On Thursday, Year 4 took part in a bikeability course. On the day, they practised various skills in order to help them feel more confident and in control when riding a bike. All of the children had a great time and made massive progress through the day.
Well done Year 4!
Year 4 have been looking at Healthy eating. In Design and Technology we have been investigating how much Sugar is in our drinks. We made a heathy alternative using fresh fruits.
How did they taste Year 4?
This week the Year 6 children put on their ‘thinking caps’ for maths and had a go at the sample maths paper.
Their attitude towards the test was mature and I am sure they will rise to the challenge and produce fantastic results for Marsden.
Keep practicing, keep working, keep smiling!
You can do it.
I wonder what the children thought……..?
Mrs O’Brien
Whitburn C of E Academy Transition Summer School
The academy will be running its annual Transition Summer School in the first full week of the summer holidays, Monday 25th July to Thursday 28rd July, from 9:30am to 3:00pm each day. This will be open to all current Year 6 pupils who are joining us in September. There will be a cost of £30 in total for the summer school, though pupils who are eligible for Pupil Premium will not be charged. The charge has been necessitated as of 2016, summer schools will no longer receive funding from central government; the £30 charge will to help us meet a proportion of the running costs.
We intend to provide a wide range of activities to give pupils a taste of secondary school life and to offer an opportunity to familiarise them with some of our staff and facilities. There will be a range of subjects on offer and learning will be delivered through fun activities, rather than formal lessons. Pupils who request a place must commit to attending on all four days.
Further details and confirmation will be sent out later in the summer term,
On Tuesday 17th November, Year 5 visited Monkwearmouth Station Museum to attend a Travel in the Past Workshop. We found out all about the expansion of the railway system in our area and about local engineers who helped build it. We enjoyed trying to work out the mystery objects were and how they were used by the Victorians as they travelled by train.
In Year 3, we have been practising greeting each other in French. The children have been practising a short exchange of a greeting, their name and age.
I am really proud of their developing accents!
Très Bien, Classe!!!
In literacy, Year 5 have been reading “The Highwayman” Poem by Alfred Noyes. We recreated scenes from the poem and then used Comic Life software to add dialogue and what the characters would be thinking.
Can you guess the scenes we are acting out?
Here are Charlotte and Jack’s finished scenes.
Linked to their current history topic of Ancient Greece, Year 6 have made some pots. They started by looking at examples of common patterns used in Greek pottery and then planned their own.
The finished results were very impressive
In P.E., Year 5 have been improving their tennis skills. They have focused on improving their aim and control of the ball.
Today Marsden, tomorrow Wimbledon!
On Wednesday 30th September, Year 3 were learning about how computers work. We looked at how computers are linked to networks and drew our own home network.
In the second session, we looked at how we can search the internet using keywords. We can access information from different countries at the touch of button but sometimes search engines can give us irrelevant information. During this session we sorted through the information to find answers.
Thank you to Mrs Haywood from the Open Zone for helping us all morning.
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