It was so nice to welcome Sunshine Nursery to school today for some paired reading. The children loved being read to on our reading bus. It’s so nice to create these links with our feeder nursery’s.
16 children from year four took part in the South Tyneside Dance Festival at the Customs House on Thursday evening. There was a lot of nerves and excitement before we took to the stage, but even technical difficulties didn’t stop our little GaGa’s from taking the audience to the Edge of Glory! Well done Year Four, you were all absolutely fantastic, and did our school proud! A special mention must go to Miss Skiggs for putting so much time and effort into training the children, you are as amazing as the children.
Earlier this week Year 3 went on an amazing visit to the Life Centre in Newcastle.
There, they took part in a digestive system workshop which linked to their science learning, before exploring the centre and its attractions, including a visit to the Planetarium where they learned all about the Solar System.
It was our favourite assembly of the week today….’star of the week’.
All the children have come back this week with a great attitude but these children have gone that little but further.
Well done to all.
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‘TO GIVE, TO HELP, TO BE KIND AND CREATE HAPPINESS’
A new project has been introduced into the school
To Give, To Help, To Be Kind and Create Happiness.
Easter is such a beautiful time of year and the ‘Giving Project’ made the most beautiful Easter cards for the residents of the Sycamore Care Home.
The children enjoyed making over 60 cards! The Sycamore Care Home residents were very happy to receive the beautiful handmade cards.
This was a lovely way to share the happiness that Easter brings with our local community.
ARC 1 have been learning about the Hindu festival of colour, Holi. We learnt about some of the traditions and then made our own brightly coloured splatter paintings
This is what Boldon is all about, community coming together to help each other out. Huge thank you to parents and local contractors for all the help over the last week with regards our new reading bus. We have got it moved to its final resting place, we can’t wait to get the kids involved in transforming it.
More exciting times here at West Boldon Primary! We haven’t had a bus driver go rogue and crash into the school field. Stagecoach have very kindly donated a bus that we are going to turn into a lunch time reading/craft area. The children were so excited when they came out at playtime and saw it!
We have been enhancing our RE teaching this half term through the use of stories. Some year groups have been lucky enough to have a very special visitor, Elizabeth, who came to lead a workshop with each class.
Reception have had a storyteller in to tell the story of the Three Trees for RE. This version of the folktale ‘Three Tall Trees’ sensitively introduces EYFS children to the Easter story, whilst also placing it in context with the story of Jesus. Incorporating actions and call and response, pupils were given the opportunity to reflect on the meaning of the Easter story for Christians.
Year 3 have had the opportunity to go through the story of Palm Sunday with the storyteller to look at the entrance into Jerusalem from a disciples perspective. Whereas, Year 5 have discussed the events leading to and after the Last Supper.
On Tuesday, Year 1/2 had a very special visit from Mrs C from the OpenZone at The Word in South Shields.
She brought with her some amazing robots and the children programmed them to do lots of different things. They used iPads to control the Bluebots, navigating them to different areas of the hall using BeeBot mats, then they programmed some Spheros to make them move, change speed and direction, and even change colour!
They had a fantastic day! Thank you Mrs C!
