This week in Maths 2 Red have been learning about position and direction. To get us started with some key vocabulary we followed the Cha Cha Slide. We then added extra vocabulary such as quarter, half and full turns, and clockwise and anticlockwise – connecting this all back to previous learning about time and fractions to help us. We had great fun writing instructions for our stick person, Robin, to them around our map ensuring we talked like true mathematicians!
Dear Parents and Carers,
Our Local Authority SEND Team would like your help to shape the future of SEND provision in South Tyneside. They are inviting you to attend a number of interactive sessions so that you can share your experiences and expertise. Please see the information below and sign up via the link if you would like to participate in shaping the future for our SEND children, young people and adults.
Please see below.
Attend one of these interactive sessions to share your knowledge and expertise. The sessions will review case studies to help us understand how the journey through SEND systems feels for families and how we can make these better.
We will use your feedback and expert knowledge to shape our improvement and delivery plans for SEND services in South Tyneside.
What the session will look like?
There are 4 opportunities to get involved at different locations across the borough.
Boldon Community Centre
Clerveaux Exchange, Jarrow
Hebburn Central, Hebburn
The Word, South Shields
Find out more and book your space on our Eventbrite Page: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/send-local-offer-south-tyneside-32567325573?fbclid=IwAR2_uPRANk0br8gDVOb-bJfmOvMfaT07YiWFsHErJS076anSxdWhT3pakKg
Becca Gibbons
SEND Participation & Engagement Officer
Telephone: (0191) 424 7778
Email: [email protected]
This week in maths we have been looking at fractions of amounts and equivalent fractions. The children worked really hard to gain a clear understanding of fractions of amounts before moving on to more complex equivalent fractions.
As part of our Path to Success way of learning, the children ‘played’ with it today.
This week saw the return of Governor Day. It was even more exciting for the children as the Chair and Vice Chair gave an assembly about the governing body role and how they help the school.
This week the children had a fantastic opportunity to take part in R.E workshops based around the Indian festival of colour, ‘Holi’. Kalpesh from K’z Dance Entertainment Ltd taught all the children some traditional Indian dances and discussed with them the meaning of the Holi festival. At the end of the day the whole school came together and performed the dances taught earlier in the day, the children and staff had some wonderful moves! At the end of the performance everyone took part in throwing colourful dyes at one another to celebrate Holi, just like it is carried out in India.
We had a great day at the ‘Space’ themed exhibition at the Life Science Centre.
Lots to do and lots to explore, from launching rockets in Mission Control to watching a film about star constellations in a 360 degree movie dome. We even helped with some science experiments, investigating space travel and exploration.
Today in our Forest School, we ‘experienced it’ by going on a bug hunt. We had great fun exploring in the garden and looking for minibeasts. We used magnifying glasses to look closely at all the different minibeasts and name them. We also talked about where they lived and what they looked like. Why don’t you ‘use it’ and have a look at home to see if you can find any minibeasts?
Our brilliant Upper Key Stage Two Boys’ Football Team continued this season’s fantastic run of results with another thrilling display at today’s Bart Rippon Cup event at Temple Park. Having qualified for the semi-final stage during the morning fixtures, the boys then made it through to this afternoon’s final with a narrow 1-0 victory over Harton. The final was another closely-contested game which eventually went to a dreaded penalty shoot-out! By a whisker, we were defeated by St. Matthew’s, who went away as today’s cup winners – congratulations to them and well done to all of the children who represented their schools today.
I am so proud of the players’ efforts and attitude to finish runners-up – you are all a credit to yourselves and it was a pleasure to take you there today. Well done boys!
