Arts Week 2022

26th May 2022Miss K. Wilkinson

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

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.

 

 Year 3

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.

Pop Art Queens by Year 3

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!

 

Year 5

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.

Year 5 completing their Queens Jubilee art work

 

Year 5 Cricket Tournament

18th May 2022Miss K. Wilkinson

Today Year 5 attended the annual Castle View Academy cricket tournament in beautiful sunshine. Having attended a few weeks after school training we came 4th out of 8 teams. Winning 3 of the 5 games played. Well played Yr5! 🏏☀️

Year 5 cricket tournament team

Strive for Five!

13th May 2022Miss K. Wilkinson

Well done to the children who won the Strive for 5 raffle today. They received a special prize to celebrate their excellent attendance this week.

Strive for 5 is one of our attendance initiatives. If children attend school for 5 consecutive days and arrive on time all week, each Friday their name will be put into a raffle. A winner from each class will be selected.

Strive for Five winners 13th May 2022

Bridge Blunder!

13th May 2022Miss K. Wilkinson

The Yeah 4 and 5 STEM club started tonight. The children were tasked with fixing a companies problem with a broken bridge. Each group spent time looking at different bridges and deciding on a shape before creating their own bridge.

We then tested each bridge by placing weights on it until it collapsed: 2 bridges held over 1kg!!!

A great evening had by all! Roaring Rockets next week 🚀

Blue and Yellow for Ukraine

25th March 2022Miss K. Wilkinson

Today, children were invited to come to school to raise awareness, raise funds and show solidarity with Ukraine. They were able to come to school in non-uniform, wearing something blue, yellow or a combination of the two. We are really proud of how our children embraced this – just look at these lovely photos!

Note to parents: Thank you so much for your donations. We will be collecting again at the KS2 Mother’s Day Assemblies and then we will let you know how much we have raised for the Red Cross Ukraine Appeal.

Wear Red for CHUF Day 28th Feb 2022

1st March 2022Miss K. Wilkinson

Heart Month banner

On Monday 28th February, the children of West Boldon Primary School wore red to raise money for local charity CHUF.

CHUF stands for Children’s Heart Unit Fund which is based at the Freeman Hospital in Newcastle. The charity supports the children and families who receive treatment at the Freeman and the many other hospitals providing cardiac care for patients throughout the North-East of England. They raise vital funds for pieces of equipment, facilities, aftercare, salaries and research. Freeman Hospital is also one of only two hospitals in the UK performing heart transplants for babies and children.

To raise money, children took part in a cake sale, and a ‘guess the hearts in the jar’ game. Altogether we managed to raise a huge £302.95 – all heading straight to CHUF to make some miracles happen!

Don’t we all look amazing in red!

Cake saleCakes being sold for CHUF Cakes being sold for CHUF
 

Year 1 Year 1 children wearing red for CHUF

 

Year 2 Year 2 children wearing red for CHUFYear 2 children wearing red for CHUF

 

Year 3 Year 3 children wearing red for CHUF

 

Year 4 Year 4 children wearing red for CHUF

 

Year 5 Year 5 children wearing red for CHUF

 

Year 6 Year 6 children wearing red for CHUF Year 6 children wearing red for CHUF

Children’s Mental Health Week 2022

11th February 2022Miss K. Wilkinson
CMHW logo

Children at West Boldon Primary celebrated Children’s Mental Health Week this week (February 7th – 13th 2022).

Mrs Askwith (our pastoral and wellbeing mentor) spent some time with each class, talking about our own wellbeing, spreading kindness, and focussing on this year’s theme ‘Growing Together’.

Children also took part in a yoga session where they channelled all of their energy, worries and anxieties. Everyone came out of their session incredibly calm!

Finally, on Friday, to round off the week, children were invited to come to school wearing their most expressive outfits to ‘Dress to Express’, sharing their individuality and celebrating their uniqueness.

What a wonderful week we have had!

Reception

Year 1

Year 3

Year 3 children dressed to express!

Year 4

Year 5

Year 6

Year 6 also watched the video below and created their own artwork based on it.

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Fuel for thought

20th January 2022Miss K. Wilkinson
As part of our Year 5 ‘Commando Joe’ weekly sessions Mr Houmark and Mr Wilson’s classes have been exercising their team-working, communication and problem solving skills.
On the morning of Friday 14th, both teams had to work through a scenario where their team vehicle had run out of fuel (water) far from the well. As a team they had to use basic tools and devise a plan to transfer the fuel from the well quicker than their classmates.
Year 5 children taking part in their Commando Joe activity

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
Year 3 enjoying the African dance workshop
Year 3 enjoying the African dance workshop 

Year 4

Year 4 enjoying the African dance workshop
Year 4 enjoying the African dance workshop

Year 5

Year 5 enjoying the African dance workshop

Year 6

Year 6 enjoying the African dance workshop Year 6 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!

KS2 children listening to Rev. Paul

KS2 children listening to Rev. Paul
KS2 children listening to Rev. Paul Year 4 children singing
KS2 children listening to Rev. Paul
A child helping Rev. Paul light the candles A child helping Rev. Paul light the candles A child helping Rev. Paul light the candles
Year 4 children singing
KS2 children listening to Rev. Paul
KS2 children listening to Rev. Paul
KS2 children asking Rev. Paul questions KS2 children saying a prayer at the end of the service
KS2 children asking Rev. Paul questions