Street Art in Year 4!

29th January 2026Miss K. Wilkinson

Over the past few weeks, the Year 4 children have been learning about Banksy and his distinctive style of street art. They explored some of his most famous pieces, as well as the tools and techniques he uses. After sketching and planning their own artwork inspired by Banksy – and linked to their Dimensions topic on slavery – the children created their stencil designs. Today they used these stencils to paint their slavery-themed artwork. Next week, they will build on this by applying their calligraphy skills to add key vocabulary related to slavery.

West Boldon lunches are 5 stars!

25th January 2026Miss K. Wilkinson

The good news just keeps on coming!

We’re absolutely delighted to share that Mandy and her fantastic team received their Scores on the Doors hygiene inspection today — and once again achieved a perfect 5/5 rating!

This is an outstanding result and a real credit to the hard work, dedication and high standards that Mandy and the team maintain every single day. It’s so well deserved, and we’re incredibly proud of them.

Well done, team — thank you for everything you do to keep our school community safe and well fed!

Physical Friday Fun in Year 1/2!

25th January 2026Miss K. Wilkinson

We love Physical Fridays in Year 1/2! These sessions help us develop both fine and gross motor skills, which are so important for confident writing, maths and everyday learning.

Through fun, hands-on activities such as threading, playdough, peg challenges, phonics snakes and ladders, building number lines and picking up small objects, the children strengthen their hands and fingers while also building coordination, control, focus and teamwork

All of this supports better pencil control, clearer letter formation and growing confidence in writing – and best of all, the children are fully engaged, learning through movement, play and fun… just the way we like it!

Art Club Creativity!

3rd December 2025Miss K. Wilkinson

This week, our Art Club have been mastering all sorts of paper-folding techniques — bridges, zigzags, coils and spirals. Using their new skills, the children created some incredibly colourful 3D paper sculptures.

They’ve loved experimenting, and the results are absolutely fantastic!

Year 3 visit to the Apple Shop

3rd December 2025Miss K. Wilkinson

To complete our Dimensions topic ‘That’s All Folks’, we took part in an interactive workshop all about emojis!

We played guess the emoji before completing 3 tasks. The children use iPad Pros, Apple pencils and an app called Procreate to:
1. Create their own yellow cartoon emoji
2. Create a message in emojis
3. Create their own emoji from scratch (the children were very creative designing everything from dinosaurs to animals, football emblems to Christmas treats)
We also learned about AI and how the children can use it safely.

All the children were a credit to West Boldon Primary and we even had some members of the public comment on how quiet and polite they were on the metro.

Celebration Assembly 28th Nov 2025

28th November 2025Miss K. Wilkinson

Another Fun Friday at West Boldon Primary!

We kicked off the day with our usual Star of the Week assembly  – always a highlight! Our Golden Coin winner was extra lucky today… not only did they get to choose a book of their choice, but they were treated to a pepperoni pizza and chips from Fast Fry as their special reward!

We were also delighted to welcome a number of parents for our weekly Look and Lunch. They had the chance to tour the whole school, enjoy a delicious lunch with their child, and take a look at our new afternoon curriculum floor books which we’re really proud of!

It’s days like these that remind us what a wonderful community we have here at West Boldon.

 

Paired Reading Fun

27th November 2025Miss K. Wilkinson

Our Year 5s, 2s, and 1s spent a wonderful afternoon in paired reading. The younger students chose their favourite books and their older buddies read to them — smiles all around!

Extra lovely to see some sibling pairings too!

Celebration Assembly 14th & 21st Nov 2025

27th November 2025Miss K. Wilkinson

Our Star of the Week winners from the past two weeks look absolutely delighted — and it’s easy to see why! Their hard work and brilliant attitudes have truly shone through.

But no smile was bigger than Shay’s! He won the golden coin and became the very first pupil to receive a Fast Fry treat — what a moment!

Well done to all of our amazing winners… keep shining, keep smiling, and keep making us proud!

Year 5 Commando Joe’s Mission Report 

24th November 2025Miss K. Wilkinson

The Year 5 pupils had a fun and engaging Commando Joe session today!
Working as a team, they demonstrated excellent communication skills and strategic thinking throughout the challenge.

Their mission involved transferring rock samples from the space modules to the space station for testing.

Every group showed resilience, focus, and brilliant collaboration as they completed their tasks.

A fantastic effort from everyone — mission accomplished!