As I am sure you know….England V Wales was a highlight last week and Marsden children were not willing to miss it.
The children came to school in their supporting colours and could probably be heard in the Village when the goals were scored. A great afternoon.
Lets just hope their luck continues….
Jake from Year 2 was so impressed with our chickens, he went home and decided they needed a better house.
Working with his Mam and Dad, he produced a chicken mansion, with it’s very own garage.
I feel a new career is ahead of him.
Miss Fyall and our netball team have had an amazing year, culminating in getting through to the South Tyneside final.
They had a great time and showed some promising talent.
WELL DONE
Our Reception and Nursery children put on an amazing assembly about ‘The Rainbow fish.’
They all spoke and sang beautifully, showing how grown up they have become.
Can’t wait to see their next performance.
On Friday we all had a tear in our eye when we said goodbye to our chicks.
The school has buzzed with excitement watching them come out of the eggs and start to grow.
We know they are going to a good home and look forward to seeing them again in a few months when they come back.
This year, Marsden’s Got Talent really showed just how much talent we have got.
Each class had so many entries and the judges had a touch job deciding on our winners.
But, they knew they had to make a decision and hopefully Marsden will show what they are capable against Whitburn Primary.
Keep your fingers crossed!!
This year our Year 5 and 6 children are working on an Engineer programme.
On Friday morning, we had parents and children in the school hall beginning their first challenge of making a bridge.
The morning was very successful and I know when we start to make the real models, we will do very well.
Thank you for the parents who supported and to Mr O’Brien for ‘project managing’ the day.
On Wednesday morning it was the juniors turn to ‘wake up’ before school.
We had a great turn out and as you can see from the children’s faces, they had a wonderful time.
When Year Five found out they would be learning about the Egyptians, the most popular request was to be able to have a pyramid building competition! Mrs Watson set the children the task of creating one over the holidays. They could use any materials and designs they wanted to and could ask friends and family members to help. The only rule was to have fun!
“My pyramid is unique, with an entrance at the front. The mask of the pharaoh is buried inside.”
My pyramid is actually a game called ‘Giza Golf’! The game is, if you answer a question correctly, you get to have one go. It’s made out of cardboard, painted, and is decorated with paint pens.”
“I made the pyramid out of Jenga. I made 5 sections – the top section and the four sections which make the body of the pyramid. I built each section up and stuck all of the sections together with wood glue.”
“I stuck the sugar cubes to some card then shook sand on to it. I made some Egyptian symbols and stuck them on. After that, I used blue card to represent the River Nile.”
“My pyramid cake is made of sponge and cream and chocolate icing. It went a bit disastrous and in the middle there is lots of treasure – Smarties!”
“My pyramid is made of biscuit and is glued together with white chocolate. We lined the edges up with chocolate fingers. It took over 3 hours!”
“First, I walked to the Grotto. Secondly, I tried to find sand, shells, wood and rope. After that, I cut the cardboard up and stuck it together.”
“My pyramid is made out of cardboard covered in paper. All of the accessories inside were made by old, recycled things.”
“I made a Lego pyramid which took 3 hours to put together!”
“First I cut the base then covered it in glue. After I made the pyramid, I covered it in sand.”
“I first made a bamboo frame and used wallpaper to cover it. I painted it with cement. It is like a big hat!”
“My pyramid is made out of cardboard but there is a twist ……. It opens out into Egyptian Cluedo! I painted it yellow and brown on the outside and I stuck yellow card on the inside. It took me four days!”
“I made a pyramid cake. It was just a normal sponge cake and then I made the icing which gave the pyramid more shape. Once the cake was on the car4d, I stuck the brown sugar on the rest of the board and it looked more like the desert.”
“First I got some cardboard and stuck the triangles together and put 1p and 2p coins on.”
“I cut three triangles out of cardboard and glued all three pieces together so it turned into a pyramid. Then I PVA glued the outside of the cardboard then put some sand on the PVA glue and waited for it to dry.”
“Me and Lucy C worked together to build two pyramids out of pasta and cardboard. We made the Nile, a cat and an Egyptian. Inside the pyramid we put Osiris, Isis and Tutankhamen’s tomb.”
“My pyramid was made from white chocolate and underneath the chocolate was cardboard. I put chocolate fingers on the side so that it wouldn’t look boring.”
“What I did to make the pyramid was I made a square and folded it into a box and kept repeating but each time I made the box smaller and smaller. Then, I painted the pyramid with bronze acrylic paint.”
“First, I found some old Lego and put it together. I struggled to put the top in because it fell in the middle. At the end it worked out. Next, I added some treasure.”
“My pyramid is made of different coloured cake mix with Malteasers, marshmallows and Haribos. For the sand I used biscuit crumbs.”
“My pyramid is made out of chocolate. I worked with my mam to make it. To make it, we made a mould and melted the chocolate and filled the mould up.”
“My pyramid is made out of cardboard and sand. It took me four days to finish my project. I first made a small pyramid, then a bigger one and then an even bigger one. After that, I glued my pyramid and covered it in sand.”
We are amazed by how much effort has been put in. Here are the results of their hard work ……
Year 1 have spent all term learning about pirates and what they do.
To bring the unit to a close they decided to have a special ‘Pirate Day.’
The children AND staff all looked amazing and had some outstanding outfits.
During the day we:
We had a lovely day the children loved it and all looked fantastic.
Pirate costume winners were Jack and Erin.
