Year Six took part in the Mini Olympic games at Whickham School today. The children dressed in yellow and represented Brazil. There was a very special guest at the school...Dame Kelly Holmes! Some of the children were lucky enough to meet the double gold medallist, and she even joined in with the sport.
Read Dame Kelly's diary entry here:
http://www.doublegold.co.uk/nsscdiary
We had a 'Healthy Eating Day' in school on Tuesday 17th June. Lots of the children dressed up as pieces of healthy food, and there were also a lot of chefs! The classes were in involved in some fantastic activities to help promote a healthy lifestyle.
Year Six have been recording their own radio school news stories. Why don't you have a listen....
Year Six had an extremely active and enjoyable day at Whickham Thorns Centre on Tuesday. They were able to have a go at snow tubing, archery, climbing and a challenging assault course. The children's behaviour was excellent, and the good weather helped them have a fantastic time.
On Tuesday night at Winlaton Parish Church, fourteen of our Year 6 pupils were confirmed by the Bishop of Durham. They presented themselves with great credit on the night. Father Barry invites everyone to attend the 9.30am service on Sunday morning when the confirmed children from Parochial will receive their first Holy Communion.
Prior to the confirmation, Amy was baptised by Father Barry in school on Monday, watched by her parents and the Year Six children.
It's been an egg-citing week in Reception...nine eggs hatched, resulting in some extremely cute chicks! The eggs came from Bill Quay Farm, and the chicks (a rare breed) will be with us until the beginning of next week. They've fascinated the children, and some of them have drawn some great pictures.
Year 6 have worked extremely hard this week during their SATs tests - well done to you all! A special mention must go to Jack M, who persevered despite breaking his arm only two weeks ago, and to Amy, who had to struggle on whilst suffering from a virus. We look forward to the SATs results in July.
Harriet made a 'pinata' to celebrate the end of SATs, and the children thoroughly enjoyed whacking it until all of the sweets fell out!
Harriet and her pinata
Hitting the pinata!
Hurray! We've finished our SATs!
Fab Flourney visited school today and officially opened the new outdoor play area on a beautiful sunny morning. He was happy to answer the children's questions, before proudly cutting the yellow ribbon while the whole school watched.
Some children in Year 6 have created slideshows about their time in France. Regardez...
Children in Reception Class were sad to say good-bye to Mrs Walker but we all enjoyed a party with her before she left. We also sang her some special songs. Mrs Walker is going to come with us when we visit Whitehouse Farm next week.
Some of the children from Years 5 and 6 enjoyed a wonderful trip to France from 6 - 11 April, despite the extremely long journey to travel to the Chateau du Molay (19+hours!)...it was worth it!
Have a look at some photos of the trip in the Photo Gallery (France 2008 Album).
Excitement is building...
The following need to be sent into school for each child going to France no later than Wednesday 2 April :
* Code of Conduct
* Pupil Information Form
* E111
* Passport
Take a look at our accommodation, the Chateau du Molay: http://www.chateaudumolay.com
Whickham Parochial Musicians Concert - Thursday 3 April
Tickets are still available priced at £2.00 per adult and children free of charge if accompanied by an adult.
Dinner Money
Please note that dinner money is now £1.75 per day / £8.75 per week. Please ensure that the correct amount of money is sent into school on a Monday morning - cash is preferable.
Big Yellow Friday (14th March)
£224 was raised for the Children's Liver Disease Foundation. Many thanks for supporting this very worthwhile cause.
Summer Uniform
All children should return to school after the two week break (Monday 7 April until Friday 18 April) in summer uniform - polo shirts /summer dresses. Regarding the summer dresses, there is a delay in delivery and as a result the dresses will not arrive until week commencing Monday 7 April - apologies for the delay!
Year 6 spent an enjoyable morning at Shipley Art Gallery on Thursday 6th March. They looked at an exhibition called 'Blueprint' which featured photographic portraits of artists and designers.
Adam Bushnell's visit was very exciting,especially when he told us some stories.The best story was The Furry Burger. It was great when Adam brought in some costumes and told a story with some of my class about The Sockburn Worm. When Adam was telling the stories he told them with lots of enthusiasm. He also showed our class two ways to plan a story: 'The Big Fat Sweaty Handprint' and 'The Story Board'.
Rachel C Year 6
Adam Bushnell was very enthusiastic when he was telling his stories. He was also extremely funny. Adam's stories were interesting and slightly out of this world. My favourite story was the ghost story. The best part was when some of my class dressed up as characters from Beowolf and acted out the play. Adam also told us how to use many planning methods such as the story board and 'The Big Fat Sweaty Hand Method'.
Claudia Y6
Along with the other classes in Key Stage 2, the children in Year 6 thoroughly enjoyed working with storyteller, Adam Bushnell, on Monday and Tuesday. He was extremely entertaining and gave the class some fabulous ideas for planning and writing exciting stories.
Adam's special chair for storytelling
On the morning of Tuesday 29th January, Years 4, 5 and 6 had the privilege of meeting and talking to Rupert Soames, one of Winston Churchill's grandsons. Winston Churchill was one of the twentieth century's most famous and celebrated British Prime Ministers! Mrs Wales, mum of Lauren in Year 4 and employee of Rupert Soames, kindly organised the visit when she heard that Year 4 were learning about World War 2. We learnt many fascinating things about Winston Churchill including his fondness for cats - every cat he ever had he called it 'Mr Cat'!
The following photographs were taken on Monday 21st January...the children had a fun time playing in the snow!
Well done to all the Y6 (andY5) actors, after a great Christmas performance at St Mary's Church, Whickham!
As you will probably be aware we had our OFSTED inspection on Friday 7th Decenber. I would like to take this opportunity to thank parents for their support and words of encouragement. Unfortunately we are unable to share with you the outcomes of the inspection until we have official confirmation of the findings, this may take up to two weeks.
Year 5 had an awesome time at the Gateshead CLC on Friday 7th December.
Our tutor for the morning was very impressed with how we grasped the basic use of Computer Aided Design. By the end of the morning everyone had designed a 3D image of a water bottle, with some inventive results!
We hope to have a follow-up session later in the year....I wonder what we'll be designing then?
We would like to thank everyone for making our Christmas Fair such a HUGE success. With your help we raised a record breaking £2600!
Thank you to everyone who supported the fair by donating prizes, buying raffle tickets and attending on the day. Our next event is our Newcastle Eagles fundraising night at the Metro Radio Arena on Friday 8th February 2008. Tickets are £6 and available to purchase now.
Y5 had a very enjoyable and informative morning at the CLC last week. The 3D 'Magic Planet' was a superb way of learning about the planets in our solar system. We had SO many questions about Space!
We collected the fantastic total of 227 shoe boxes full of goodies for the Operation Chritsmas Child appeal. The school also raised £327 for the appeal, in addition to online donations. Well done and thank you!
Look at the amount of money we managed to raise for the NSPCC...one thousand five hundred and forty two pounds and twenty pence. A big thank you and well done to everyone for their efforts!
Classes have been learning about different countries around the world this week:
Reception: England
Year 1: India
Year 2: Italy
Year 3: France
Year 4: Japan
Year 5: Brazil
Year 6: Germany