Joe has had lots of lovely family time this half term. Joe’s cousin Fleur had her 1st birthday and Auntie Gemma had her 40th so there’s been PLENTY of cake 
We have also been to Druridge bay park and beach, out for bike rides, climbing with friends and another visit to the NELSAM museum to see the aeroplanes!
Year 5 had a fab time at the Hancock Museum learning all about the Greeks, before half term. We began by completing a gallery explorer kit where we used the resources in the museum to support our research. We then listened to a Greek myth and worked together to match up mythological creatures to their descriptions. Finally, we took part in a ‘fighting forces’ workshop where we learned all about Hoplite soldiers and even managed to try on some Greek fighting equipment!
Within History, Year 2 have been using some very tricky vocabulary, linked to our History topic, Magnificent Monarchs. We spent time exploring our own definitions of words such as chronology, sovereign, century and hierarchy. Although we found it a challenge we kept going and were all really motivated. Well done Year 2!
On Thursday 25th May, Year 2 enjoyed their worship which was all about Pentecost. We talked about what the Holy Spirit might be and made links to our work in RE. The children really enjoyed working in teams to order the events in the Pentecost story.
Today Year 4 invited their pen pals over to St Oswald’s for an afternoon together. As part of our current topic Ancient Civilisations, we looked at Sumerian inventions and what they were used for. We then went on to recreate some of these inventions ourselves with clay!
What a fantastic night we had last night at our Forest and Chicken and Duck Club! Always a firm favourite when we have a night of marshmallow toasting and sitting around the campfire…we even had Miss Topping, Mr Barron and Mr Richardson pop across to join in the fun!
Year 3 made the most of a sunny day to observe and track the movement of shadows. This was for a science experiment from their topic on light and shadows. However they soon realised that their prior learning of magnets and forces also came in handy when writing up their observations. Well done Y3 
Year 1 enjoyed their computing scavenger hunt!
Year 5 have been looking at making collages with Miss Dixon as part of their art topic Mixed Media. We have looked at using different materials and resources to create our designs.
