Year 3 had a fantastic day working with the visiting students from our sister school in China. We played some “Getting to know you” games, and tried to learn everyone’s names. Then we did some maths work, drawing Mystic Roses, we were very impressed with the care taken. This afternoon we designed and created friendship bracelets. A fun-packed day!
On Wednesday 22nd March, it was international Sing Up day. Schools across the globe celebrated by singing this year’s Sing Up anthem, ‘Let Love Shine Through’. We went one step further and had a singing afternoon!
We started off with a sing-song in the hall, singing some of our favourite songs. Some required pupils from different classes to sing different parts, all coming together in beautiful harmony, which the children coped tremendously well with.
We then sang this year’s anthem, which is all about the importance of understanding that everyone is different, and that is a good thing as it brings a rich diversity and eclectic mix to life. We filmed our singing efforts and sent it off to the Sing Up staff. Last year’s Bede Burn video was used as part of this year’s music video, sent to all schools using Sing Up, so we have high hopes that we will reach the same dizzy heights this year!
After that, the children moved around the school in classes, singing a song with each teacher all the way from Reception up to Year 6, before finally coming back together to surprise our parents and grandparents with a ‘flash mob’ at home time.
We really value opportunities like this when subjects such as music get a spotlight placed upon them, and children have a chance to develop and display their talents. Singing as part of a large group has also been shown to raise self-esteem in children and promote a happy atmosphere. There is something very inclusive and comforting in being one of over 200 voices, all working together to make a beautiful sound. And, of course, it was jolly good fun too…
Check out our gallery of super singers. Look out for the pictures of our staff, all mid-song!
Nicola Faulkner
Headteacher
Here at Bede Burn we had a fantastic time on World Book Day! Each child was given a choice of activities to join in with. All of our class teachers and myself chose a picture book that we love, to share with the children. We read it together and then did some linked activities, including drama, art and design. The children looked fabulous in their book costumes (as did the grownups) and we thoroughly enjoyed celebrating books.
Check out our full gallery using the drop-down menu.
Well done everyone!
Nicola Faulkner
Year 3 made a second visit of the year to the library in Jarrow. We had been invited by the librarians to come to celebrate story telling week. It was a lovely walk down into Jarrow as the sun was shining on us and it didn’t rain – always a worry when walking anywhere!
When we arrived the librarians sat us down and read two stories to us. The children behaved beautifully and listened attentively to both stories. We were then given a craft to complete about the worm in one of the stories.
The most exciting part of the trip for some, came next when we were given juice and biscuits, what could be better a story, a craft, the chance to pick new library books and then juice and biscuits.
I was incredibly proud of the children, they were excellent ambassadors for our school. Thanks also go out the parents who came with us,
Parents/Carers –
You may remember me writing to you all in the Autumn term, asking you to jot down words/phrases in response to a few questions (What we want the children to feel at school, what we valued, and so on).
I also asked all of the staff, Governors and the pupils the same questions, correlated the results and used everyone’s ideas to write our vision statement.
The result is a vision that is shared by everyone in our school community – we are all a part of it and can be proud to call it our vision of Bede Burn.
I hope you like it as much as I do!
Thank you for your contributions.
I’ve also uploaded our Classroom Code, which we designed in Autumn. It is displayed in all classrooms and explains our ethos of how we want our children to learn.
Nicola Faulkner
Headteacher
Reading club was fab today! We all chose a book that we thought looked interesting and shared the stories with our friends. We discussed what happened and even made some predictions about what we thought might happen next. We have some amazing readers in Year 2! We can’t wait for next week! Well done boys! 👍
Happy 2017!
Firstly, I would like to say a huge thank you for the lovely gifts and cards I received this Christmas. I was certainly very spoilt and I am very grateful.
This is an exciting term in Year 3, we are beginning a study of the development of the railways and in particular we will be finding out about the “Father of the Railways” himself… George Stephenson. A fascinating character and a local lad to be proud of!
Science will also provide a chance to explore as part of our study of Forces and magnets. We will be working on exploring questions and investigating using fair tests. Slightly worryingly, our work after February half term will be focusing on Plants. We will be finding out what plants need to grow and thrive… mainly not being anywhere near to the Year 3 teacher who has a very bad track record with growing anything successfully.
This is a very exciting term in our PE lessons, on a Wednesday we have a gymnastics coach coming in to work with us, then after half term in February we will begin to go swimming. I will be in touch to give you more details nearer to the time. The children are already full of excitement and looking forward to this new area of our curriculum.
Maths this term will include developing our skills in multiplying and dividing, exploring measures with a particular focus on time and finally the chance to extend our knowledge of fractions – no more asking who wants the biggest half!
I am particularly excited about our English work this term, we will be concentrating on two very special books, The Tin Forest and Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. Both books will allow us to create different types of writing from letters to narratives to instructions, we might even get to hear from Mr. Wonka himself!
As you can see a busy and exciting term. If you have any questions or want to discuss any issues please get in touch.
Thank you
A Lenney
Thank you to my amazing choir who performed with oomph and gusto everywhere they went!
Mrs N Faulkner
Thank you to the fabulous Mrs Peacock for, once again, knitting 21 Pudsey Bears! Children’s names were drawn out and the lucky winners are below. Thanks also to everyone who donated to this fabulous cause…as a school we raised an amazing £377.50!
