Whole School STEM Building Project

1st December 2022Cathryn Henderson

Over the last two days, every child from Reception to Year 6 has taken part in a STEM project.in collaboration with the KAPLA workshop team. They have learned how to work as a team and shown resilience and engagement with the process in order to complete their final build.

We have built ski villages, giraffes, houses, crocodiles, boats and so much more! The wooden bricks needed to be carefully placed to make different shapes that would stand tall. There was no glue, no fixing mechanisms, just pure determination and a methodical, systematic approach.

We are so proud of what we managed to achieve together! A massive thank you to all of those parents and adults that helped our children enjoy an amazing learning experience.

School Council Bake Sale

29th November 2022Cathryn Henderson

The school council decided that they would like to buy some resources for our chilckens and ducks.

In assembley they launched the idea of a bake sale to the whole school. Each member of the student council explained why they loved our animals so much and how important they were to everyone in school.

The children made 300 cakes and dedicated some of their lunch break to sell them to the rest of the school.

Everyone loved their cake and Wow!!! we raised £75.93. The next decision is what to buy!!

Language Unit 1 Autumn Term Learning

15th November 2022Cathryn Henderson

Language Unit 1 has had a brilliant start to the year. In Maths we have done lots of work around place value working practically with concrete resources before moving towards more abstract methods.

       

In English we have looked at labels, lists and captions and even had a visit from the Highway Rat who stole lots of our classroom labels! We also created our own rhyming poems, thinking carefully about rhyming strings. We even performed our own creations to each other.

As part of our Geography topic we took a look around our local area – picking out human and physical features and seeing if we could spot any local landmarks. We then had to use a compass to help find our way back to school.

 

 

In RE we learned all about Hanukkah and even recreated the celebration. We coloured a menorah, made a dreidel, cooked potato latkes and even ate delicious donuts.

 

When learning about IT in our computing lesson, we imitated a till considering the advantages and disadvantages of technology and later in the unit discussed how to use IT responsibly and having ‘a balanced digital diet’ using the Digital 5 a day.

 

We even had time to squeeze in a Harvest assembly. We spoke confidently in front of an audience, remembered and performed songs and most importantly had a brilliant time!

 

Remembrance Day

14th November 2022Cathryn Henderson

Representing Hedworthfield Primary some of our school councillors, attended the Remembrance Day Ceremony at Monkton Cenotaph.

Members of the student council presented a wreath, on behalf of the school and displayed some art work, that the chilkdren had produced to show their respect.

Hedworthfield Student Council 2022-2023

27th September 2022Cathryn Henderson

The children have taken part in class elections. They wrote a manifesto and presented their ideas to their classmates. We discussed the UK voting system and British values before attending our very own Polling Station to vote.

The successful candidates were announced by our special guests Cllr G Kilgour and Cllr J Potts.

Well done everyone!

 

Kindness in the Community

18th June 2021Cathryn Henderson

Today our School Councillors acted as Ambassors of our school when they visited Calf Close Home to present some gifts and well wishes to the residents.

 

 

Remembrance 2020

11th November 2020Cathryn Henderson

Children from Valley View and Hedworthfield Primary Schools produced some stunning art work to commerate Remembrance Day 2020.

The art work was placed at the Cenotaph in Monkton Village.

We will remember them.

Beach School

23rd October 2020Cathryn Henderson

ARB1 Children made their school very proud today by doing a litter pick on our local beach. As a reward the children then went searching for hidden treasures!