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Please see link below for a leaflet from the South Tyneside SEND team with updates for schools and families about changes to provision for children with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities locally.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1uNfESyOF3nwoZVSWvzRM25CsrHCOElEQ/view?usp=drive_link
Year 4 were very excited to take part in an assembly with MP for South Shields, Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck. Mrs Lewell-Buck told us about her job as a member of parliament and explained why she loves representing South Shields. The children asked some fantastic questions about her work and offered suggestions about ways to improve South Shields, including having more recycle bins around the town.
During Design and Technology, we have been investigating methods used to transport water. In Ancient Egypt (and in some places today) shadufs were used to transport water from rivers to fields in order to water crops. Technology Tom helped us to make water wheels, which we were able to test out. We were great problem solvers too!
In our geography topic, Comparing Whitby and South Shields, we’ve been thinking about features found at the coast. We’ve also been discussing if they are physical or human features. We visited Marsden Beach and had a great time with Sandra and Laura from Tides of Change, who told us all about the features found there. We also discussed the impact of littering on coastal habitats. We’ve been learning a lot about the human impact on habitats in our science lessons.
Expressing ourselves and interacting online can be fun – but only if it’s safe for everyone 
The social networking platform Amino offers opportunities to exchange views on countless hobbies and interests … but its lack of age verification represents an obvious risk for younger users 
With inappropriate content, the possibility of messages from strangers and rewards for repeated daily usage front and centre among the potential dangers that parents and carers should know about, this week’s #WakeUpWednesday guide gives Amino the acid test.
A sprawling online discussion forum with incentives for checking in each day and the facility to follow certain users, Amino bears comparison to Reddit – but with an added sprinkle of Snapchat and a Twitter twist. It may not be radically original, but’s proving popular: there are now more than a million communities of fans exchanging views on topics from anime to zombies.
The concept is to recreate the passion and excitement of live conventions in the online world: from behind their screens and keyboards, however, not everyone behaves as well as they might in person. From hurtful comments to age-inappropriate images and predatory messaging, our #WakeUpWednesday guide highlights some potential hazards to protect young users from.
Please see link below to information about the South Tyneside summer holiday activities and food programme. This is free of charge to families in receipt of benefits-related free school meals:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1KYtqGPDnNgLc40YxkSvnMbXQoW2BTnDF/view?usp=drive_link
Once again we got the chance to celebrate all the fantastic reading achievements at our school. This month staff were asked to look out for readers who ‘set a good example’ and found it extremely hard to choose just one fantastic pupil from each class!
The children chosen this month have impressed us with their effort, performance and progress in reading.
Special shoutouts for:
Rori in Y1 who has returned her reading book every single week this year!
Isla In Y2 for a super effort in reading lessons and working really well with her partner.
Ava in Y5F for reading 6 books in a week and scoring over 96% on her quizes each time.
Daniel in Y5 for challenging himself in school and at home when reading.
Well done everyone. We hope you enjoy your prizes and keep up the hard work!
Year 6 were lucky enough to have an another visit from a fantastic artist, Jane Lee McCracken.
Jane is a very talented Artist; Designer & Founder/CEO of ‘Drawing for the Planet’. She worked with our children on their drawings of Ugandan animals and discussed how a lot of the animals are either endangered or extinct.
Using coloured Biros only, the children selected an image and drew their own version of the animal.
The work the children produced was AMAZING and Jane is in the process of scanning and returning their pieces. Some of their work will even be displayed in Jane’s collection.
The children have used their non-chronological report about the Ancient Maya to create a podcast – demonstrating their speaking skills to show expression.
Working in groups, they decided on their roles (hosts, experts, professors, priests) and came up with a podcast name to suit the style of show.
After spending a lesson editing out (most of) their mistakes; adding music and sound effects; and altering the volume of different tracks of audio; the children completed their podcasts.
So please listen and enjoy.
Fantastic Facts – Jaycob H, Jack P, India F, Theo R and Riley H
History’s Mysteries – Ruben B, Ben W, Holly B, Sienna D and Eve R
Maya Disappear – Ava M, Scarlett B, Nathan P, Lillie Mae C and Eoghan C
Mysterious History Show – Sapphire M, Isla H, Ava P, Alfie J and Harrison H
After a week of work, the children have competed in their STEM week competition. They delivered their presentations to a panel of judges – including the Economic Inclusion and Career Development Coordinator for South Tyneside, a representative from the National Centre for Computing Education and the deputy head, Mr Donnelly. The children came back from presentations full of energy and enthusiasm. Their ideas got feedback such as ‘that’ll be tough to top’ and ‘this could work in the school yard to create energy’.
They have also took part in 3 robot games – which involved running their code to complete as many tasks as possible to score the highest amount of points. There have been some jumping with excitement and some hands covering faces in disappointment – but with some amendments and improvements, fun was had by all.
The semi-finals of the robot game took place in the afternoon (after an impromptu quarter finals because of a 7-way tie for 4th place), with the 6 top scoring teams competing in a knock out. The top 3 teams went through to the finals to compete for the robot game trophy.
To end the day, the children enjoyed the trophy ceremony. Each of the winning teams received a trophy and were celebrated by their peers in the sports hall.
The winners were:
Robot Design – Brick-otatoes (6F)
Core Values – Game Changers (6T)
Innovation Project – Brainiacs (6A)
Judges’ Award – Super Septuplets (6A)
Robot Game – Rotten Robots (6T)
Champions Awards (and overall winner of the week) – Energetic Energy (5L)
Based on the output of work, dedication to coding and overall enthusiasm from the children this week, the staff would like to think that STEM week was a roaring success!
