Year 6 Trip to Open Zone 2023

16th January 2024Miss K. Wilkinson

Children visited the Word and took part in a workshop to:

  • Build programmable models following instructions
  • Create programmes to control models.
  • Write a program that includes count-controlled loops
  • Connect more than one output device
  • Explain that a loop can stop when a condition is met, eg number of times, when a button is pressed, or do until … etc
  • Predict the functions
  • Sequence a series of commands
  • Use conditionals to trigger their programming
  • Use sensors to initiate or stop programming
  • Test and debug the project

Year 4 Multi-Skills

12th October 2023Miss K. Wilkinson

Year 4 had a very active day yesterday at Sunderland University. We took part in a multi-skills PE day with some trainee teachers. They had planned some very challenging but fun PE games. A favourite being crab football! The children did very well at all of the activities, showing great perseverance. They represented West Boldon Primary very well and we’re all very taken with the facilities at the university – with lots of the children making plans for their future while we were there!

Year 4 Football Tournament

10th October 2023Miss K. Wilkinson

Year 4 had a great afternoon taking part in the football tournament at Boldon School. Three teams took part and all of the children played to the best of their abilities. Determination, resilience and team work best describe all of the children’s efforts. One team ended the afternoon being awarded medals for winning their league but all of the children were winners to us. Well done Team Westies!

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ARC2 explore the Secret Garden

4th October 2023Miss K. Wilkinson

The children from ARC 2 have had a lovely afternoon in the Secret Garden. They helped to tidy the area, weave and trim the willow fence and find bugs. We even found a few frog friends!

Settling into Reception!

3rd October 2023Miss K. Wilkinson

Our new Reception children are settling in so well and are loving exploring their new classroom and outdoor space!

Romero Britto

7th July 2023Miss K. Wilkinson

Year 4 have been learning about Brazil in our “Picture our Planet” topic. This week, we have been learning about famous Brazilian neo-pop artist Romero Britto. We have learnt all about how he draws inspiration from cubism and graffiti art. We then practised making collages of his art work using a cutting template. Once we had the hang of it, we used the same cutting template to cut pieces of fabric to create a carnival collage. We worked hard to choose patterns and colours that complimented each other and then added decorations.

KS2 Sports Day

3rd July 2023Miss K. Wilkinson

KS2 enjoyed a fabulous afternoon on Monday for sports day. They took part in plenty of team games in their house colours before watching or taking part in the individual races. It was a very close leaderboard, but the overall winner for KS2 was Emerald House – well done Emerald!

Keep Fit Club

27th June 2023Miss K. Wilkinson

Keep Fit Club had great fun this week as Miss Ingoe brought in a giant parachute!

We worked as a team to lift the parachute in time, creating a mushroom and played games like cat and mouse and shark attack! There was a lot of laughter 😂

Year 1 visit to Northumberland Zoo

27th June 2023Miss K. Wilkinson

Year 1 have had a fun packed day at Northumberland Zoo today. We looked closely at some minibeasts and watched a birds of prey display. We explored the zoo, wandering through ‘Wallaby Walkabout’ and ‘Lemur Woods’. The children saw many animals that they had not encountered before, such as capybaras, lemurs, tapirs, otters, snow leopards and prairie dogs. The children were particularly interested in watching the fruit bats at feeding time!

Year 4 and 5 Football Competition

22nd June 2023Miss K. Wilkinson

Last Thursday a group of year 4 and 5 girls represented our school in a football festival held at Castle View Enterprise Academy. We took part in football coaching drills followed by four matches, in which we won 3 games out of 4!  The girls all played fantastic, had lots of fun, practised their football skills and behaved brilliantly. They even came up with a team celebration for each goal they scored!

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