Y3 had a great afternoon when the Community Police Officers popped into school to work with them. Children enjoyed learning about the role of a police officer.
Congratulations to our Mortimer Chess Club players. This term some of our children in Y6 have competed in an in-school tournament to represent the school at a multi-school final held at The Royal Grammar School in Newcastle last weekend.
Our students played very well against a tough competition and one performed so well on the day that he has now progressed to the next round of the tournament in Manchester. We wish him lots of luck!
Some of our school council children helped to create a video for people considering a career in teaching. We are very impressed with their finished video.
Y3JM have just completed a fabulous animation program of study with renowned animator, Sheila Graber.
Using digital software on IPADS, the children were taught the skills of how to animate and then went on to animate a short story linked to their Geography topic, St Lucia.
Click here to see a short video of some of the work completed during lesson 1.
Y5 are all visiting the coast tomorrow, can we encourage all children to be prepared for good weather please. Could children come to school wearing suntan lotion, a hat and prepared with a drink for the visit.
Just a gentle reminder that pupils are required to wear sensible clothes and shoes for the occasion. All children will need a coat.
This may be a course that may appeal to our Y4, 5 and 6 children for half term: –
Explore music creation in this exciting iPad Hip-Hop project. Explore rhyme, compose beats, write raps and record tracks. This Hip-hop project will challenge pupils to write in rhyme, sing in time and create their own unique music. Build your skill by exploring, creating and producing music using amazing iPad apps and software instruments. Write lyrics and record raps inspired by Martin Luther King’s iconic speeches to compose your own unique musical work.
Delivered in partnership with Music Hand.
Suitable for ages 9-16. Please bring a packed lunch with you.
http://theworduk.org/whats-on/ipad-hip-hop-workshop/
£20 per child – all places must be booked in advance and can be booked on the link above.
All of our Y3 children had a fantastic visit to Segedunum this week to finish their topic on The Romans. This was a brilliant opportunity as children were able to experience what life was like as a Roman soldier, how ordinary people would live, clothes of that time, food, home life and so much more.
Great fun was had by all! Click here to see some of the highlights.
Great fun was had when our Y6 children visited Thurston Outdoor Education Centre. Children enjoyed gill scrambling, abseiling, mountain exploring, trees climbing, canoeing and much, much more! This year they had the added excitement of deep, white crisp snow.
Here’s a little sneaky peak.
Thirty of our singers joined over 240 pupils from eight other South Tyneside primary schools for a concert in Durham Cathedral. The event marked the finale of a term’s work with the Cathedral’s very successful Music Outreach programme, during which, visits from tutor Ana Fernandez Guerra helped the children polish up their performance skills. We were extremely proud of their contribution to the performance. They did us all proud!
As part of the project, all of our seventy choir members worked extremely hard to learn a wide range of songs by heart and the whole choir will be performing these and other favourites for their family and friends at their final rehearsal on Tuesday 4th April at 3:45pm
Well done to the Y5/6 Netballers. Both our A and B team won previous competitions to be able to represent South Tyneside at a regional heat at the Tyne and Wear High 5 Finals.
Both teams played brilliantly and the A team came 5th out of 15 schools.
