This week class 6 have been investigating cam mechanisms in DT. Today we made our very own mechanism and used our critical thinking and teamwork skills to build the model with no instructions using only a premade model as a reference. As you can see they all did an amazing job!
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Today we had a visit from the staff at Dogs Trust. We were told our “ABCS” to help us understand dog behaviour.
A = Affection
B = Busy
C = Choice
S = Signals
We found out that you have to make sure you share the right type of affection when your dog is not busy and always give them a choice to leave, watching their signals to know if the dog is happy or not. We took part in role plays to act out different situations where you would interact with your dog to see if we followed the ABCS.
As part of our work to keep children safe, we invited the Dogs’ Trust into school. Each class had a special session where they learned about different aspects of being a dog’s best friend, how to spot signs dogs don’t want to play and how important it is to look after dogs. A great time was had by all!
Class 7 have been building shelters big and small over the past few weeks. Last week they made shelters for wildlife that might visit our Forest School site. They were very proud that their shelters survived the recent storm and couldn’t wait to see if they’re homes had had any visitors. This week they were challenged to make an outdoor play den. Miss Roberts was so impressed with their teamwork and problem solving. They also found some time to dig for treasure on the digging hill before the end of the day.
Our Autumn Term Attendance Dot Shop is in full swing this morning. Thanks to all of the School Council for their suggestions and to the Y6 Attendance Team who organised and ran it.
Our Year 6 children enjoyed games, dancing and fun at the Christmas Disco last night. They all had a wonderful time!
Our Reception children did an amazing performance of “The Snowman at Sunset” last week. All of the grown ups thought they did a great job – there was singing, dancing and acting too! Well done everyone!
Hedworth Lane have once again supported Age Concern Tyneside South (ACTS) with their Christmas campaign for 2023. Many classes have been busy making Christmas cards over the last few weeks for Age Concern to distribute across the borough. We hope we have managed to bring a smile to many people within our community. Here are just a few pictures of our children busy at work.
Year 5 and 6 completed a Geography field trip this morning linked to their work on settlements. From their observations of land use, the children decided that our school is in a town. Fab work and behaviour from the children.
