We love to carry out practical work in science. Here is our latest work on sound; exploring pitch with instruments and creating our own pan pipes!
As part of our topic on The Romans, Y4 created Roman coin purses using their sewing skills to good effect. Well done Year 4!
Nissan recently visited Year 4 to deliver a ‘Lesson in a box’. As part of the session, the children were introduced to Japanese culture and how that feeds in to life at Nissan. The staff from Nissan left a project for the children to complete which will help them learn more about Japanese culture. We can’t wait to get started! 
This morning, PSCO Holly Madsen visited Year 6 to teach us about how to keep ourselves safe online. We found out all about age limits for apps, negative and positive aspects of the internet and how we can use privacy settings to protect personal information. Holly also spoke to use about consequences for making inappropriate content and what to do if we come across it. We all learned so much!
You can listen to the songs from the Upper Key Stage 2 Christmas Show of “Cinderella & Rockerfella”
Year 5 had an amazing day at Jarrow Hall finding out all about Anglo-Saxon life, thanks to Mark’s fantastic teaching and wealth of information!
In the morning, we met some fabulous animals and found out how they were useful to the Anglo-Saxons. Then we met Anglo-Saxon Jim in his home and we found out about his daily routine. After that, we enjoyed listening to the Beowulf story around the fire and handling some Anglo-Saxon artefacts.
In the afternoon, we explored some Anglo Saxon crafts and tried some weaving. Finally, we found out about crime and different punishments in the Anglo-Saxon times. I still can’t believe the children found me guilty in court and put me in the stocks!
Year 4 carried out an excellent sound investigation. They used materials to learn all about vibrations and why they are essential for us to hear.
As part of the UK Parliament week, we had a very special visitor in school today.
Emma Lowell-Buck, the local MP for South Shields, came to see us in Year 5 to talk about her job and the Houses of Parliament.
To prepare for this visit, each child in Year 5 had composed some questions to ask Emma and it was very interesting listening to her responses. The whole event was an amazing experience for us all!
This afternoon Y5 and Y6 completed their walk to Cornthwaite Park and even managed to squeeze in some time to play in the park before returning to school.
Year 1 and Year 3 loved walking to the Cornthwaite park for their sponsored walk. They walked extremely sensibly along the road and loved having fun, playing with their friends in the play park. What a lovely afternoon!
