This week, our Upper Key Stage Two Netball Team took part in this year’s netball tournament at Temple Park.
The children displayed all of the Navigators qualities that we have now come to expect in Years 5 and 6, despite the fact that they haven’t had many opportunities to practise as a team recently.
Well done everyone and special thanks to Mrs Hudson.
6 Red have recapped our understanding of light which travels in straight lines.
We used this knowledge to deepen and explore how light can be reflected to change directions.
Connecting to our Wars of the World theme, we discussed the importance of using periscopes, which were designed by inventor Johanas Guetenberg, to spy on the axis (enemies!).
Once we had discussed how light is reflected, we created our own periscopes, before playing with the process of using reflection to ‘spy around corners’ in our whole-class game of hide and seek tag!
This week in 1 red we have been making story maps to help us retell our own story. We based our stories around one of our favorite books, We’re Going On A Bear Hunt. We used repetitive language and adjectives to go alongside our actions. We hope you enjoy watching our videos as much as we enjoyed making them!
https://drive.google.com/file/d/13X9Xmp1lud8u0wtSeNnkhI9QnCF_bhWn/view?usp=sharing (Sapphires)
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1uEUTuqhzAGAjoL6RYZEmggMPaDHrNBp0/view?usp=sharing (Ruby)
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1CBpbtuWk5XQrX9ZoTmhRmWlu3HEgIPBs/view?usp=sharing (Diamonds)
Haka is a ceremonial dance in Māori culture. It is often performed by a group, with vigorous movements and stamping of the feet with rhythmically shouted or chanted accompaniment.
5 Blue had great fun designing their own intimidating movements and creating their chant.
As part of our Learning Means The World theme ‘Help is at hand’ we had a visit from a VIP. One of our parents came into school to talk about her job as an A+E nurse. The children were able to ask questions to develop their understanding, play with some of the equipment and experience being looked after by a nurse! Lots of the children then decided they wanted to be a nurse when they are bigger.
Last week (7th-13th February), schools, youth groups, organisations and individuals across the UK took part in Children’s Mental Health Week (CMHW). This year’s theme was ‘Growing Together’.
Across the course of the week, we discussed how ‘Growing Together’ is about growing emotionally and finding ways to help each other grow. Challenges and setbacks can help us to grow and adapt. Trying new things can help us to move beyond our comfort zone into a new realm of possibility and potential. However, emotional growth is often a gradual process that happens over time, and sometimes we might feel a bit ‘stuck’.
We dedicated some time each day to focus on our mental health…
We had MINDFUL MONDAY, where we all did something do relax. On TOGETHER TUESDAY, we encouraged the children to think about who they had in their lives to support them when they’re feeling worried or overwhelmed. Exercise is a great way to improve mental health by reducing anxiety, depression and negative mood so the middle of the week saw us take part in a WORK OUT WEDNESDAY. When we’re feeling down, we might forget about how much we’ve already achieved. On THROWBACK THURSDAY the children were encouraged to think about how they’ve grown – physically, academically and emotionally. On FUN FRIDAY, the children came into school in non-uniform and were encouraged to ‘Dress to Express’! We think they all looked brilliant!
Year 3 had a special visit from a Spartan Soldier today, who popped in to see us on his way back from the Battle of Marathon.
The children asked some really interesting questions and shared their knowledge of the Persian Wars with the soldier before he left to head back to Greece.
This week in 1 Blue we have been counting to 50 in 10’s. We used different resources to ‘play with it’ in order show how we build numbers to 50 looking at tens and ones.
This week for Children’s Mental Health week we have…
Had a yoga session,
Used the story ‘The Owl who is afraid of the dark’ to help us think about what we should do if we are scared or worried. We then played SUHUPU to tell our friends our ideas,
Joined in with ‘Jump Start Johnny’ to make us smile,
Read ‘The Colour Monster’ and talked to our friends about what makes us feel happy or sad and we even showed these expressions on our faces, which really made us laugh.
Our Upper Key Stage Two girls put in another great performance at this afternoon’s Primary Girls’ Football League fixtures. Playing at a very windy Hebburn Comprehensive School, the team played two matches, winning one and drawing the other. It was especially encouraging to see how well our debutants performed – special mentions to Millie in 6 Blue, Jessica in 5 Red and Hannah in 5 Blue who really enjoyed their little cameos! Well done also to Tia and Maya in 6 Red, who were both at their all-action, goal-scoring best. Thanks also to Mrs Henderson for braving the wind and Mrs Walton for her minibus skills. Well done girls!
