Great Britain today.
The children were able to show off their Hinduism knowledge so far, ask lots of questions and try on some Hindu clothing- sari, bangles, bindis and turbans. They learnt some dancing, musical instruments (Surbahar) and even how to play the Mridangam.
Year 1 had fun at Kirkley Hall Zoological Gardens this week. They had a tour of the zoo looking at all of the different animals, watch the meerkats at feeding time, got to touch a bearded dragon and a cockroach!
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.
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Year Group |
Project Brief |
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Reception |
Draw an LQBTQ+ family. |
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Year 1 |
Design a West Boldon Pride Flag. |
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Year 2 |
Create a diversity and inclusion mascot for our school. |
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Year 3 |
Create a poster that promotes equality. |
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Year 4 |
Research the history of the Rainbow Pride Flag and present this how you like. |
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Year 5 |
Write an LGBTQ+ poem. |
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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!
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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!
