This week, the children revisited and consolidated their learning about Easter. To celebrate, they listened carefully to an Easter story, developing their understanding of the celebration and its meaning. Following this, the children took part in a creative activity where they designed and made their own bunny headbands, showing enthusiasm and imagination throughout.
This week in reception & nursery the children worked together to sequence the Easter story and discuss what happens in church at Easter time. They explored how and why Easter is celebrated and showed great teamwork as they talked through the events and decided on the correct order.
Reception and Nursery children continued their learning about our school’s Gold Standards of behaviour through a PSHE/ Understanding the World lesson focused on respect and kindness. Working in small groups, they explored a range of pictures and words, discussing which ones showed kind or unkind behaviour. This activity sparked thoughtful conversations, helping the children understand how their words and actions affect others. It was a wonderful opportunity to practise using kind language and to celebrate respectful choices in everyday life.
Our Nursery and Reception children have started a brand new daily routine — brushing our teeth after lunch!
The children are learning how to look after their smiles, build healthy habits, and take responsibility for their own self-care. We’re so proud of how sensible and enthusiastic they’ve been!
Healthy teeth, happy smiles!
This week, our school community has come together to remember and honour those who have served and sacrificed for our country.
Our Remembrance commemorations began on Sunday, when representatives from West Boldon Primary School proudly attended the Boldon Colliery War Memorial service. A beautiful wreath, made by our children, was laid in memory of all the soldiers who fought and died for us — a gesture of respect and gratitude from our whole school community.
Back in school, pupils reflected on the importance of remembrance through a special assembly, which shared stories of bravery, loss, and hope. This was followed by our two-minute silence at 11 o’clock, when the whole school gathered in the hall to pause, reflect, and remember together.
What an incredible day we’ve had at West Boldon Primary, coming together to celebrate the 80th anniversary of VE Day!
Our celebrations began with a special whole-school assembly where pupils learned all about Victory in Europe Day and its importance in marking the end of World War II in Europe. Together, we reflected on the sacrifices made, the resilience of those on the home front, and the joy and relief felt across the nation on that historic day in 1945.
Back in the classrooms, the learning continued in creative and meaningful ways. Children took part in a wide range of engaging activities – from designing their own commemorative bunting and making wartime-inspired crafts, to handling historical sources and writing thoughtful diary entries and reports as if they were children living through that momentous time in history. Their work was not only imaginative but showed a real depth of understanding.
The fun didn’t stop there! We had wartime music playing throughout the day, and the children enjoyed learning some traditional dances – bringing a little of the 1940s. Our school was filled with laughter and music as everyone joined in with the festivities.
Of course, no celebration would be complete without food, and we were treated to a fantastic VE Day-themed picnic lunch, full of delicious treats prepared by our amazing catering team. From traditional sandwiches to beautifully baked cakes, the lunch was a real highlight and a lovely way to bring everyone together.
It’s been a day filled with learning, joy, community spirit, and heartfelt remembrance. A huge thank you to all the staff, pupils, and families who helped make today so special.
Happy VE Day from all of us at West Boldon Primary!
What a fabulous day we have had in Reception.
As part of our Dimensions theme Come Fly With Me… Asia we explored Chinese culture. The children thoroughly enjoyed exploring some of the traditions as well as cooking and tasting some delicious food
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 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.
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.
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!
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.
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.
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