This week in year 5 the children have learnt about Native American history. They learnt about how and why dreamcatchers were made and then created their own. They had to sketch and plan a design and then follow a set of instructions to weave, tie and knot different wool, beads and feathers onto their dreamcatchers. They all look amazing and unique!
Please enjoy these photos of the children enjoying their Christmas parties this year.
Reception
Years 1 and 2
Years 3 and 4
Years 5 and 6
Children from KS1 and KS2 took a wintry Christmas walk to St Nicholas’ Church this morning. Once there, the children sung some of their favourite Christmas songs in this beautiful environment and talked with Rev. Paul about how Christians celebrate Christmas.
Rev. Paul was very impressed with some of the questions relating to the church itself.
All of the children were so impeccably behaved and are a real credit to our school!
Thank you Rev Paul.
Year 5 are enjoying their Dimensions topic ‘Mission Control’. Today in Art we looked closely at the different colours and textures of the Moon. We then thought carefully about how to create a realistic version. We think they look great and showed some real artistic skills. We will continue to develop these skills this week.
Today, Year 5 completed their Commando Joe’s mission 3.
The children landed on Mars, unfortunately during their landing their communication equipment was broken. The children had to build a communication platform inside their safe zone to communicate with Earth. The mission was timed and they had to watch out for incoming asteroids that could destroy their platform. The mission was also made harder, due to the communication breakdown they couldn’t talk to each other. The children reflected on vital skills- team work, resilience and communication.
Mission completed!
Year 5 had a visit from The Word today. They developed their coding skills on Scratch and made a game. They had to choose various sprites ‘characters’ and programmed them to move around. The children worked really hard and I think we have some future coders in the making!
Check out the link to see their work: https://scratch.mit.edu/studios/32129916
The children were treated to a visit from Westoe RFC Coach, John, this week, when he returned to school to present the children with their trophies from his rugby sessions this year.
All children from Years 2-6 took part in rugby as part of their PE lessons this year, and over the year John had been looking for 2 children in each year group who impressed him by working hard, showing resilience, or excelling in the sport.
Here are some photos from our wonderful rugby presentation celebration assembly!
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.
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!
Children were invited to come to school on Thursday this week wearing red, white and blue for the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee. They completed lots of fun activities during the week relating to the jubilee. They were also treated to a magnificent jubilee lunch courtesy of our wonderful kitchen staff!
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