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Safer Internet Day 2022

11th February 2022Miss K. Wilkinson

On Tuesday 8th February 2022, children in West Boldon Primary recognised Safer Internet Day.

In their PSHE lessons, they discussed this year’s theme: ‘All fun and games? Exploring respect and relationships online’. Here are some thing they have been doing to recognise and learn about this important day.

Year 1 listened to a story about Digiduck and how to behave kindly online and how to keep ourselves safe. They discussed and sorted out things we should and shouldn’t do online and pretended to be Digiduck and Wise_Owl to help others to know what to do or not do online.

Year 1 children taking part in their SID activity

Watch the video below to see Year 2 play Internet Traffic Light game for internet safety day. If they think an app/website is green (right for them) they can step forward twice, if they’re unsure (yellow) and if they think it is not right for then (red) they stand still.

Children explained why they chose each traffic light for each app/website and how they can be safe online.

Children in Year 3 thought about their online community, and their online world. They learned that their community refers to the people they know in real life, such as friends and family, and their world refers to the people they don’t know in real life, such as celebrities, footballers and Youtubers.

They wrote down 3 people from their community, and 2 people from their world – thinking for each about how they connect with these people online. They then talked about how we communicate with others in many different ways.

As part of Safer Internet Day Year 4 looked at how our actions and words can harm others.
We learned about norms and how our community has lots of norms to help us stay happy and healthy.

In small groups we created a norm that would help us stay safe on the internet. We then signed it to pledge that we would stick to it.

Year 6 read Sita’s story and discussed how they would respond, if they were her, to the different scenarios. They thought about the best ways to keep safe, while also benefit the friendship.

Year 6 's activity for safer internet day

National Storytelling Week 2022

11th February 2022Miss K. Wilkinson

This week we have celebrated National Storytelling Week in lower KS2.

As a school we already share a class story each day at 3pm but Miss Fraser asked us to try some extra activities from the list to celebrate.

Year 3 have been reading James and the Giant Peach in Guided Reading. We put our summarising skills to the test this week by making mini-books of the story so far.

We worked hard to design a suitable front cover, and drew some amazing illustrations to go alongside our writing.

Year 3's mini books of James and the Giant Peach

Year 4 chose to celebrate with Harry Potter Day (Miss Ingoe’s favourite). We watched some clips about the potions class and created an ideas board of the ingredients we could use in our own potions. The children decided what their potion was for and wrote instructions on how to make it, while listening to some magical music for inspiration. Their ideas were fabulous such as a potion ‘to make me lucky’, ‘to make me meet the Arctic Monkeys’, ‘to make me be a princess’ and my least favourite ‘to make the teachers be quiet!’.

Finally, they wrote them neatly (some children even illustrated them) in their spell books we made before Christmas.
We also had a great time with paired reading today. We chose a book to share with a friend and either listened to the story or took turns to read the story. It was brilliant to hear!

Year 4 children reading books to each other

African Lion King masks!

7th February 2022Miss K. Wilkinson

Year 3 finished off their Africa topic with a week of art. In their topic they have learned all about the Big Five animals, what life is like in Africa, including the landscape, the traditions and the wildlife.

They then designed and created masks inspired by the film The Lion King. The designed their masks on paper first, before drawing their design and cutting out cardboard to create the manes. They then papier-mached the outside to harden it up.

Once the papier-mache was dry, they primed their masks by coating it in white paint, before painting it with their planned colours.

Scroll down to see the end result!

Papier-Mache-ing

Year 3 masks paper mached ready to paint

Priming

Painting

The finished products!

Number Day 2022!

5th February 2022Miss K. Wilkinson

Children at West Boldon Primary have been dressing up for digits this week to raise money for the NSPCC. Here’s what each year group have been getting up to…

As part of Digit Day, Year 1 took part in a variety of Maths activities. These included using the Hit the Button game online and also playing our new favourite game, ‘Get out of my house!’, which helped us to practise addition and quick recall of number bonds.

Year 1 children taking part in Number Day activities

Children in Year 2 were having to really think about partitioning numbers to work out how to win the game! Amazing competition!

Year 2 children solving maths problems for number day

We even had time to decorate our own numbers to stick on our outfits. Such number fun!

