Harvest Festival
The harvest festival theme this year was land/water use in the UK linked to the food it produces. Mrs Rankin decided to base the harvest on different types of farming too. Each year group had a different topic. Year 4: Arable farming – crops of wheat etc. Year 1: Meadows – dairy herds. Year 6: Pastoral farming for meat. Year 2: Mountains – sheep for wool. Reception: Our seas – fish. Year 3: Our rivers – salmon, trout etc. Year 5: Marshland – lamb We all learned many interesting facts .The Gardening Club have also harvested their produce, which was grown at the plot donated to the school by Pierremont Methodist Church. As usual, we have collected food for King’s Church food bank which was greatly received. We, the P.I.E challenge team, went to ROF 59 to celebrate our victory on Thursday 18th October. It was brilliant!
Last term, we were crowned the most enterprising school in the North East so as a reward for our hard work Mrs Davison booked ROF 59. We all had lots of fun on the trampolines. We enjoyed playing dodge ball altogether - thankfully the score was even. Even the teachers joined in with us. The rope swing was a fun activity that most of us loved too. After all the bouncing and playing for an hour, we had an option of pizza or hotdogs for our tea. As well, we got to have some popcorn and chips. We all thought it was delicious! This was a great opportunity to celebrate our victory and we are looking forward to spending and investing more of our money. By Melissa McWhinnie and Abi Bright Y6 Today, KS1 and KS2 watched the play Dwaine's Dash - Love Your Drain. We learnt that only toilet paper, pee and poo goes down the loo! We sang a song and all learnt the actions. We also found out that wet wipes, cotton buds, nappies and other unflushables can cause great damage to the environment. The amount of unflushables sent down toilets each year is as high as Mount Everest. Dwaine Pipe also showed us things that shouldn't go down our sink and pipes. These included oil, grease and fat as these make a fat berg. Sometimes, these fat bergs can be as high as a double decker bus. For more information and games you can check out Northumbria Water’s website www.loveyourdrain.co.uk
This term’s book fair proved to be a very popular event and thanks to the support of pupils, parents and carers the school raised a total of £206 to spend on new reading material. Reading benefits all aspects of learning which is why we continue to hold this event twice a year. When the fair arrives in school pupils are given the chance to view the books on offer and it is always lovely to see them getting so excited about reading.
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