This afternoon, Year 4 had a visit from Dennis the Eagle – a South Tyneside rubbish truck which has been converted into a mobile classroom! The children completed a litter pick to learn which items were recyclable and also had a mini lesson taught onboard Dennis!
Massive congratulations to our Lego League team who represented Marsden at the regional finals of the competition. The children were enthusiastic, engaged with the other groups and keen problem solvers.
Unfortunately we didn’t qualify for the next round but the children should be very proud of their hard work and how they conducted themselves.
Thank you to everyone for helping making World Book Day such fun!
One of the best parts of World Book Day is being able to share our love of reading with other classes.
Y2 and Y5 had a lovely afternoon discussing stories, reading and listening to each other read!
To celebrate World Book Day, Y5 designed our own book token, book covers, bookmarks and completed some puzzles and quizzes. Of course the day wouldn’t be complete without a little quiet reading.
Year 1 enjoyed a day to celebrate reading. The children were dressed in wonderful costumes and they read their favourite books with their friends. We even tried reading in unusual places in the classroom! We also had the chance to share some reading with Year 4 children and design a new book token for a national competition. What a brilliant day it was!
Please find the information below which was shared at the London meeting. Please do not hesitate to get in touch with any questions.
As part of our science topic this half term, Y5 are looking at the life cycle of a human.
We talked about the different stages and how quickly we grow. To measure this, we decided to record all our heights by measuring them in groups and then we will check again in July to see how much we have grown over this time.
In the opening chapter of our new text, Boom!, we discover that the main character’s favourite sandwiches are cheddar cheese and strawberry jam. We thought this was a peculiar pairing so we decided to give them a try.
Unfortunately it was mainly a thumbs down from Y5 but some children enjoyed the taste!
This half in DT, Y5 have started to look at bridges and how they are structured. Mrs Potter started this topic off by exploring different shapes and techniques which could be used to give them study structures.
