Y5/6 had their road safety workshop this morning. They were reminded about the designated safe places to cross the road and where they can cross if there are no safe places near by. These reminders were also partnered with the importance of the green cross code and how to stay safe when cycling.
For forest school, Year 6 drew upon some of their geographical skills to design their own map of the nature garden. We thought about scale, how we could use contour lines on our maps, as well as designing our own key and creating grid references.
Y6 had a wonderful time visiting Northumbria University today.
The children took part in an interactive English escape room, code breaking activities and had a tour of the city campus. They gathered an understanding what university life is like and what options they have when they leave comprehensive school and if they choose to go to college.
A huge thank you to Lucy (our child of achievement) and her family for representing St Oswald’s at the remembrance church service and for laying the St Oswald’s wreath at the war memorial in Hebburn yesterday! Thank you Lucy.
Y6 loved their workshop with Natwest!
Year 6 visited Jarrow Library yesterday morning. The children explored the library and found a book they can read for pleasure. They also enjoyed reading alongside their friends or reading independently.
Y6 had a great time learning with Mr Robert, who helped us start creating our own websites. He showed the class how to create headers, change fonts and themes, add separate pages and how to link pages using buttons. Y6 are using their knowledge about the slave trade to create their websites.
Y6 loved their maths and history workshop today! We learned about the importance of mental maths through the mathematician, Thomas Fuller, who was a black slave in the 18th century known for having lightning quick mental maths skills.
During the workshop, we completed our own mental maths calculations and developed our understanding of how to become a mathematician like Thomas Fuller, developing our disciplinary knowledge of maths.
Year 6 spent the afternoon in the nature garden thinking about some of our Movers and Shakers. We focused on Marie Curie in line with National Science Week, and Martin Luther King for Black History Month, who are our Science and History Movers and Shakers.
On Monday afternoon, reception paired up with their buddies in Y6 for RE. We were looking at God’s Wonderful World. We went on a nature walk around the nature garden and collected some different autumnal objects. We then took a photograph of one wonder that awed us. We had a gorgeous afternoon with our buddies.
