Year 3 have been working super hard on their art skills. We have been painting, sketching, mixing colours and using water and paint to create washes. All of our art work has been based on our topic of Rainforests. The children have been working and using their skills to create a final piece of art work inspired by our artist, Henri Rousseau. We are impressed with how well the children have been working in Year 3 and cannot wait to see the final pieces of artwork that they have created!
Year 3 have made a terrific start to Farm Club!
Each week we clean out the chicken and duck coop then fill it with lovely fresh straw.
We love to pick the fresh produce that we have grown in our very own allottment then feed these treats to our lovely chickens and ducks.
We love learning about growing food and caring for our animals !
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.
As part of our local area study, Year 3 went on a walk of Hedworth to find the physical and human features. We used our map skills to follow a route and then when back in the classroom, we added the features found on our own map and key.
We made lovley community links with Calf Close residential home last year when pupils from our choir visited the residents to sing Christmas songs.
This year the children participated in the Hearts for Home project. Each child designed a heart with a personal message of kindness or Seasons greeting!
Today members of our school council, delivered the hearts to our friends and wished them a Happy Christmas!
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.
As part of our Stone Age topic, the children first decided to make a Paleolithic, Mesolithic or Neolithic home. They thought carefully about the materials that they would need and drew their design, concentrating on the features that would be evident in each home. They then worked collaboratively to make their home using lots of techniques and working efficiently with each. We were over the moon with their creative attempts.
The children in Year 3 were transported back in time to the Stone Age where they took on the role of a ‘Hunter Gatherer’. They used joining techniques to make a stick frame to represent when the hunters used to stretch the animal skin. Next they went on a woodland walk, looking for foods to gather, and then made a stone axe to practise their hunting skills. They also used the charcoal from the fire to complete some cave art.
Year 3 and 4 gave the most amazing, spell bounding performance of Gabriel’s Big Break. Cllr Alan Smith, who attended the performance, on behalf of the governing board, was speechless, he told everyone it was the best show that he had ever seen!
Our newly elected school council from Valley View and Hedworthfield were welcomed by the Deputy Mayor for a tour of the Town Hall in South Shields this week.
The children learned about the history of the Town Hall, they created their own school crest, they participated in a very challenging question time and took a vote on whether to ban homework or not !
It was a great visit, our school council were amazing ambassadors for our schools.
Thank you so much to the Town Hall staff, Deputy Mayor and Councillors who made us feel so welcome.
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