Reception have been taking part in the RSPB Big School’s Birdwatch throughout the month of January. We have been mixing bird cakes, threading and hanging bird feeders and using binoculars to spot and count how many different birds we can see when at Forest School. We have seen seagulls, pigeons, blackbirds, robins and blue tits!
This morning Reception attended the Temple Park Superhero Mega Sport event. We took part in many different superhero games across the morning incorporating lots of different fundamental skills. Our highlight was definitely seeing Batman!
We have been busy getting creative hand making Christmas cards for this year’s Age Concern Christmas Appeal. They were collected on Monday and will soon be delivered to members of our Community. We hope they bring plenty of Christmas joy!
Class 10 and 11 walked to Boldon Colliery memorial this week to pay our respects and lay down our poppy wreath. We loved seeing the many poppies attached to the lampposts on the way and looking at the many wreaths that had already been laid on Remembrance Sunday from different members of the community. We now have a better understanding of Remembrance Day and the significance of the poppy.
The Arts council had the extremely hard job of judging this year’s pumpkin carving competition. One of our favourite Hedworth Lane traditions. The designs get more and more creative each year and never ceases to amaze us!
Thank you and a big well done to everybody for their spooky efforts. An extra big well done to our 11 class winners too.
The Arts council had the very difficult job of selecting a winner from each class for this year’s pumpkin carving competition. One of our favourite Hedworth Lane traditions!
The designs get more and more creative each year! Well done everyone for your efforts and ban extra well done to the 11 winners.
Reception collected carrots that have been growing in Forest School to make a lovely Autumn carrot soup. They really impressed us with their sensible cutting skills. The soup was lovely to warm us up on a chilly Autumn morning.
We had a lovely walk around Boldon to look for signs of Autumn. We found lots of beautiful coloured leaves of all shapes and sizes.
As part of their ‘Shade and Shelter’ topic, Class 9 have been building hedgehog houses in Forest School using natural materials they have foraged themselves. They had to make sure that their home was built in a safe place, it needed to be secure and strong and protect the hedgehog from all weathers. Everybody showed amazing team working skills and were determined to keep improving their design to match the design criteria. Fantastic attention to detail and brilliant resilience when faced with set backs.
