Some of the children in Class 4 were given a challenge in maths today to compare addition and subtraction facts. Although that was tricky – there was an added level of difficulty, in that the calculations had been completed and the children had to check they were correct and sort them in to true and false.
At West Boldon Primary we celebrated Christmas Jumper Day this year on Monday 13th December 2021.
Children were invited to come to school wearing their Christmas jumpers or T-shirts on this day to share some Christmas cheer!
It was Year 1’s final gymnastics session with Mr Gilmore this week. The children have been working hard to learn elements for a routine, today they performed their routine in a competition.
Mr Gilmore watched each child perform their routine and scored them just as if they’d been competing in the Olympics. He was very impressed at the standard the children performed at and wasn’t able to only pick a first, second and third place. We had joint places for silver and gold! Amazing!
This morning, Year 1 and Year 2 (Key Stage 1) took a wintry Christmas walk to St Nicholas’ Church. Once there, the children sung some of their favourite Christmas carols in this beautiful environment and talked with Reverend Paul about how Christians celebrate Christmas.
Reverend 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!
At West Boldon Primary School, we value the rights of our learners and strive to keep them at the heart of our ethos and culture. To support us in doing this, we successfully applied to become a ‘Rights Respecting School’ at Bronze Award level, which is given on behalf of Unicef UK.
Unicef is the world’s leading organisation working for children and young people and their rights. In 1989, governments across the world agreed that all children have the same rights by adopting the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, based on what a child needs to survive, grow, participate and fulfil their potential. Children at West Boldon Primary will learn about their own rights, the rights of others and how they can be a force for change and equality in both their time at school and in their own futures.
As part of our work towards this award, we will be hosting a ShoeShare event, where we ask for donations of old or unwanted shoes (no holes or broken soles, please!). These shoes are then donated for re-use through a local Clarks store, earning a donation towards Unicef’s work and supporting those in need. This event will take place during the week beginning 13th December. Shoes can be brought to the Main Office or given to your child’s class team.
We really hope that you will be able to support our school on our journey towards becoming a Unicef UK Rights Respecting School.
If you have any questions, please feel free to ask or visit unicef.org.uk/crc or www.unicef.org.uk/rrsa.
Year 1 spent this afternoon exploring how to keep snow!
The children were given a selection of materials to test after collecting snow from the playground.
They made their predictions and checked every ten minutes for changes.
The children were surprised that cotton will turned out to be the best insulator while tin foil was the least effective. Mrs Sloanes was equally shocked. We talked about how the tin foil conducts the heat and so will have sped up the melting process.
Year 1 have been investigating the question “What do Christians believe about God?”
They began by discussing what they thought about this question, they then learnt about the Christian Creation Story, how Christians believe in God the Father and that he looks after and cares for everyone, before finding out about how Christians believe that God made everyone special and that everyone is unique.
We completed the investigation by returning to the original question and reflecting on our learning.
Class 4 have been making Christmas cards and writing letters to Santa.
They have worked very hard on them and they have really shown of their developing skills in scissor control, pencil control, handwriting, grammar and spelling.
I am overwhelmed and fantastically impressed at their work. I am sure Santa will think the same himself when he opens them.
Class 3 have been learning about where food comes from this week. We learnt about wheat and how it is harvested and made into flour. We then made some delicious bread buns, they were yummy!
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