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Centre for Life

Thu 19 May 2022

We visited the Centre for Life as part of our Space topic. We experienced what it would be like to be an astronaut, how they prepare for space travel and the food they eat. Did you know it takes nearly an hour to put on a space suit? We also went to Mission Control where we were able to control the Mars Rover!

Planetarium Visit

Thu 19 May 2022

Today we had a special visitor in our school from Cosmos Planetarium. We had the most unbelievable experience. We embarked on a journey to the moon with Buzz Aldrin, Michael Collins and Neil Armstrong, visited the Red Planet Mars, looking for signs of life and then we journeyed through space visiting the Milky Way and its many constellations.

Swimming sessions for children/young people with SEND and their families.

Wed 18 May 2022

We wanted to let you know about some exciting news.

Families have told us that they would like exclusive family swimming sessions for children/young people with SEND and their families. We are pleased to announce a new pilot is taking place starting this June and we are looking for families to take part that would be happy to provide some feedback on the sessions.

About the sessions:

There must be at least 1 child/young person aged 0-25years with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities attending
Sessions are free for the whole family, siblings are welcome
Sessions are taking place on Saturdays 1.30 – 2.30pm at Jarrow Community Pool and must be booked in advance (spaces are limited).
You will need to submit the family information form attached to the sendlocaloffer@southtyneside.gov.uk
These are family swimming sessions so you will need to be in the pool with your child/young person at all times.

*Please note these are not swimming lessons and there will not be staff in the pool to support your child

If you would like to take part, please complete the form attached and we will respond as quickly as possible regarding your booking.

Many thanks

South Tyneside SEND Local Offer

Telephone: (0191) 424 7778 / (0191) 424 7299

www.southtyneside.gov.uk/sendlocaloffer

Year 5 visit to The Urban Factory

Tue 17 May 2022

Some of the Year 5 children were invited to take part in taster sessions at the Urban Factory in Hebburn to try out Cheer Leading, Tumbling, Gymnastics and Parkour. We had an amazing time, but we all agreed that the Parkour was the best activity and we had great fun playing 'Night-time and Day-time', where we had to hide when the coach shouted 'Day Time'. If we were spotted, we had to go back to the beginning.

Platinum Jubilee Celebrations

Wed 11 May 2022

Wednesday 11^th May

Dear Parents/Carers,

I hope you all enjoyed the bank holiday weekend, as mentioned in last weeks newsletter here is some further information about our upcoming Platinum Jubilee Celebrations.

On Thursday May 26^th we would like to invite all parents and carers to join us for a whole school picnic, games and activities on our school field. The picnic will start at 2.15pm.The children will firstly come out onto the school yard to sing the National Anthem and then make their way onto the field. School will provide picnic food for the children and the Friends of Jarrow Cross will be providing refreshments for adults. The event will run until the end of the school day. We would encourage all children to wear red, white and blue that day!

Also during that final week of half term, the children will be taking part in many Jubilee based activities eg studying a country from the Commomwealth and creating portraits of the Queen. There will also be a Jubilee inspired School lunch on Wednesday 25^th May.

We hope you can come along and join us to celebrate this important event. If due to poor weather we are unable to hold the picnic on the school field, the event will take place in the children’s classrooms. Parents will however still be able to attend.

Have a good weekend,

Mrs McBeth

Year 5 Trip to the Openzone 4.5.22

Wed 04 May 2022

Year 5 had an amazing time at the Openzone learning how to use block coding. First we had to follow some very complicated instructions to make our Lego robots. (We were the first class to use a new Lego kit called Spike)

Using the Spike Lego Kit, we constructed a breakdancing robot. This needed 2 motors and several connections to the computer. We then programmed several dance moves and some music and then watched the show. It was great fun, but also needed a lot of perseverance.

We also used another Lego kit called WeDo. For this kit, we made a robot which could change colours, move backwards and forwards and also make sounds. All of this was achieved using block coding, where the instructions are clicked together, just like Lego. We learnt about the repeat tool and found this extremely handy.

In the afternoon, we used Sphero Balls. This again used block coding, but we could also control them via an app on the iPads using a control pad. Our final activity with them was a relay race! Phew. what a busy day we had!

Well done, everyone for a super day.

Year 1 Trip to the Openzone 3.5.22

Tue 03 May 2022

Year 1 had a great day at the Open Zone today! We followed
instructions to make birds with Lego and then we added a motor and
programmed the birds to dance!