Larceny, arson and murder are just some of the crimes 6A were arrested for during our Crime and Punishment workshop on Thursday. Their ‘mug-shots’ were taken to be stored in the event of future crimes they may commit. As a punishment, they were set to a five-minute stint of ‘soft-labour’ – separating rope into the thinnest strands to make stuffing for mattresses. Some of them quite liked it!
Rehearsals have begun for our Year 6 Carol Concert, which will be held on the morning of Thursday 21st December (times to follow in a letter soon). The children have been busy learning some new carols using different singing arrangements. There has been a lot of interest in our solo singing parts – which may have to become duets as the standard of hopefuls is so high!
The children have also been writing the scrips and readings that will link our carols together and tell the story of the Nativity. It’s going to be another difficult task to choose whose work will be used.
This year’s anti-bullying week got off to a fantastic start with our school’s involvement in Odd Sock Day , organised by the Anti-bullying Alliance.
First, the children were involved in an assembly, where their views on how they are kept safe in school and suggestions for developing this further were taken into account.
After taking some ‘creative’ photographs of the vast array of children’s socks, we talked about being unique – All Different, All Equal.
We will be entering our photographs in an Odd Socks Day Competition on Twitter – we are proud to be All different and All Equal.
Year 6 Carol Concert will take place on Thursday 21st December at 10 a.m.
More details to follow.
Preparing Our Poppies
On Thursday 9th November, we will be having a Remembrance Day assembly for the whole school. In order to prepare for this, Year 6 have made poppies out of clay. They will join the poppies made by the rest of the school in our assembly.
All of Year 6 enjoyed moulding the clay and getting messy making the poppies, although it was a bit tricky smoothing out the edges and getting the leaves to stick. When they were dry (thanks to the underfloor heating) they were painted ready for display.
We hope you like them, they’ll be coming home soon!
This half term, Year 6 are learning all about Light in Science.
This week we have identified different light sources. We recognised that there are two different types of light:
Later in the week we have been learning about our eyes and how they help us see. We have labelled diagrams of the human eye and identified what each part does.
Our pupils control the amount of light we let into our eyes, we carried out a fun investigation where we closed our eyes for 30 seconds, then quickly looked in the mirror. We were amazed at how our pupils went small very quickly as there was too much light!
This half term we have been reading the novel “Goodnight Mister Tom” in our English lessons and in some of our Guided Reading lessons. The story is set during the Second World War. We have identified what we have learned from the book about different aspects of war during this time and we have conducted some research and made notes to help us write a non-chronological report.
Our reports will include information on:
Evacuation
Gas masks
Anderson shelters
Conscription
The Blackout
On Thursday 12th October, all of Year 6 went to South Shields Community Fire Station to take part in R.A.P. (Reducing Accidents at Play). The aim of the half-day visit was to give the children the skills and knowledge to deal with different situations they may encounter as they become more independent.
The morning was split into six short sessions, where different agencies showed the children scenarios and told them what to do if they found themselves or a friend in a similar situation.
The scenarios were given by:
The Coastguard – what to do and who to get help from in the sea or at the beach.
Nexus – the dangers of going on metro tracks.
Northern Gas Networks – what to do if you smell gas.
Electricity – the dangers of high voltage electricity and who to contact if you see a problem.
Road Safety – identifying different features that will keep you safe on the road.
School Nurses – dangers of drugs and alcohol.
Finally the firemen showed us what happens if you put water on a fire, and explained what we should do if we found a fire in our house.
All of the children had a great time and discovered lots of things they can do to keep them safe…I’m sure none of them will accept sweets from someone they don’t know now!
The success of Canny Friday continues as our School Council led project has received national recognition. The project, which involved the collection of 1213 cans for the South Tyneside Food Bank, has received a ‘highly commended’ rating in the national Speaker’s School Council Awards 2017. Well done to all of our School Council members who worked so hard to make such a difference to our local community.
The School Council were thrilled to visit the South Tyneside Food Bank last week. The trip, organised to celebrate the success of our ‘Canny Friday’ efforts, began with the children meeting the charity’s patron, Sir David Chapman. The School Council were keen to ask David and Maureen, a volunteer for Hospitality and Hope, about the difference that our donations had made to the lives of local community members. They were pleased to learn that almost all of our donations had already been placed into parcels and had been given to those in need.
After examining the contents of the food bank’s shelves, the children moved into another part of the building where they were surprised to find clothing, shoes, bedding and toys. Maureen explained that the charity were keen to support local families and individuals in a number of ways. The School Council could not believe their eyes when they discovered the soup kitchen, from which a variety of nutritious meals are served. The children enjoyed a drink and several snacks in the kitchen before returning to school.
