African Dance Day!

16th January 2025Fiona Goodwin
Yesterday, our Year 3, 4, and 5 pupils had an amazing time during African Dance Day! They learned a variety of traditional African dances, explored the rhythms of the music , and even got to dress up in vibrant outfits! ✨
The joy and energy in the room were absolutely infectious, and the children had so much fun embracing a new culture while dancing their hearts out!
A huge thank you to everyone who made this day so special – it’s safe to say our young dancers loved every moment!

KS2 Christmas Party!

19th December 2024Fiona Goodwin

This evening, we hosted our SECOND Christmas Party Night for our incredible Key Stage 2 children, and it was a HUGE success!

Over 150 children joined us for a night of dancing, party games, and delicious treats. Everyone looked absolutely amazing in their party outfits and had an unforgettable time!

A massive thank you to everyone who made this event possible, and to our wonderful children for brining so much energy and festive cheer!

West Boldon Primary is definitely feeling the Christmas spirit!

Class 10’s Rockin’ Science Investigation 

14th November 2024Fiona Goodwin
Class 10’s Rockin’ Science Investigation
This week, our budding scientists in Class 10 got hands-on with rocks, investigating their unique properties and characteristics!
Using experiments and observations, they tested durability, buoyancy, and permeability to understand how different types of rocks react under various conditions.
The children were thrilled to see which rocks would sink or float, how much water each type absorbed, and which ones could withstand a durability test.
It was fantastic to see their enthusiasm as they hypothesised, observed, and recorded their results like real scientists!
Projects like these help build critical thinking and a love for discovery, all while making science fun and interactive! Well done, Class 10!

Class 10 working at Lightning Speed

7th October 2024Fiona Goodwin

Class Ten, completed their computing work in the current class topic (Lightening Speed) by creating their own representation of how an email travels across the internet. The children were able to explain how computers can be connected together, how routers direct the information to the correct computer and how information – in this instance an email- will be “cut up” put in to separate packets to travel quickly before being reassembled at its destination.

Sports Day 2024

9th July 2024Fiona Goodwin

The weather was perfect today and enabled us to hold both Rec/KS1 and KS2 Sports Days. The children loved trying their best to be the fastest and we had huge support from our parents/carers as usual. We know the children will sleep well tonight!

 

Careers Day – Sunderland Software City

5th July 2024Fiona Goodwin

This week, Year 3, Year 4 and Arc 2 had a great visit with Jenna from Sunderland Software City. She told us all about her career involving technology, the amazing opportunities she’s had and how we can get into a career in tech. Most importantly we learned that there are lots of technology jobs and opportunities right here in the North East. We then had the opportunity to try some of the VR headsets that she had brought with her!

South Tyneside Dance Festival – Year 4

1st July 2024Fiona Goodwin

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.

French playground games!

27th June 2024Miss K. Wilkinson

We love our French lessons in Class 10. As a short brain break Madame Smith thought us a playground game to sing and play.

Angles in Year 4

27th June 2024Miss K. Wilkinson

Class 10 have been exploring angles and shapes in their geometry maths unit. They learnt about acute, right angles and obtuse angles. Then used this knowledge to learn about the different triangles. To consolidate their knowledge they completed some practical work sorting and ordering angles as well as using geo-boards to make a variety of triangles.

Vicious Vikings!

26th June 2024Miss K. Wilkinson

Year 4 have enjoyed their learning in their Viking topic, including an immersive day learning about battle formations, archeology, how Viking Tribes would have made decisions and playing Viking games.

As part of their learning in class the children learnt about the importance of signs and symbols to the Vikings, they incorporated some of these signs into their own models of Viking Longboats.