Y6 had an absolutely brilliant time at The Urban Factory earlier this week. They were able to sample session in gymnastics, cheer leading and parkour.
Here are few pictures from the visit.
Y1 pupils had a brilliant time using green screen technology and learning how to write interactive stories all linked to their topic on The Great Fire of London.
They experienced the Story World Room, which has a 360 degree projections, so they could feel as if they were part of the fire.
Year 5 and 6 had representatives from our local Co-operative talk about Fairtrade during an assembly. Children learnt about how Fairtrade helps the farming community and had the opportunity to sample Fairtade bananas.
On Friday, a selection of Year 4 children took part in a workshop which involved working with an artist, Jane Lee McCracken, to produce drawings of endangered species. Their work will be displayed in the Thought Foundation in Birtley from 20th June to 22nd July.
Jane said: “It was incredible to have the opportunity to work with Mrs Lawrenson who is such an inspirational art teacher. This is a school brimming with talent. It has been a pleasure to work with everyone today.”
Reception children really enjoyed learning about road safety this morning and had a fantastic ‘hands on’ experience of crossing the road.
On 13th February eight of our children represented the school in the South Tyneside Swimming Gala. The children were recently selected at the school’s inter house competition.
The event had 31 teams present from schools across South Tyneside and Gateshead. Our school did very well with one of our boys coming second in the freestyle race and one of our girls receiving bronze in the breast stroke.
The High 5 netball team were victorious in School Games Finals, which means they are South Tyneside champions and will go onto represent their borough in the North East High 5 Final at The Beacon of Light, Sunderland on the 28th March.
Five Year 5 children were given an exciting opportunity to take part in a workshop at The Word which was a follow up of the Match Day Experience from the South Shields vs Bamber Bridge football game. They watched highlights from the match, practised using their word processing skills to write it up then filmed their report! Children read from autocues while standing in front of green screens to give the impression of real match commentary. They were then shown how footage can be edited with music and special effects. What a great experience!
Year 4 had a fantastic day learning all about Viking life to enhance their history topic. They dressed as fierce Vikings, sampled the food that they would have eaten and made butter and clay pots. They also got to hold real (but blunt) weapons, wrote in runes and tried Viking weaving. What a fantastic day!
