School Council 2023/24

27th October 2023K Richardson

School Council News

Can I say a big thank you to our school council team 22/23 who had a very busy year.  From organising the zones of regulation within the school, to creating a Hebburn Lakes Chant in addition to helping design our very own Hebburn Lakes sheep Olor!

 

Autumn 2023 – Welcome to the School Council team of 23/24

So far they have been tasked with thinking of some activities that KS2 children in breakfast club would like to be introduced.  The children will chat to their friends in class and we will come back together next half term to discuss suitable activities.

Coming soon is a very important job from Mrs Moody.  All will be revealed in good time!  In the meantime the team will be talking to their friends in class about any issues they feel needs to be raised.

 

 

‘Race to 5’ attendance treat!

27th October 2023Victoria Cartmell

This half term, 5 Blue have successfully achieved 5 weeks of 98% attendance or above… AMAZING effort!!!

As a reward, we have had an afternoon of Halloween fun, including making: Spooky paperchains, 3D paper pumpkin decorations and Halloween witch wreaths!

Topping off our afternoon of treats, we enjoyed a cosy hot chocolate (with spooky marshmallows!) and a Halloween movie!

A huge well done to 5 Blue and thank you to our parents and carers, for your continued support in our drive for 100% attendance!

ICT Workshop

19th October 2023lhockings

Today Year 5 have taken part in an ICT workshop.

The children spent some time working with the Micro:bit (a tiny, pocket-sized computer).

Year 5 were able to use their coding skills and work their way through a range of different games, working collaboratively as a team. The children loved playing the rock, paper, scissors game and creating a musical melody with their Micro:bit.

The Micro;bit links to different curriculum areas and connects to hundreds of possible games.

Year 5 thoroughly enjoyed using these today.

and will definitely be adding one to their Christmas list!

Special Space Delivery!

10th October 2023lhockings

Year 5 received a very special package from N.A.S.A this week!

The special package contained lots of different artefacts linked to the moon landing and space such as:

  • Images of the moon landing
  • Moon rocks and scientific equipment to investigate with
  • Blue prints of Apollo 11
  • Video footage of the moon landing
  • A 360 degree tour of inside Apollo 11
  • Books about space and our solar system
  • Newspaper articles

Year 5 spent time in groups exploring and analysing each artefact, writing down key questions they had about each source.

This provoked a lot of conversation around our space theme and encouraged us to think about different sources of information.