Fascinating Fossils in Year 1/2

7th May 2025Fiona Goodwin

Last week, we had an amazing visit from Ivan at the Education Group who came to talk to us all about fossils!

We explored a fantastic collection and learned how different types of fossils are formed – from imprints to preserved bones and even fossilised poo! The children were completely fascinated and asked so many brilliant questions.

But the highlight of the day had to be our special guest…Bella the Baby Dinosaur! She stomped into our classroom and completely stole the show. The excitement was off the scale!

A huge thank you to Ivan for such an engaging, hands-on session. It’s safe to say we have some future palaeontologists in the making!

Year 1/2 get a visit from OpenZone

11th April 2025Miss K. Wilkinson

Last week, our Year 1/2 students had an amazing time with the OpenZone exploring Lego Spike! They worked together to code, debug and build exciting projects, developing their teamwork and problem-solving skills along the way. It was fantastic to see their creativity and resilience in action!

A huge thank you to OpenZone for an inspiring hands-on experience! We can’t wait to apply what we’ve learned back in the classroom!

RE Storyteller visit

11th April 2025Miss K. Wilkinson
We had a visit from an RE Storyteller who went through different workshops with Reception, Year 1/2, Year 3, Year 5 and Year 6 about components of the Easter story.
The children were really enjoyed the stories and asked lots of questions.

British Science Week 2025

17th March 2025Fiona Goodwin
Class 4 had an amazing time experimenting with different types of sugar on Friday!
We explored how to make a fair test by discussing controlled variables and changing just one variable. Our investigation focused on whether the size of sugar granules affects how quickly the same weight of sugar dissolves .
The children loved getting hands-on with science and discovering the results! A fantastic way to celebrate British Science Week!

Class 6 – Baking up a storm!

28th November 2024Fiona Goodwin

Class 6 has been busy baking up a storm!

To wrap up their ‘Never Eat Shredded Wheat’ topic, the children explored where different foods come from, focusing on how wheat is grown, harvested and used in food production.

With the amazing help of our Head Cook Mandy, they rolled up their sleeves to mix, knead, shape and bake their very own bread!

Not only did they enjoy tasting their delicious creations during story time, but they also got to take some home to share with their families!

What a fantastic way to learn about food and enjoy the fruits of their labour!

Messy with Maps in Class 5!

21st November 2024Fiona Goodwin

As part of their ‘Never Eat Shredded Wheat’ geography unit, Class 5 got hands-on and creative! After exploring aerial view maps of our local area, they used concrete resources to build their own messy maps, bringing the landscape to life.

To deepen their learning, they created detailed keys to highlight both human and physical features, sharpening their mapping skills while discovering more about their surroundings. Learning geography has never been this much fun!

Paired Reading in the sunshine!

7th June 2024Miss K. Wilkinson

Each Wednesday morning our children take part in ‘paired reading’, this is where older children go and read with younger children.

As we saw the sun was out today we thought we’d take the session outside! Just makes it slightly more fun and memorable for our children.

Pyjama Day 2024

12th May 2024Miss K. Wilkinson

Children across the school enjoyed coming into school in their pyjamas on Friday to raise money for our Opal lunchtime play provision.

Take a look at all our lovely outfits!

Reception

 

Year 1/2

 

Year 3

 

Year 4

 

Year 5

 

Year 6

Can you crack the code?

9th May 2024Miss K. Wilkinson

As part of Year 1/2’s latest Dimensions theme Dancing Spy, the children imagined that they were spies just like Josephine Baker working for the French Resistance.

They worked together, using a secret code to crack some messages, just like they would have done in World War II!

Well done Year 1/2!

Our fabulous school as viewed by drone!

3rd May 2024Miss K. Wilkinson

Huge thank you to Mrs Goodwin’s dad for coming into school and creating this amazing drone footage. How amazing does the school look? it’s so nice to see all the children loving life.

Please feel free to share to show everyone what a fab place West Boldon is!

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