Children’s Mental Health Week – Reception

9th February 2023K Richardson

This week in school we have been talking about children’s mental health.  We discussed how it is just as important to have a healthy mind as it is to have a healthy body. We also thought about who we should talk to if we are worried, scared, cross or upset and how it is okay to have these feelings but so important to talk to someone about it. We discussed ways to help us keep calm, relaxed and happy.  We used these strategies in class:

We gave each other compliments!

Here are some of our comments:

We are kind.
We give good cuddles.
We share with our friends.
We listen to our friends.
We make people laugh and smile.
We play with friends.
We look after everyone.

 

We drew using the Youtube tutorials, did some Cosmic Kids Yoga and read the story ‘The Dot’ discussing resilience and how we should not give up!

 

Reception PE: Fun & Games For Our Little Movers

9th February 2023C Campbell

Our Reception Classes are really enjoying our ‘Little Movers‘ sessions this term. Working with Pip our specialist leader, the children have been learning a range of physical development skills to boost their movement, balance and coordination across the curriculum. The children have loved the games and songs too – they have been really fun to be involved with and the smiles on our children’s faces is lovely to see. Well done everyone!

 

 

 

Upper Key Stage Two Girls Score Their First Points!

7th February 2023C Campbell

It was a successful afternoon overall today at a sunny Hebburn Comprehensive School for our Year 5/6 Girls’ Football Team.

The girls are still at an early stage of their development as a team, but we won one and drew one of our four league games today.

Well done girls – you were all awesome!

 

School Council and Eco Warriors Bird Feeder Project

7th February 2023K Richardson

Last week the School Council and Eco Warriors worked together on a bird feeder project. We had a visit from Groundworks who talked to the children about visiting the tip, why you would go and what the children had dropped off.  We then discussed how we deal with rubbish and recycling and the importance of 3 R’s –  Reduce, Reuse, Recycle!
We learned the importance of keeping the earth happy and the damage of climate change.  The teams made bird feeders from recyclable material and then we hung them around our gardens!  The two groups worked so well together and were a credit to us all.

 

Y6 Keep Britain Tidy

7th February 2023C Campbell

Year 6 were on litter patrol this week, showing pride in our school environment. We collected two bags of litter that the windy weather had blown into the playground and against the perimeter fence. We agreed as a class how important it is to recycle as much as we can and place our litter into a bin, taking it home with us where this isn’t possible.

Well done everyone!

1 Red back to back drawing and brilliant counting.

7th February 2023L Chisholm

This week in our Maths we have been matching numerals to its picture form then trying our best to write the number word.  This has been very tricky, especially the writing of the word in its number form but we didn’t give up.  We then used our great communication and language skills to explain to our partner what picture we were looking at.  Our partner had to listen very carefully and draw what we had said, sound easy? Well we did it back to back so we really had to concentrate on our partners words and directions.  It was geat fun!

I Blue can spot the difference.

6th February 2023L Chisholm

Today in our Learning Means the World lesson we worked with our partner to spot the difference between 2 pictures of a classroom.  We used great communication skills and team work in order to find all the differences.  We realised how hard it was to find them all if we didn’t concentrate on each section and communicate appropriately with our partner.  We took turns to tell each other what we could see and shared our results with the class.

Year 3- Magnetic Hunt!

6th February 2023Ashley Clark

In our May The Force Be With You theme, Year 3 have been investigating which objects a magnet will attract and repel. We decided the best way to do this was to have a magnetic hunt around school!  We enjoyed visiting the corridors, the sensory area and the library and used our magnets to investigate which objects will be attracted to the magnet and which will repel.

We had lots of fun!

2 Blue Boat Investigation

3rd February 2023H Campbell

As part of our new theme Land Ahoy, 2 Blue have enjoyed carrying out a scientific investigation this afternoon. We designed and made our own boats and tested if they would float or sink. We discovered that boats made from paper did float temporarily but after a short while, they absorbed the water and started to sink.