Way of Learning First Anniversary

16th May 2022N Noble

We were thrilled to be asked to attend the service to celebrate the 1st Anniversary for The Way of Learning which is part of the Northern Saints Trails.  Year 6 produced a banner inspired by what learning means to them.  Nine representatives went to the service which included visiting stations around the church to offer prayers based on family, community, the wider world, our school and journeys.

 

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Year 3’s Winter Gardens visit!

16th May 2022Rachel Grewcock

On Friday, Year 3 visited Sunderland Museum and Winter Gardens. We visited as part of our science learning. This half term, our science focus has been all about plants! At the Winter Gardens, we had the opportunity to explore the gardens and take part in a workshop where we learned all about the process of pollination and seed dispersal. We even had the opportunity to plant too! It was so much fun! Take a look at what we got up to…

Year 4 Fun At The Word

10th May 2022Lisa Simanis

We have had an amazing time at The Word. Last week the children used non fiction texts to find interesting facts about The River Tyne and The River Don. The children were filmed reading their facts from an autocue. They were able to observe and ask questions about the media suite and how editing a film works.

The children also made their own animations using the app Stikbot. They used Lego to make the animations and were able to edit and add music and text via IMovie.

I was very proud of the children’s work, please have a look on our YouTube channel.

If your child has a Jarrow library card, they can use it at The Word too. The Word is much more than a library, with many free activities on to too.

Mrs Simanis

 

Buds Blossom @ Uni

29th April 2022Michelle Trotter

Today The Buds embarked on a research project at Newcastle University.  The children met with Dr Maarten where he explained what his job entails as a professor at the University.  The Buds were able to become students of their very own research project.  Dr Maarten had been out very early preparing for our arrival and brought back some earth for the children to analyse.  The children used pippets, petri dishes, tweezers and microscopes to carry out their research.  They found some amazing species under the microscope, recording their results as they went.  The children were taken around the university and into a real life laboratory.  They even went on their own expedition to find natural items of interest.

A special thank you to Paula Turner, Dr Maarten and all involved at Newcastle University for making a truly unforgettable experience for our children.

BUDS BLOSSSOM @ UNI

 

 

 

 

 

Connecting Schools To Nature

29th April 2022Michelle Trotter

In December 2021 Dunn Street were selected to become part of ‘Connecting Schools to Nature’ project with the British Ecological Society.  As part of the project some scientific research equipment was given to us to carry out our project.

The first part of the project took place in the Spring Term ‘Mammals’.  As part of the project we researched what mammals were, where we might find them and identified mammals that we would find in England.  The first part of the project involved setting up a camera trap, so that we could capture wildlife in our garden.  We then embarked on a mission to clean up our school and local area creating a mathematical challenge of how many pieces of litter we could find.  For this research project we used our litter pickers.  The Buds now fully understand the impact of litter in our world and understand that they can make a difference.

 

 

 

 

 

Year 6’s End of Term!

8th April 2022N Noble

Well done to everyone who made it to the end of term in one piece!!

We are super proud of raising over £50 as a class for the DEC appeal to support the people of Ukraine.

Thanks so much for your support this half-term. It was so good to see so many faces at Parents’ Evening and thanks to those who came to the SATs information session. I hope you found the shared document helpful.

Today’s homework presentations were varied and showed the pupils’ interests – what a range of heroes from The Queen to Mr Beast to Lewis Hamilton to Mr Taylor to Lady Diana to Eden Harvz to Nelson Mandela to Kerry Shepherd (nurse) to Amelia Earhart to Volodymyr Zelenskyy to Michael Jackson to Dhar Mann to Hugh Jeffries…

Finally, some of our decorated eggs and the winners are below –

Have a lovely Easter!