Reception have enjoyed a wonderfully Christmassy day in class today where they were surprised to see the Polar Express had arrived!
They came to school in their pyjamas, drank hot chocolate and watched the movie.
At West Boldon Primary School, we value the rights of our learners and strive to keep them at the heart of our ethos and culture. To support us in doing this, we successfully applied to become a ‘Rights Respecting School’ at Bronze Award level, which is given on behalf of Unicef UK.
Unicef is the world’s leading organisation working for children and young people and their rights. In 1989, governments across the world agreed that all children have the same rights by adopting the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, based on what a child needs to survive, grow, participate and fulfil their potential. Children at West Boldon Primary will learn about their own rights, the rights of others and how they can be a force for change and equality in both their time at school and in their own futures.
As part of our work towards this award, we will be hosting a ShoeShare event, where we ask for donations of old or unwanted shoes (no holes or broken soles, please!). These shoes are then donated for re-use through a local Clarks store, earning a donation towards Unicef’s work and supporting those in need. This event will take place during the week beginning 13th December. Shoes can be brought to the Main Office or given to your child’s class team.
We really hope that you will be able to support our school on our journey towards becoming a Unicef UK Rights Respecting School.
If you have any questions, please feel free to ask or visit unicef.org.uk/crc or www.unicef.org.uk/rrsa.
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:
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!
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.
After eating their lunch, the Reception children are enjoying playing ring games together with the Midday Supervisors and the teaching assistants.
Some of their favourite games to play are Bobby Bingo, Farmers in the Den and dancing.
You can see how much they are enjoying themselves in these lovely photographs.
Reception children have been celebrating Diwali. In the creative area they designed their own Mehndi patterns. What talented artists we have in Reception!
We had an amazing day on Monday dressing up as characters from our new Dimensions curriculum launch. The children and staff dressed up as navigators, pathfinders, adventurers or explorers. It was a great fun day to launch a curriculum that we are all very passionate about.
What an amazing day! It’s been so good having all the children back in and the school being able to operate normally again. We’ve had gymnastics, literacy, vocabulary work, tower building, daily mile, a full assembly and lots of fun. It’s going to be a good year.
