Today we celebrated the coronation of King Charles. Across the school the children have been finding out about King Charles and the history of coronations. We came to school dressed in red, white and blue then had our own coronation party!
The Harton Primary Puzzlers visited Harrogate Convention Centre on 22nd April for the 2022-23 First Lego League UK and Ireland national tournament. The theme this year was Superpowered and was centered around finding efficient ways to generate, store and transport energy. The Puzzlers took their Skipatron 5000 working prototype along, and had queues of children and adults waiting to have a turn! They were interviewed by TV presenter, Maddie Moate, who even had a turn and came second on the leaderboard after Mrs Ratcliffe!
During the robot game, the team scored their highest score of 245! Commentators noted how efficient the team were throughout the game. Maizie was even invited to join the commentators to discuss the team’s strategy for completing the missions.
Out of the 69 teams from across the UK and Ireland, The Puzzlers emerged as the top ranked team from the North East of England, securing an overall position of 15th place, based on: their innovation idea and presentation; display of core values throughout the day; and their score in the robot competition. They were also in second place for a special judge’s award as well as being in the top 20 for their innovation project and core values.
We are all so proud of Jacob, Ella, Seamus, Mia, Darcie, Maizie, Max and Ellis for being absolute superstars throughout the day. They were a true testament to Harton Primary School.
Congratulations to our Reader’s of the Month for April.
The theme for this month was being responsible. The staff looked carefully at the children who take good care of our books, library spaces and return their books regularly; taking responsbility for their own progress in reading.
A special mention goes to Sapphire and Harry from Y5 for making 2 years of progress on their STAR reading assessment this month.
An extra special mention to Jude in Y5 who has made PHENOMENAL progress of 4 years in his reading age. He now has a reading age of 15 years 6 months! WOW
We hope the children enjoy their new books. Keep up the hard work.
Year 5 have been learning about angles and how to measure angles using a protractor.
Amelie’s tip is “If the angle is an acute angle then it must be less than 90 degrees.”
Alfie’s tip is “The point of the angle should be at the cross of the protractor and a zero should be on the line.”
Ebony said, “When you’re measuring your angle, make sure you are precise and accurate by checking it.”
Well done to all of our Reader’s of the Month for March.
The children have impressed their teachers with their excellent effort in Reading and have made amazing progress and improvements.
A special mention to….
Stephen in Y3 who has improved his AR scores and now has an average of 93% in his quizzes.
Imogen from Y5 who has impressed her teacher with her wonderful attitude to reading by choosing challenging texts and pushing herself.
Lydia in Y2 for her perserverance in reading, she has made fantastic progress and her speedy reading has improved greatly this month!
Year 5 have been working this half term with coach Lauren from South Tyneside Gymnastics Club. We have been learning different balances including front and back balance, dish and arch, frog balance and head stands.
Congratulations to this term’s Half Millionaires and we have another Word Millionaire! What an achievement! Well done to Harry in Year 5.
The children are all aiming for the Word Millionaire award now and are excited to read lots over the Easter break too.
Check out some of our new books for our libraries. After the children identified that they would like more comics and graphic novels, more have been purchased for the children to enjoy.
Why not ask one of our librarians to help you find some?
Year 5 have been testing electrical conductors to find out which material conducted electricity the best. We tested foil cake tins, brass butterfly pins, metal paper clips, one penny coin and a stainless steel spoon. After lots of discussion, we decided the foil cake tin was the most efficient and made our bulb shine the brightest.
“When playing in the match I felt worried that the other team would win or score. When playing on the arena I felt nervous because the other team was over at our net all of the time. When watching the game I felt excited because it was a hard match and I wanted to know who would win. On the overall experience I felt happy that we had got so far but sad because we lost.” – Ria
On Friday the 17th of March, the Year 5 Hoops4Health finalists took part in a the finals at the Vertu Arena, before a Newcastle Eagles game.
They played against Forest View Primary School in front of their family (and some of the public) in the stands. They once again fought ferociously to a nil-nil draw, forcing a free-throw shoot out. However, unlike in the semis, Harton lost to a single basket – which resulting in them coming joint 3rd place with Cleadon Village.
“Playing in the match was really cool because people were watching and it was for the semi finals as well. Playing on the arena was harder because it was a bigger court. When watching the game, it was good because you got to chant a lot. The overall experience was really good even though we lost in the semi finals.” – Harley
The team enjoyed a free Newcastle Eagles basketball game with friends and family, and they got to once again go on the court for the medal ceremony.
“I felt quite nervous when playing the match. When we started playing it was ok I was quite confident then. When we were watching the game I loved it it was very interesting to watch and very exciting to experience it. Overall, IT WAS INCREDIBLE!!!!!!!” – Ella