Year 2 have also been counting their throws and catches of the ball in PE!

Year 2 counting their throws and catches in PE

Year 3 celebrated number day with a problem solving treasure hunt task. They had to find the pieces of a key which were hidden around the room, the location of each key was only revealed when children solved a maths problem. They had to work in teams to assemble the key.

Then, they took part in some solvemoji problems, before writing some of their own for their friends to solve. Some of them were really tricky!

Year 3 children showing off their numbers!

Year 3 children looking for Buddy's key!

Year 3 children creating their own solvemoji problems for their friends

It was great to see the children dressed up today. There was sports shirts, dance tops, year tops, some awesome home made ones and some very clever uses of numbers from movies etc.

With it being digit day we had to get involved with some awesome maths activity. Year 4 took part in a special NSPCC Times Table Rockstars competition (which was available only today on digit day).

We also took on some really difficult solve emoji puzzles. The children worked in pairs and it took some real brain power. They needed to use their logical thinking, their problem solving ability and skills in addition, subtraction, multiplication and division!!!

Some of them even had a trick element in! Every pair worked so hard and as a class we competed nearly 70 puzzles!

Year 4 taking part in Number Day activities.

Year 6 spent the morning solving maths riddles, decoding and following directions on a compass. We have also solved codes, played countdown and challenged each other in a dice game. We’ve used problem solving and reasoning skills. Year 6 have thoroughly enjoyed the challenge.

Year 6 children taking part in an activity for number day

Class 14 taking part in their tasks for number day

We love story time in Year 3!

27th January 2022Miss K. Wilkinson

Class 7 love story time at the end of the day. Today three of the children wanted to read our end of the day text to the class, rather than listen to Miss Wilkinson!

We love reading for pleasure!

Year 3 child reading to the rest of the class

Dividing 2-digits by 1-digit

27th January 2022Miss K. Wilkinson

This week Year 3 started their new maths concept of division.

They used the place value counters to practically create a 2-digit number and then divided it by a 1-digit number.

They drew their own place value charts on the tables in pairs (which made it very exciitng!)

They had to remember to make sure their groups were equal and to share out the tens first and then the ones.

Children solving division problems using place value charts on the tables

African Dance Workshop

13th January 2022Miss K. Wilkinson

KS2 children had a fantastic experience of an African dance workshop on Tuesday. It was a fun, engaging and memorable essential learning experience that allowed the children to have a broad understanding of cultural diversity.

The workshops were delivered by the fantastic Tunde Olasupo, who taught them some of the different traditional African dance moves native to this wonderfully vibrant and diverse culture.

Year 3 enjoying the African dance workshop

Year 4 enjoying the African dance workshop

Year 5 enjoying the African dance workshop

Year 6 enjoying the African dance workshop

KS2 visit to St Nicholas’ Church

14th December 2021Miss K. Wilkinson

KS2 (Year 3-6) enjoyed a wonderful walk to St Nicholas Church this morning.

Once there, each year group sang a Christmas carol they had been practising over the last few weeks. Rev. Paul also told the children all about Advent and chose a lucky Year 3 child to come and light the candles on the Advent wreath.

Rev. Paul was really impressed with the children’s knowledge of Advent already and after that the children asked him such insightful questions about the church.

At the end of the service Rev. Paul blessed us all with a lovely Christmas prayer.

All of the children were beautifully behaved and represented our school incredibly! Well done KS2!

A child helping Rev. Paul light the candles

KS2 children saying a prayer at the end of the service

Christmas Jumper Day 2021

14th December 2021Miss K. Wilkinson

At West Boldon Primary we celebrated Christmas Jumper Day this year on Monday 13th December 2021.

Children were invited to come to school wearing their Christmas jumpers or T-shirts on this day to share some Christmas cheer!

Year 3 wearing their Christmas Jumpers on Christmas Jumper Day 2021

A KS1 child in front of the Christmas tree

Year 4 children in their christmas jumpers

The children had another treat today when the kitchen staff cooked up an amazing Christmas dinner for them all!

KS1 children enjoying their Christmas dinner

We are becoming a Unicef UK Rights Respecting School!

10th December 2021Miss K. Wilkinson

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.