On Friday the school football team took part in the at the Washington Hub. The standard of football on display was superb as was the way the team supported and backed each other up.
Today we had a special assembly to mark to 80th Anniversary of D-Day. The children discovered what D-Day was and why it was so important. They also found out about men from South Shields who played a role in D-Day. They heard stories from the book ‘Their Finest Hour’ by Terry Ford. Terry has been working with Oxford University and the South Shields Local History Group to collect stories of ‘South Shields Heroes from World War II’. The children enjoyed listening to some of these fantastic stories!
“Once you learn to read, you will be forever free.” — Frederick Douglass.
This school year has started with some fantastic reading achievements and we could not wait to celebrate our Readers of the month. Staff looked out for the children who go above and beyond to read in school and at home. Their effort in reading has not gone unnoticed and we are so proud of them.
Special mentions to:
- Freyja in Y2 for reading her red tricky words well with Mrs Jay.
- Lewis In Y3 who has made a super effort to quiz independetly when using AR.
- Charlotte in Y5 who reads every single night and has already achieved her AR target!
Well done to everyone. We hope you enjoy your prizes!
It’s a description of encryption proscription! 
The world’s most popular instant messaging service, WhatsApp has been appearing in the headlines even more often than usual recently over its opposition to aspects of the UK government’s Online Safety Bill 
Encrypting messages to protect users’ privacy has undeniable merit, but it also poses obvious risks – especially to young people. Updated to reflect the newest version of WhatsApp, today’s #WakeUpWednesday guide brings trusted adults the latest essential info.
WhatsApp is the most widely used messaging platform on the planet, with over two billion users (forecast to become three billion by 2025), across more than 180 countries. The majority of those people (70%) open the app at least once a day – but what exactly are they seeing? Contact from strangers, fake news and convincing scams are all among the service’s well-documented hazards.
According to Ofcom, WhatsApp is used by more than half of 3- to 17-year-olds in the UK (including one in three from the 8–11 bracket), despite its 16+ age restriction. If your child hops onto WhatsApp to stay in touch with friends or family, our updated #WakeUpWednesday guide to the service contains the key details you’ll need to support them in doing it safely.
Year Three student council members had the opportunity to visit the town hall. We learned about democracy and sat in on an election hustings where candidates tried to convince us to vote for them. We discussed the impact our votes would have on the local community- for example one candidate said they would listen to all constituents and advocate for them. One candidate wanted to build a new swimming pool! After this we voted, waited as the votes were counted and welcomed the new prime minister of Staryland! We even met the mayor and had our picture taken with her. It was a great morning and we now have a much better understanding of democracy and the impact this has on our community.
The children at Harton Primary School have been celebrating their positive attributes as part of a whole school art project. They drew a self-portrait and thought carefully about a positive word to describe themselves, there were some brilliant ideas and fantastic drawings.
The children were able to recognise their best qualities and the things that they like about themselves, helping them to reach their full potential. We were so impressed with how much they celebrate their own achievements and it was so lovely to see how proud of themselves they are.
Tomorrow morning at 10am the Year 2 teachers are going to login to google classroom and read a story with their class. We have sent home your child’s google classroom login within the packs of work.
We have previously logged onto google classroom with the children in school but this is the first time using the meeting feature, this is a trial run so please bear with us!
The joining instructions are below, we hope to see you tomorrow:
Hello everyone, we hope you’re all doing well.
Today’s learning:
Phonics
We’d like you to look at o-e phone home. This sound has been sent home already so you can read the words and look at the sound card. There’s also a video to support your learning:
As an extra challenge, try writing down the o-e words. Don’t forget to use Fred fingers to help you sound words out.
English
For English, we would like you to complete the activities on pages 4 and 5 which focus on noun phrases. This is building on yesterday’s work about nouns and adjectives. We have also used noun phrases in school when writing setting and character descriptions.
Maths
Today’s activities on pages 4 and 5 are further practice using a number line to add and subtract.
United against bullying
The theme for this year’s anti-bullying week is United Against Bullying. Watch the video to find out more information.
In your learning pack there is a jigsaw piece for you to write a pledge, something you will do to help stop bullying. On the jigsaw piece write your sentence which could be:
My class chooses to unite against bullying/name calling/bullying so I will…
Then explain what you will do play your part such as treating everyone with respect or tell a teacher if you hear someone saying something unkind.
You can then decorate your puzzle piece to make it stand out.
We love seeing the work you have been doing so remember to send it in to [email protected].
Year 1 had an amazing time creating these brilliant pieces of art, taking inspiration from artist Rodney McCoubrey who recycles found objects to create quirky and interesting pieces.
They used beads, sweet wrappers, packaging, wire and wool to create these fantastic fish!
As we approach summer, we look back upon these strange 4 months we’ve had, at all of the amazing things you have done while staying safe.
We hope you have enjoyed these, continue to stay safe over the summer and we hope to see you again in the autumn.
