The whole school were envious this morning when when Year 6 started the day with an energetic conga around the school. Never too old for pass the parcel or a competitive game of musical chairs, the children had a fantastic day celebrating.
Great fun was had at the Reception Christmas party today. Check out all the smiles.
Thank you to all who helped us support Save The Children’s Christmas Jumper Day, 2019. It was a great success and the children looked fantastic.
We would like to invite children to swap their school jumper/cardigan and wear their Christmas jumper again on the last day of term if they wish to.
We have only just achieved the Bronze award but our children have been busy at home completing various activities such as the Tree Champion Challenge which have led us to very quickly achieving the Silver award.
Further work will be sent to the Woodland Trust in the very near future as we go for Gold. Our school currently has 10 points and need 15 to achieve Gold.
Keep it up!
On Monday 9th December, class 4PS were lucky enough to visit Harton Academy to participate in an exciting science workshop. We were asked to help Mrs Claus sort out her baking ingredients: the elves had taken all the labels from her kitchen cupboards! The whole class undertook a number of investigations which included using vinegar, iodine, water and, most excitingly, heat! We all wore safety goggles and had to take great care heating up Mrs Claus’ mixed up ingredients over the Bunsen burners. We were able sort out the ingredients for Mrs Claus which means that Santa has all the cookies he needs before he sets off around the world on Christmas Eve.
Year 6 worked with engineers to construct a suspension bridge in the school hall as part of STEM. This took place over three mornings with all children taking an active role in the construction.
Thank you to Mr Grey, from Seymour Civil Engineering, for working alongside Miss Anderson (STEM Coordinator) and the Year 6 Team to provide this exciting opportunity for all of our Year 6 Children.
Year 5 kicked off the party season on Friday with the first of many parties. As you can see, great fun was had by all.
Thank you so much to all who donated gifts for our Cash for Kids campaign this Christmas. They have been collected and are on their way to make a girl or boy very happy.
A huge well done to our Lego team 2019, The Mortimer Master Movers.
They have worked for nearly four months on a huge project called ‘City Movers’ which concluded today in their regional final at The Word, organised by the ICT in Schools team.
The children prepared for three huge tasks today: core values, a presentation on a local study and the technical round.
Their core values round involved working as a group to create a well known monument or building.
The children prepared and presented a project about creating a new building for the Holborn Development in South Shields.
The technical round had been rehearsed for weeks in school. They programmed a robot to complete many tasks around a board set with obstacles. Gaining entry to the semi-finals, our year five team came a very respectable third.
Miss Anderson and Mrs Stelling were very proud of this young team, they competed against seven other schools, some of which were comprehensive age children. Their attitude, commitment and enthusiasm for the day was fantastic and they were excellent ambassadors for our school. Their dedication to this competition since September was commendable and as the Lego saying goes, they found that they were ‘stronger when they work together!’
Great work Mortimer Master Movers!
Thank you to ICT in Schools at The Word for hosting today and for their support throughout this competition.
Mission Christmas is closing this Friday. Thank you for all the great toys that have been donated. Still time to add your gift!
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