See below the songs for our Christmas production!
Today, Year 4 had the opportunity to welcome David from Durham University to our classroom. With his help, we became archeologists, examining artefacts from the time – some of which were over 2000 years old! The children also made their own offerings to the gods from clay and even performed in a classic Greek tragedy – Medea. We had an amazing day and learned so much more about the people, culture and beliefs of the time!
To celebrate National Coding Week, a mixture of Y4 and Y5 children accessed a program which gradually builds up their coding skills. We used Rodo Codo from the Code Hour and the children loved it! They were much better than Mrs Hanratty at creating effective code.
Click Here to play!
We gathered together today to celebrate all of our children at Marsden and to present some special awards. Below are those children who were selected for their Positive Behaviour, Progress or Pride and Presentation.
Everyone at Marsden are so proud of them:
Pride and Presentation:
Nursery: Rocco and Eva
Reception: Lucas
Year One: Nevaeh
Year Two: Savannah
Year Three: Nelle
Year Four: Daniel
Year Five: Ellie
Year Six: Amelie
Positive Behaviour:
Nursery: Liara and Eden
Reception: Amelia
Year One: Arlo
Year Two: Tyler
Year Three: Matthew
Year Four: Rosie
Year Five: Ethan
Year Six: Finlay
Progress:
Nursery: Sonny and Joey
Reception: Rory
Year One: Harvey
Year Two: Olly
Year Three Tommy
Yea Four: Sam
Year Five: Leo
Year Six: Erin
We also celebrated fantastic swimmers, dancers, and choir performers. Finally we sadly said goodbye to Sonny, Ronnie, Reggie, Leo and Rory who are leaving Marsden.
A huge well done to all of our children!
The new Year 5 children had a great time down at the latest Beach School lesson. They made sand sculptures, created moats and munched on some delicious smores! Even the teachers managed to sneak a tasty smore.
The new Year 5 children have had a very busy transition full of getting to know each other activities, Beach School and of course fun!
Yesterday we started our day off by playing a game of guess who by using clues about each other and creating a sneaker all about themselves. After break, we put our writing skills to the test by writing letters to each other before having a brain break using Just Dance.
Some of the children remember using the parachute to improve gross motor skills in Nursery and were very eager to try it out again. Of course we put a Year 5 spin on the game and the children had to dive under the parachute to find a number. They then needed to give a multiplication fact to match their number.
After lunch the children completed their self-portraits in the style of the illustrator Rob Biddulph before completing a team work task. The children were provided with a range of materials and challenged to build the tallest structure which could hold an apple for 10 seconds.
Hopefully the children had as much fun as I did and are excited for the year ahead!
Today Year Four enjoyed their third session of Beach School. We had some amazing rock pool finds, including crabs, starfish and sea anemones! What a morning!
This afternoon, our Key Stage Two children had the opportunity to showcase their outstanding athletic abilities. Well done to Red Team who won the overall afternoon and thank you to all of the grown-ups for the support and participation too.
Our Y6 children have been working hard behind the scenes writing to local businesses to try and secure some top prizes for our Summer Fair raffle. We would like to say a huge thank you to the businesses who have very kindly donated – your support is much appreciated! Please see the list below which details the exciting prizes which can be won!
– Ladies or Mens Liddesdale Barbour Jacket (choice of size and colour available)
– Admission to Tynemouth Aquarium for 4 people
– Admission to Adventure Valley for 2 adults and 2 children
– Family day pass from Washington Wetland Centre
– £70 gift voucher from Crystal Clear Ear Clinic
– £50 gift card for Up North Pizza
– Carvery Sunday Lunch (2 courses) for 2 people at Marina Vista
– Laser Tag game for 4 people
– Ocean Beach fun card with 10 credits
– £10 voucher for Scoop and Bean
– 2 cinema tickets for Cineworld
– Blow Dry from LuLu’s Hair Lounge
– £10 gift voucher from Expert Beauty Treatments
– Set of gel nails from North Hair and Beauty
– £10 gift card from Clipperz
– £5 gift card for Tutti Fruitti
In Year Four we have been making ‘slingshot’ cars. We built a wooden chassis and launch mechanism and then designed and assembled our own car body. The children have worked so hard and are very proud of their finished products. Now to test them out…….!