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It is recycling week at Jarrow Cross. We have had a special visitor from Groundworks to work with each year group, reminding us of how important it is to Reduce, Reuse and Recycle.
Reception and Year 1 children made animal collages with recycled paper.
Year 2 reused household boxes and made the most amazing robots.
Year 3/4 took part in a litter pick and made a huge difference to our school grounds. We collected 12 bin liners full of plastic, keeping our wildlife and environment safe and clean.
Year 5 designed a cactus using recycled card. They were not allowed to use any tape or glue.
Year 6 reused old, torn books and made the most amazing origami models.
At Jarrow Cross we take democracy seriously.
We took part in an election to vote for a new member of school council to represent each class. Part of the role involves: organising projects, worships for whole school events and developing links with the local community.
Another role the new school council are taking on is becoming a 'health champion' for our school. They will work closely with the You, Me and the World lead to help organise events such as: mental health week, refugee week, anti-bullying and many others.
The names of the children who were elected were revealed in Friday's worship:
Y3/4 = Unzilah, Ted and Isla
Y5 = Amelia and Theo
Y6 = Charlotte and Ruby
Well Done!
Reception A enjoyed the Vex 123 activity this morning.
Today Year 5 and 6 had a visit from The Sea Cadets. They learnt all about the Sea Cadets and then competed in teams to make a seaworthy vessel that would be capable of carrying marbles. The winning team built a boat that could carry 57 marbles before it sank! The boat was named The Float, but I think the best name by far was called Tin-Tanic!
Some of Year 2 children had great fun at the cheerleading festival!
A big thank you to the Friends of Jarrow Cross for raising the funds for our new sensory corridor. All of the children are certainly enjoying using it!
Year 6 enjoyed working with Mr Nelson using the VEX IQ equipment today. The children used code to program their robots to recognise and move coloured blocks.
Last term the children were encouraged to apply to become Reading Ambassadors for our school.
These children wrote fantastic applications and were given the honour of being Jarrow Cross’ first Reading Ambassadors. Amongst other duties they will help choose and recommend books to use across the school. We can’t wait to see them hard at work!