On Thursday afternoon Year 4 visited Durham City Gymnastics club to take part in a carousel of fun gymnastics activities. We used the trampolines, the bouncing floor, bars and ropes to improve our skills! The children had a great time and enjoyed the opportunity to access the gymnastics equipment and watch a special demonstration by one of the gymnasts!
Tigers had a fun in the sun this morning when taking part in the school skipping project. We are going to work on our skipping skills during break and lunchtimes to help us to become skipping superstars!
Sophia's Time to Shine was all about her interest in Manga, which is a style of Japanese comic books. Sophia showed everyone how to draw eyes in a Manga style.
Well done Sophia, you've taught us lots about your hobby!
Tara wanted to tell us all about Kumon. It's an after school activity where you can go for extra learning in Maths and English.
Tara explained that she enjoys it because it sets her a challenge to move up a level in your learning. Well done, Tara!
We had a fantastic day at Hamsterley Forest carrying out orienteering activities, river fieldwork and den building. We used a compass and compass directions to find hidden treasures, used an orienteering map to locate control points, produced sketch maps, created a river bed profile by measuring depth across the width, calculated river velocity on the inside and outside of meander and even had time to construct dens. The sun shone and so did our superb geographical knowledge - well done, Tigers!
Anzor made and gave a fantastic presentation all about his many hobbies. We discovered that he's been playing the piano since he was six years old and tries to practise every day. He's performed in three concerts and he showed us a video clip of one performance. Anzor's other hobbies include chess, swimming, football and Taekwando. Well done, Anzor! You definitely make the most of your spare time!
Sam's Time to Shine
This week, Sam shared his fantastic knowledge about gemstones with us. We learnt all about their formation and different types that exist. We were also lucky enough to see some gemstones from Sam's personal collection - our class favourite was the Tiger's Eye! It was wonderful to see you speaking with such cofidenece and passion about your chosen subject. Thank you so much, Sam!
On Thursday Year 3 and 4 were transformed into Ancient Greek Gods, Goddesses and Soldiers for the day! We had great fun making a Greek Salad, taking part in a treasure hunt for mythical creatures, playing Ancient Greek Olympic sports, making a water clock and finally making an ancient Greek vase from clay. The children had a great time!
On Wednesday evening, 31 pupils from KS2 completed in the Durham Dash at Beamish Museum alongside 33 other schools! The children did amazingly well, with our school winning 4 medals!
Mohamed shared an interesting and detailed presentation all about his passion for football. He clearly loves this sport and has enjoyed many opportunities to play matches around the UK. Well done, Mohamed!
Year 3 & 4 had a great morning with Darren from SSP. We were shown how to throw the frisbee correctly.
This week Shan-E-Zahra told us all about Ramadan with the help of an interesting poster she had made herself at home. Finley helped by holding up the poster and Shan-E-Zahra explained exactly what happens during this time.
After using Jump Start Jonny’s online active burst routines for two years our school were so excited to welcome him IN PERSON on Thursday 14th March! He exercised tirelessly, with the whole school taking part in his dance routines and shouting out his famous catchphrase Whoopa! Check out our photos and short video clips and have a look at his website! What a fantastic morning of fitness!
Tigers class have been learning to play the recorder this half term with Mr Crinson from Durham Music Service.
Everyone has enjoyed practising the notes B , A and G while learning to play simple tunes.
Safer Internet Day 2024 took place on the 6th of February 2024, with celebrations and learning based around the theme ‘Inspiring change? Making a difference, managing influence and navigating change online’. This year the KS2 assembly focussed on change online, this included: Children’s perspective on new and emerging technology, using the internet to make change for the better, the changes children want to see online and the things that can influence and change the way children think, feel and act online and offline.
As part of Internet Safety Day, Tigers took part in a live session where students became digital detectives, exploring the exciting world of Artificial Intelligence and learning how to stay safe online. We even got a shout out on the live commentary feed. Can you spot it? https://www.bbc.co.uk/events/ejnv9r/live/crb6v2′
Robbie truly shone during his Time to Shine today. He shared with us his impressive knowledge of geodes using a PowerPoint Presentation he prepared in advance, gave a demonstration of how to break one open and kindly allowed everyone to take a closer look at his collection. Thank you for teaching us all something new today, Robbie!
Year 3 and 4 had great fun in Science working in pairs to create a magnetic maze game! After designing and sticking down our ‘lolly stick’ maze we used a paper clip and a magnet (underneath the card) to pull the magnetic object from the starting point to the finish line.
After some practise turns we timed each other to see who could move the paper clip, using the magnet, from start to finish the fastest!
In a recent history lesson, Tigers enjoyed taking part in a simulation activity to see how important trade was for Ancient Egypt to become powerful and how much it depended on being able to produce grain to feed its people and to export. We quickly learnt how dependent the Egyptians were on the success of the Nile flooding and that some years it was great, but other years it failed them.
On Friday 26th January Year 4 enjoyed a fantastic afternoon at New College, taking part in a wide variety of team-building activities. Children needed to have good communication and co-operation skills to enjoy success in each activity! Everyone showed excellent effort and enthusiasm while representing our school – well done Year 4!
Everyone has loved playing the recorder this half term. Children have learnt to play the notes B, A and G. They really enjoyed playing the ‘forbidden rhythm’ listening game!
Orangutans have been enjoying playing the recorder this half-term. They have learnt the notes B, A and G and can play short melodies.