As we come to the end of another school year, it’s time to reflect on all the fantastic things that Willows have done this half term.
Willows have continued to enjoy learning all about the Romans and have created a wonderful wall display showcasing some of their work.
Connected to their topic of the Romans, the children have been studying mosaics and have designed and created some of their own.
Our book for English this half term has been The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis. The children have loved finding out about the world of Narnia!
In their science lessons, the children have been learning about light. In order to explore how shadows are made the children used torches and their hands to create shadow puppets in the shape of different animals. Can you tell what they are?
This half term has been extremely busy and exciting for Sycamores!
We continued our Ancient Greek history topic by visiting the Great North Museum (Hancock) in Newcastle where we saw lots of genuine artefacts found by historians and archaeologists. Afterwards, we played in Exhibition Park and ate delicious ice creams!
As part of our history learning, we invited our parents in for a “Greek afternoon” where we tasted many different Greek foods including: feta cheese, olives and bread with oil. We even made olive leaf crowns, like the ancient Olympians would have worn if they won a race.
We also visited The Word in South Shields as part of our computing work. We programmed new games using Scratch. We learned lots and it was great fun!
In science, we carried out an experiment to test friction. We compared lots of different materials to see which allowed a weight to slide across it the easiest. We discovered that the rougher the material, the more resistance it created.
At the end of term, we filled our marble jar and as a reward we played board games and had ice cream with a choice of a wide variety of toppings.
Check out our photos below to see what we have been up to…
Plums and Oaks enjoyed some integration time playing hide and seek in the long grass and sliding down the hill.
Summer for Youth with South Tyneside Youth Service
The activities are open to all young people aged 10+ and are in addition to our normal Open Access evening youth sessions (which will continue over the holiday period-timetable attached).
All sessions are free to attend, however some require booking due to limited spaces.
Further activities may be added, so please visit South Tyneside Youth Service facebook page where any updates will be posted.
In this half term the children have explored at the beach project. The children have learnt about the animals that live in the sea and they have find out about seas and oceans. The children have learnt about animals that live in rock pools and on the seashore. The children have explored the importance of looking after the environment to keep living things safe.
The children have explored stories that focus on the beach, animals that live in the sea and sea voyages. The stories that we have read include; Lucy and Tom at the Seaside, Who’s Hiding at the Seaside, Tiddler, Commotion in the Ocean, Somebody Swallowed Stanley and Pirates Love Underpants. In phonics the children have continued to learn Phase 2 and Phase 3 sounds. The children have been working very hard with their handwriting practice.
In maths the children have been playing lots of mathematical games which include counting, scoring and turn taking. The children have also completed lots of addition and subtraction questions. They have also used part part whole models to understand number bonds to five.
The children have had lots of fun exploring in the sand and water pits. The children have had lots of fun moulding the sand to make their own sandcastles. The children loved exploring the rock pools and identifying animals that live there. The children also learnt about looking after the environment and were able to sort whether objects were supposed to be in the sea or not. The children had an amazing time making boats out of junk modelling and then tested their boats to see if they would sink or float.
This half term in Acorns has absolutely flown by! We can’t believe that Year 1 are ready to move on to their new adventure in Year 2, whilst Reception have been helping to make our new Fellgate pupils feel welcome during their transition sessions.
Here are just a few snippets of what we have been getting up to over the last few weeks.
Making sandwiches for our strawberry tea
Fun at our strawberry tea, in memory of our colleague Alison Thompson
Minibeast hunting
In DT, our topic was ‘Chop, Slice and Mash’. First we tasted some ready made sandwiches, then we shared our ideas about our own likes and dislikes. We used various kitchen tools to chop, slice, mash and grate, and then designed our ideal sandwich.
We created our sandwiches and taste-tested them, sharing them with other children in school. Then we said what we would change next time. It was so much fun!
Our half-termly parent/carer activity. We created portraits of each other.
In the last week of term we said a final goodbye to our buddies in Year 6 (Oaks), with personalised cards and ice pops. We wish them luck in their new schools!
Every day has been a new challenge and all of the class team are super proud of each and every one of our Reception and Year 1 children. We can’t wait to see what September brings!
This half term we have completed our ‘Britain at War’ topic by focusing on World War 2. We have looked at the nations involved in Geography and in our History lessons we have focused on weaponry, the Battle of Britain and learnt about Anne Frank. We also enjoyed playing a WW2 board game altogether and we designed our own WW2 aircraft copying the styles of ones that existed in the past and had a competition to see who’s travelled the furthest!
To complete our topic we had a brilliant visit to Victoria Tunnel, an old air raid shelter in Newcastle, we experienced the sound of the siren and the darkness of the blackout. We also had a visit to the war exhibition in the Discovery museum and experienced the Red Arrows simulator where we got to feel what it was like to zoom in the sky and do loop de loops!
We have focused a lot on transition this half term and thought about our futures in PSHE lessons. We made our own stress balls to help us keep calm if we ever feel anxious about transition. We even had some visitors in class.. our own tadpoles that we watched turn into froglets, once they turned into froglets we gave each one a name…
We have also had some fun in the sun, enjoying water fights, picnics in the fields and we enjoyed an ice cream from the ice cream van as a year 6 treat. In our last week we spent some time reflecting on our memories and enjoying time together playing games and even making our own pizzas!
