Y4 visited West Boldon Lodge as part of their science topic ‘Living things and their Habitats’. They had a brilliant time pond dipping, meadow sweeping, mini-beast hunting and marshmallow toasting!
A lucky band of Y4 children had an amazing day at Temple Park on the 26th June. They took part in a carousel of activities including: dance, cheer leading, tennis, skipping and parkour. They were ably assisted by pour excellent Y5 Change 4 Life champions.
A lucky selection of our Year 4 children participated in a workshop entitled “Where did all of the animals go?” in March this year. The exhibition has been sponsored by the Born Free Foundation to raise awareness about animals which are endangered or in some cases almost extinct.
The children involved visited The Thought Foundation in Birtley to view their work. It has been a huge success and we are immensely proud of the children involved. As you can see, the children were so excited to see their artwork on display. The exhibition is on until July 22nd if you would like to see the children’s work. The video links can be found here:
The children thoroughly enjoyed Sports Day this year which was held on July 1st. The children compete in a variety of competitive games including old favourites such as the egg and spoon and sack race. The day as ever ends with the year group sprints.
Thank you so much for supporting our whole school Teddy Bear Picnic for Action Research 2019. Our children enjoyed a very exciting assembly with their bears and then shared their treats.
We will post the amount raised for this fantastic charity on our next newsletter.
On Wednesday, 3rd July birds of prey experts came to visit year 4. They brought six birds with them, five owls and a falcon. We were told all sorts of interesting facts about the birds, including the fact that Florence Nightingale used to carry a Little Owl in her pocket! The children had the opportunity not just to handle the birds, but also to fly them!
On Thursday 6th June all of Year 2 visited Washington Wetland Centre. As part of their Habitats topic in science they took part in three lead activities. They enjoyed pond dipping, a mini beast hunt and a map work session looking at world habitats and adaptions of the creatures living there.They had talks on otters and flamingos. They then had free time to visit the mini beast garden, the duckery, hide and of course the play park. A great time was had by all.
4HA attended The Urban Factory on Friday 24th May for a gym taster festival. They participated in cheerleading, freerunning, gymnastics and tumble activities and had a very fun afternoon!
Last Thursday 30 Year 1 children went to a Trigolf tournament where they developed their ball control skills. They learnt how to use a golf club effectively to hit the ball and took part in a variety of activities including competitive target practise, a distance competiton for hitting the ball past a certain target and also a ball control assault course. They had a great time!
To celebrate the start of the summer term, Start 2 Finish Fitness are offering every child the opportunity to try our some of our evening Running & Athletics clubs for free! (Available sessions are in South Shields and Gateshead)
We are hoping to get this offer out to as many children, parents, families as possible, and we need your help. If you feel this offer would be of interest and value to your friends or family, then please share!
