Class 3 were enlisted to rescue some endangered koala bears stuck up the trees, as part of our Steve Backshall inspired Commando Joe mission. We have been learning about the term ‘endangered’ so knew we needed to think carefully about how best to solve this problem.
As always they worked well as a team, demonstrating great communication skills, resilience and perseverance.
Year 1 had fun at Kirkley Hall Zoological Gardens this week. They had a tour of the zoo looking at all of the different animals, watch the meerkats at feeding time, got to touch a bearded dragon and a cockroach!
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!
There was a shocking discovery made in the allotment this week. Our caretaker, Brian found a spacecraft that had crash landed!
He asked if the Year 1 children could help him investigate what had happened and if there were any clues.
They became investigators and wrote a police report with facts and predictions about who may have been flying the craft. They will find out next week when they are introduced to our new literacy text.
Watch Brian’s message to the children here:
Spanish Club tonight for some of the Year 1 children.
The children learnt how to say “hello” ask someone what their name was and to give the reply “my name is…”. The children also learnt where Spain is and where some other Spanish speaking countries are across the world.
They did a great job and made some fabulous Spanish flags.
Year 1’s Commando Joe mission this week was to rescue some endangered animals. The children had to work as a team and communicate with each other, each taking on a important role. Amazing teamwork Class 3!
Class 3 have been making equal groups as part of our division unit in Mathematics. Some great independent number work from our young children!
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!
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 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.
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.
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!
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.
Yesterday, Class 4 spent some time working out how long Mary Anning’s famous discovery of an Ichthyosaur was. We tried to guess how long 5.2 metres is and then used a trundle wheel to work it out. We then used our kappa blocks to recreate the fossil.
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