As a hook into our ‘instruction writing’ topic, the children made their very own jam sandwiches. Now that they have made them for themselves, they are able to give instructions to other people to tell them how to do it too! It was also delicious!
Today we have had Mrs Walmsley come into school to answer some questions about what life was like in Southwick in the past. She showed us some lovely pictures and answered some of our questions about school, homes and shops. Thank you Mrs Walmsley!
Year 4 have been enjoying their PE sessions and have started to learn the rules of hockey and fundamental skills. They can’t wait to start playing some matches!
We have been investigating the book ‘The Day the Crayons Quit’ and discussing the different feelings the characters could have. We used speaking listening and drama to show how the characters would walk and speak to other characters. We thought about what would the character’s eyebrows look like if they were angry or surprised and lots of other feelings. Take a look at some
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We were very lucky to have Professor Debs from the University of Sunderland to come and deliver a very exciting assembly to us. We talked about (and seen inside) the human body and explored some of the different bones and muscles. We got ourselves up and moving to give our bodies a stretch and our muscles a work out!
Year 2 have worked together in groups to investigate the features and landmarks of the countries in The United Kingdom. We looked at a variety of physical and human features and had to match them to the correct country, using the information provided. Here is our lovely work!
This afternoon KS1 visited the Thompson park to celebrate the end of an amazing year! We loved the swings, slides and climbing equipment. Look at how much fun we all had! When we returned to school it was just in time to get ice cream or lolly. They were super yummy!!
Lorraine Belford came in to do Zumba! We were great movers and really enjoyed it!
Miss Hetherington showed us the dance to Revolting Children from Matilda and we had an amazing time learning it!
We have had so much fun at the beach. We went on rock hunts, practiced our balancing skills making rock towers, learnt about fire safety toasting marshmallows and even dipped our toes in the sea. Take a look at us in action.