Year 4 have thoroughly enjoyed reading Roald Dahl’s book ‘The Witches’. We even read the playscript version and practiced reading with actions, expression and intonation. The children were then inspired to convert an extract from the story into a scene of the play. They used interesting lines of dialogue as well as detailed stage directions. Here are a small selection of some of the performances.
Y4R create Puppet Pals on the Ipads from Julie Hogg on Vimeo.
Y4R have been using an app on the ipads called Puppet Pals, in order to help them practice their French Speaking and Listening. Working in pairs, the children rehearsed their parts, integrating new vocabulary with sentence structures they were already familiar with. Their pronunciations are magnifique!
Quelle heure est-il, madame?
Il est cinq heures et demie.
Year Three visited The Baptist Tabernacle on Friday 22nd of January 2016, a second Church, to compare the similarities and differences between it and The Holy Rosary Catholic Church from 15th of January. Here we see the children looking at the how people are baptized.
Baptist Tabernacle
Thursday 17th December saw the last Carol Concert by the current Year 6. As Miss Chipchase reminded parents, it only seems like five minutes since they were performing ‘Oops – A- Daisy Angel’ in their Reception classes. This time the script was written by the children themselves. and told the story of the Nativity through letters and news broadcasts.
The concert was held at Harton Methodist Church, which added to the magic of the occasion, and we give thanks to Reverend Debbie for allowing us to continue our community links with this church. It was well attended by parents and the children performed very professionally. Every word could be heard and the singing was ‘angelic’.
Merry Christmas from all the staff and pupils in year 6.
Since the beginning of the Autumn term we have had Ian McKone, a ukulele teacher from the Sage Gateshead, come into our class every Wednesday to teach us how to play the Ukuleles.
Classroom lessons
Classroom lessons
Classroom lessons
Classroom lessons
On the 16th of December we put a gig on for our parents to showcase the songs we learned this term.
Performing our gig for the parents!
Performing our gig for the parents!
Performing our gig for the parents!
Our set list consisted of:
“Day-O (The Banana Boat Song)” by Harry Belafonte
“Hound Dog” by Elvis Presley
“Three Little Birds” by Bob Marley
And the festive favourite to end the Christmas term “Jingle Bells”
If you were unable to attend the performance, or you are just a ukulele enthusiast, we are happy to post a video of our performance.
Three Little Birds from J Hogg on Vimeo.
Y1V had gone down to a special Year 5 assembly. Imagine their shock when they returned to class to see that a little visitor had been a bit naughty when they were out!
Maybe this little elf won’t be getting any Christmas presents from Santa this year?
For ‘World Christmas Day’ all of year 4 took a trip to France for the day. The children engaged in a range of activities including writing a letter in French, learning French songs, researching information about France using the internet, making calendars in the style of a French painter and most importantly they got to taste traditional French food.
Did you know that……
Ask someone in year 4 what we found out!
Strong smelly cheese!!mmm
We tried a lot of French food.
I hope someone in France gets my letter!
Our letters are going to France!
We can write in French.
Year 3 celebrated World Christmas Day by looking at Russian Christmas customs. They learnt some Russian words, facts about Russia, the story of Baboushka, made Russian nesting dolls and even tried some traditional Russian Christmas food.
On Wednesday 9th December, some year 1 and year 2 children entered a gymnastics competition at South Tyneside Gymnastics Centre. We all had lots of fun. If your child is interested in gymnastics, mixed sessions run Monday-Friday 4-5pm and 5-6pm at Temple Park Leisure Centre. Contact www.stgym.co.uk
