We had a great week this week completing our sponsored events. Each class completed their own:
Nursery & Reception – a teddy toddle
Year 1 – 1 mile a day
Year 2 – a sponsored walk
Year 3 – a sponsored run
Year 4 – 100 minutes of skipping
Year 5 – how many balls can they catch (991 in total!)
Year 6 – a sponsored run
Look how much fun they had!
Year 5 and 6 completed the Hoops for Health roadshow with Newcastle Eagles recently. We learned about keeping ourselves healthy – both physically and mentally. We also took part in different basketball activities. It was a great afternoon and we all had lots of fun while learning.
Year Six worked with Little Inventors and Doggers Bank Wind Farm to create Making Waves Invention designs. We had to design a new way to travel across or have fun in the ocean but also be good for the planet by not using electricity or fuel. We thought about how the movement of the waves and sea vegetation could help our inventions to move. If one of our designs is chosen, it will be be brought to life by a team or artists and designers. We also created ocean tiles and prototypes of our designs. The designs may be featured on theĀ Little Inventors website.
Ross Storey from Northumbria Police visited year five and six this week and talked to us about staying safe online. We discussed the potential dangers of social media and Ross gave us strategies that we can use if something online makes us feel uncomfortable or unsafe. We also talked about deep fakes and the use of A.I. Hopefully with the information Ross gave us, we know what we can do to keep ourselves safe when we are online.
This half term, our different sport teams have competed in different tournaments. On Friday 7th Feb, our mixed football team competed in the Bart Rippon Cup at Washington Hub. They all played very well – player of the day was Joseph.
Our school netball team then competed at Temple Park on Tuesday 11th February, this was the first time the team played together outside of school and they were brilliant. The player of the day was Coby.
Lastly, our girls team competed in the Maria O’Doherty cup at Washington Hub on Monday 17th February, and they were great! The player of the day was Ava.
We are so proud of all the players and how well they represented Whitburn! Also a huge thank you to the staff from Start2Finish for their brilliant coaching.
Year Six are currently taking part in a regional maths competition and are pleased to share that on Monday, they won the daily competition by submitting the most correct answers. The competition runs until Friday and the childrenĀ are currently in second place overall. We are hoping that we can achieveĀ first place by the end of the week. ChildrenĀ can access the competition at school and at home using their Sumdog log-ins.
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