World Book Day
Every year we celebrate significant events in the UK. World Book Day celebrates literature and promotes reading. We all dress up as our favourite book characters. Can you recognise who we are?
Year 6 pupils enjoy a break from hard maths sums to try on their Y6 Hoodies. It is a tradition at school to allow our Y6 pupils the opportunity to enjoy this particular ‘rights of passage’ for their time remaining at Hedworth Lane School…. now back to that hard maths!
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- Year 6 together!
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- 2020!
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- …back to maths!
Local Children’s Author David Waugh’s Visit
We were fortunate enough to receive a visit today from a fantastic local author – David Waugh. David spent the morning with children from Years 5 and 6 who thoroughly enjoyed their time with him. They read excerpts and did activities based on several of David’s books: Lottie’s Run, Twins?, Girls Can’t Play Football, Jessica’s World and Jack and the Roof Thieves and more. Well done Years 5 and 6 for a super morning which has motivated us all to pick up a book or two and get reading and special thanks to David for his time and inspiration!
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- Our Class with David Waugh
Keeping Safe from Danger in our Home and Environment
On Monday 13th January pupils from Year 6 visited Safety Works in Newcastle. At Safety Works, young people and community groups can experience a range of interactive safety scenarios in impressive, true-to-life settings, helping them learn how to prevent danger and live safely. The children learnt about keeping safe when travelling by metro, fire safety, criminal responsibility, basic first aid and how to respond if they suspect a gas leak.
‘Safety Works is a multi-agency interactive safety centre serving the community of Tyne and Wear. Safety Works provides an innovative learning experience. Visitors can take part in realistic situations illustrating everyday hazards and how to prevent them. The realistic scenarios in Safety Works creates an immersive learning experience.’ (Gateshead Council)
Good Manners Are Free…
or at least worth a ‘slap-up’ meal at a nearby restaurant as a treat!
12 children, ranging from 7 years to 11 years accompanied Mr Gill, our Head Teacher, to one of our local restaurants as a treat for having good manners in our school hall at lunchtime. Our super well-mannered pupils demonstrated their great behaviour in public and enjoyed a fab meal to boot!
The LEGO League Final!
Our LEGO League Squad headed off to NISSAN for an early shift (they left at 8a.m.!) to compete in the LEGO League Final with Mrs Randle and their coach, Mrs Thompson. Mrs Thompson said, “I couldn’t be any prouder of the team, as I was today. They rose to every challenge and gave their hearts and souls to each task. They were amazing!”
Unfortunately, we didn’t win any trophies this time. We were competing against 24 other schools and despite the fact that we couldn’t have asked our Squad to do anymore, and despite the children really giving it their all, it just wasn’t meant to be.
The behaviour and attitude of the team throughout the day was impeccable. They really stood out against all the other teams there.
While our Lego journey has come to an end for this year, I’m sure the children would like to keep Lego club going in the new year if possible. It may be possible for other Year 5 pupils to join them.
Well done to our LEGO League Squad!
ALDI Sports Kit for Schools
We did it! Many thanks to the parents, pupils and staff who helped us fill our Aldi sticker chart. We have collected the magic ‘300’ to allow us to claim a free sports kit for our school. We are also in with a chance to win £20,000, so keep your fingers crossed. Stickers are continuing to come in so we are starting to fill a second chart. Let’s hope we can collect enough for a second- your continued support is much appreciated. Stickers will remain available up until the beginning of November so there is still plenty of time.
Our school Football Team are league champions this season.
Congratulations to the players and coaches. Well done everyone.
Hedworth Lane Girls Football Team top the league!
Here at Hedworth Lane we are immensely proud of our girls football team. Following in the boot-steps of the England national team, our very own ‘Lionesses’ are having amazing success.
We played our first fixture yesterday and won all matches with a virtual clean sheet, 1-0, 4-0, 2-0 and 3-1.
We eagerly await our next fixture on November 4th. GO TEAM HEDWORTH LANE!
Mind Your ‘P’s and Q’s (at Frankie & Benny’s)
Good Manners at Hedworth Lane School meal times are always expected. We keep out ‘outdoor voices’ for outside, we line up nicely, say ‘please and thank-you’, sit nicely to eat, never speak with our mouth full, try our best with our knife and fork and leave our area tidy.
When we are seen doing these things we get a sticker or if we are in Key Stage 2, we get our name on the board. At the end of term children whose names are on the board are randomly selected to accompany our Head Teacher, Mr Gill, to a local restaurant so we can show our good manners to everyone.
Today’s treat was delicious…
