When torrential rain stopped us from visiting The OpenZone @ The Word, The OpenZone came to us!
Year 1 had a great time exploring the Bluebots and learning how to control them using the iPads.
Year 3 went on their first Essential Learning Experience of the year today when they visited South Shields Museum and Art Gallery to meet and look at the work of local animator Sheila Graber.
This trip was linked to their Dimensions topic – ‘That’s All Folks!’ which focuses primarily on history and computing through the context of film and animation.
During their time in the museum, the children visited the exhibition on Sheila Graber and learned about her life and some of her many accomplishments. They then took part in a workshop where they animated using an iPad and Stop Motion Studio.
Children will then apply this learning on their return to school where they will storyboard their own animations and create them using the same app.
Here is a video of the outcome of our workshop – what talented animators we have in Year 3!
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Year 4 had a visit from the community police to learn all labour Internet safety and safe use of social media. This was part of our topic “Lightning Speed” where we are learning all about the inner workings of the World Wide Web.
Year 1 had a brilliant afternoon at St Nicholas’ Church on Thursday.
The children were excited to spot the spire as we approached the church and simply beside themselves to meet Reverend Paul “from the tele”
Reverend Paul and Emma showed us all around the church and answered all of our questions. The children were full of awe and wonder as they explored the beautiful old church.
We are thankful for Rev Paul and Emma for giving up their time to help us with our RE question this term “What can we learn about Christianity from visiting a church?”
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Year 4 have received a visit from the police this week. They came to talk to them about being safe online as part of their current topic. The children had to guess the age limits on games, they discussed their digital footprint, took part in a quiz and had a chance to ask questions.
Maybe we have a few budding officers of the future in our class!
Another great thing about schools returning to normality is we can start to have visitors again. We love having Chris Bostock visiting our school as he has an unnatural talent for bringing stories to life, the children were transfixed!
Year 2 had the most wonderful trip to the seaside yesterday. They had games on the beach, ice creams and then Rockpooling with Nick from South Shields Surf School. We even located a ship wreck!
The children were incredibly well behaved and are a credit to their families and they really represented our school beautifully. Well done!
Last week as part of Year 5’s History topic on WW2, they visited Eden Camp in North Yorkshire.
The museum was once a prisoner of war camp and has since been converted to help educate people on the events that took place during WW2.
The children thoroughly enjoyed the trip and it allowed them the opportunity to consolidate their learning and experience what life was really like during this important time in British history.
Classes 8 and 9 had an awesome time at Colliery Woods today. We were greeted by the woodland trust staff who showed us around the area.
We looked at lots of different plants and insects, while learning techniques to help us identify butterflies, bees, flowers and trees.
We found out so much about classification and pollination (our next science topic) so fingers crossed we will be able to remember and use what we learned today.
It was so nice to be able to take the children on a school trip and another step closer to normality.
Stuart from Costain visited reception on Friday, he talked about the current building work at Testo’s roundabout and his role as a civil engineer.
He told us about the typical tasks he undertakes and answered our questions.
The children enjoyed finding out about the safety gear he uses and had the chance to try on his goggles, safety hat and hi vis jacket.
