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Financial capabilities and Shopping

Posted April 18th, 2018

Our Mathematical focus is Financial Capabilty. Children have been introduced to and practised recognising coins. They are developing their understanding of the value of each. To practise we have a cake shop. Children are becoming more confident making amounts using 1 pennies and 2 pences. Some children can also use 5 pences and 10 pence coins.

Butterflies

Posted April 16th, 2018

Our caterpillars turned into butterflies.

On Monday we set our butterflies free. At first they were at little shy but they soon developed confidence and flew into the beautiful sunny day.

Travel Agents

Posted April 16th, 2018

We have a travel agents in our classroom. We realised that if we wanted to find out about our world we needed to travel around it!
Some children decided to recreate an aeroplane too. They made tickets and numbered each seat. The pilot said, ”Hello,” to everybody when they climbed up the stairs.

Around the World

Posted April 16th, 2018

This term our topic is ‘Around the World’, to introduce the topic the focus was great Britain, the children learned about our capital city, the royal family, traditional foods and culture.
During the week all children planned and made a sandwich for afternoon tea, as The Queen would enjoy it. They talked about healthy and ingredients that are usually for a treat. Then they recorded how they made the sandwich. Everybody enjoyed eating them!
Later in the week all children enjoyed a simple Morris Dancing lesson.

Everest Day

Posted March 29th, 2018

To show our support for Steve in his ‘Seven Summit Challenge’, Reid Street Primary School took part in a charity fundraising day. Wearing our climbing clothes and bobble hats, year 5 took part in lots of different tasks similar to what Steve and his team will face this year in their climb up Mount Everest.
We had to walk along a tightrope to represent the crevasses on the mountain. Afterwards, year 5 faced the challenge of carrying heavy mountain gear in rucksacks to represent the oxygen tanks and other vital supplies the Sherpas have to carry up and down the mountain. Our final challenge of the day was completing an obstacle course, climbing through each base camp until finally reaching the summit of Mount Everest!

The big PIE challenge

Posted March 28th, 2018

On the morning of the Big PIE (Primary Inspiration through Enterprise) Challenge, the pupils participated in two activities – one engineering based and the other coding. We were lucky to have two engineers assisting us. With the help of Lt Col Andy Black, who works at Catterick Garrison in the Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers, and Mr. Alley – the chair of governors, we successfully attempted the tasks set.
For the engineering activity, the pupils were required to build a small toy plane and then had to measure the distance the plane flew.

The children completed the coding task on a website called Coding Combat. During this, the children played a game which required the use of coding to get through each level. The challenge was to see how far each pupil could progress within the game in 30 minutes. Many children completed the levels and prizes were awarded.

Team work, creativity, resilience and perseverance were needed to complete the tasks and all children excelled at this.
“Students showed real qualities of success, determination, creativity and teamwork. It was a pleasure supporting the Big Pie Challenge and working with so many wonderful students at Reid Street.”
Lt Col Andy Black REME

Measuring Length

Posted March 22nd, 2018

We loved learning more about measuring length by making our own metre sticks. We will use them for our homework this week. Fantastic team work.

Dance Festival

Posted March 19th, 2018

Pupils from year 4 to year 6 took part in Darlington’s annual Dance Festival on Monday 19th March. They worked incredibly hard to rehearse a dance for this show and put on a great performance. On the morning of 19th March, the children took part in workshops at the Dolphin Centre where they learnt some moves to jazz and commercial music. Both children and staff thoroughly enjoyed the day.

Medieval Gingerbread

Posted March 16th, 2018

In small groups, the children worked together to make medieval gingerbread. They had to cut the crusts off the slices of bread, crumble the slices, add spices, warm honey and then stir this all together. Then, they pressed the mixture into a tray gently before putting it into the fridge. Some of the children helped with the washing up, serving the food and also cutting and preparing pears for the children to taste.

Year 5 and 6 Shakespeare Festival

Posted March 15th, 2018

On Thursday 15th and 16th March, year 5 and 6 pupils took part in the first Primary Shakespeare Festival at Polam Hall School. This was an amazing opportunity to work with children from other schools – Polam, Skerne Park and St.Mary’s Cockerton.

In the weeks leading up to the festival, the children studied Shakespeare’s play Macbeth. Each school was allocated a section of the play to perform, along with a choral chant and a song for the finale. The children worked incredibly hard to learn, and then perform, a very challenging script!

We spent the afternoons rehearsing at Polam, along with the other schools. On the evenings, the children performed on the stage to a large audience. Despite initial nerves, the children performed incredibly well! The whole experience was amazing and one the children will not forget.

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