Year 1 kicked off our ‘Great Big School Clean’ today. Every day our Eco-Warriors will choose friends from their class to help them keep our school grounds litter free.
Year 4 took part in the Outdoor Gym Challenge as part of Science Week. This year the theme is all about growth, we looked at why growth is important to our development and health.
The task was to think about ways to grow physically but to find ways that everyone could enjoy it with an outdoor gym. We tested out exercises that needed NO EQUIPMENT such as squats, planks, sprints and sit ups. The children even created a few exercises of their own. They then created an exercise plan that added up to no more than 10 minutes for another group to complete.
The children in Year 4 loved this activity and when evaluating the task they said, “We were so surprised how many things you could do without equipment.” They also said, “We found it difficult to choose exercises that were right for everyone, not too hard or too easy.”
Year 1 have had an awesome Commando Joe session today. Their missions have recently been based within the story of The Lion King. Today they had to help Simba refill the watering hole after Scar had been defeated and left Pride Rock.
The children were tasked with moving water as quickly and effectively as they could. There were some fantastic ideas how to use the resources to transport the water. Brilliant team work.
Year 1’s British Science week task took them down to the Secret Garden this afternoon to search for worms. The children were all surprised to learn that there are three kinds of worms and tried hard to identify the ones we found. They used string to measure the worms. Two groups measured the same worm and were astounded to find it had stretched itself from 16 cms to 23 cms!!! The children were also intrigued to watch one wonderful working worm do a poo!
One of Class 3’s weekly challenges is to use the iPads to solve simple ‘Wordle’ problems. We have loved using them alongside our friends.
This week as part of Year 3’s Dimensions topic, Athens v Sparta, the children have put their science hats on to investigate floating and sinking.
They predicted which materials would float or sink and they discussed how density effects objects. Today they had 3 attempts to make their plasticine ‘boat’ float. The children had lots of fun manipulating the plasticine, problem solving and finally figuring out how to make their boat float by equally distributing the mass into a boat shape.
Today our Eco-Warriors met to take part in an environmental review of our school, this is one of the criteria to help us achieve our Eco-Schools Green Flag Award. We talked about the things our school does well and what we can do to improve.
We also discussed the upcoming Great British School Clean and how we could help Keep Britain Tidy.
We love a Friday celebration assembly and especially so the golden token winner. How pleased does he look with himself? 
This week we celebrated 25 years of World Book Day by coming to school dressed as our favourite book characters.
All around the school, children had a fantastic time completing activities related to World Book Day, reading with their friends and discussing their love of reading!
Here are some photos of us in our costumes…
On Monday 28th February, the children of West Boldon Primary School wore red to raise money for local charity CHUF.
CHUF stands for Children’s Heart Unit Fund which is based at the Freeman Hospital in Newcastle. The charity supports the children and families who receive treatment at the Freeman and the many other hospitals providing cardiac care for patients throughout the North-East of England. They raise vital funds for pieces of equipment, facilities, aftercare, salaries and research. Freeman Hospital is also one of only two hospitals in the UK performing heart transplants for babies and children.
To raise money, children took part in a cake sale, and a ‘guess the hearts in the jar’ game. Altogether we managed to raise a huge £302.95 – all heading straight to CHUF to make some miracles happen!
Don’t we all look amazing in red!
