Y5 were able to transport everyone to the wonderful world of Oz recently for their Carnival performance. They danced their way towards the Emerald City ,accompanied by a medley of songs - from the uptempo 'Follow The Yellow Brickroad,' the heart rending 'If I Only Had A Brain,' through to the uplifting finale 'Merry Old Land Of Oz.' Well done everyone!
What fabulous red shoes !
Y5 and Y6 pupils have thoroughly enjoyed their Superhero topic recently. It culminated in a Cape making competition in which parents were invited to assist - as side kicks of course ! In addition, pupils had to submit a comic strip design on A3 card as part of their homework - with the winning entry to be recreated as a mural within school on a much grander scale by a local artist. Needless to say with such a prize at stake the competition was fierce !
CONGRATULATIONS TO LAURA & HER CREATION 'BULLET BOY!'
Y5 and Y6 performed brilliantly during a recent tag rugby tournament held at Joseph Swann School organised by Gateshead Thunder. Both teams came in the top three of the tournament narrowly missing out on playing each other in the final by the slimmest of margins - 1 try. Y6 as runners up progress to the regional finals held at Gateshead Stadium. Miss Sykes was extremely proud of both teams as they demonstrated excellent sportsmanship - a big thankyou to the Captains who were master tacticians - William & Lewis !
We had a brilliant time during Eco week recently. Y1 and Y2 created amazing robots from materials that could be recycled whilst Y5 created models that represented global warming which they demonstrated to the rest of the school in assemblies.
The school also enjoyed listening to Y5's songs about Climate Change throughout the week.
We had a great last day of term - with activities all linked to the forthcoming Royal Wedding. Y5 plotted the course of the wedding procession using grid references in maths - we'll be able to recognise some of the land marks mentioned as the big event unfolds - I wonder how many you know ?
Y5 experienced the true horror of Victorian schooldays recently . They really dressed for the occassion and were quite shocked by how strict lessons could be. A big thank you to Mr Noble for organising such a fun event.
Y5 were certainly afraid of the cane - they were on their best behaviour !
Check out Y5's fab rock star moves - they're definitely cooler than ice ! We're enjoying working with Mr Robinson from Heworth Grange at the moment - making a CD to promote the need to do more about climate change. Each group has their own unique style and we look forward to showcasing their talents in the future.
Well done to all pupils and staff for their efforts in this years boiled egg competition.
Take a look at the winners - we are sure you will see why they won!!
Huge congratulations go to Abbie from Y5 who has recently won a prestigious competition organised by Nexus. The task was to use ICT to design a new 'pop' card - a 'smart card' that encourages people to use public transport more frequently. She beat over 200 entries from the region and won a fantastic I Pod touch along with £350 of free travel for the school.This is a super way for us to encourage people to reduce their carbon emissions and consequently address the climate change issue.
A group of Y5 pupils were extremely lucky to be chosen to represent White Mere at a Showcase at the MetroCentre recently. Thomas Hepburn Secondary School organised the event to mark the importance of Science and Engineering focusing on the theme of Communication. It was a great way for us to demonstrate the electric cars we had made, along with promoting the message about the global impact of Climate Change, in advance of National Climate Week.
Whilst there, pupils had great fun - learning about DNA using strawberries, using light to investigate morse code and writing secret messages using lemon juice and tealights.
Miss Sykes was extremely proud of them - their behaviour was exemplary and it was great to see so many parents visiting the event also !
Y5 have enjoyed their 'Changing State' topic , which culminated in an action packed day doing fabulous experiments. We are lucky that Doc - a Science expert is keen to visit us so much and brings fantastic resources to help us do lots of practical work. Y5 investigated what would happen if jelly babies were roasted, how salt could be separated from water and how chocolate changes when it melts.
Congratulations go to Jack and Alex for winning the White Mere X Factor ! They sang sensationally without musical backing I might add - showing great confidence and professionalism. The standard was so high in Y5 with lots of people keen to join in. Stars of the future - I wonder what Simon Cowell would think ?
Y5 have been investigating the nets of 3D shapes recently using polygon. Can you believe that they made a dodecahedron, icosahedrons and hexagonal pyramids to name but a few !
They were certainly up to the challenge - well done.
Y5 have been studying the impact of carbon emissions and how the world climate is being affected. They decided to design and make energy efficient cars - powered either by batteries or solar power. A big thank you to Doc who came in to help them with the project - great fun was had by all! Their work will be displayed at the MetroCentre at a Super Science Showcase in March to celebrate National Engineering Week.
4 intrepid Y5 pupils took part in the Legorobotics competition at Heworth CLC recently. They did brilliantly,as it was the first time they had ever programmed a robot to follow a set of instructions. They demonstrated super sportsmanship and were a credit to White Mere. 'Bob' ,as they named their robot , will certainly be missed !
Our school will be featuring in 'The Evening Chronicle' on Thursday 17th February. Y5's have certainly been busy as budding reporters and have thoroughly enjoyed the experience. Get ready to learn about all the exciting things happening throughout school at the moment.
Y5 and Y6 worked together to solve a very complicated maths challenge recently - involving rabbits and rabbit hutches ! A huge congratulations go to Aaron for being the quickest come up with the solution. Well done to everyone - fantastic problemsolving. Some pupils have even given the problem to their parents to solve - Good Luck and no cheating!
Y5 and Y6 have been comparing and contrasting religions around the world. The classes were invited to St. Andrews church where they learnt about the key features of a church as explained by Father Allan. Later in the week Y5 researched Islam while Y6 studied Sikhism.
Y5 are thoroughly enjoying studying the 'Wonders of the World' as part of the creative curriculum. Groups have researched the following : Great Barrier Reef, Taj Mahal, Grand Canyon , Great Pyramid of Giza and Great Wall of China.
They have produced some fantastic booklets full of fascinating facts and group information posters.
I would just like to say a huge, huge, huge thank you to Y5 pupils and parents, for my wonderful 'wedding' surprise this morning! My gifts, cards and balloons were absolutely lovely and I am so touched by the thought, it was a gorgeous surprise and has made me even more excited to get married!Thanks for making my last school day as
Miss. Mcdonald so, so lovely!! I hope you all have a fantastic holiday and I can't wait to fill my new honeymoon album with lots of pics!
Thanks again! See you all in September!
Love Miss. McDonald soon to be Mrs. Hutchinson! Woo hoo!
Me and my girls, in my Minnie Mouse hen doo veil!
The School Newspaper Club have rolled out the very first issue of W. M. Express - an exciting new newspaper packed with gossip, class information, reviews, sport, puzzles and even a comic. I would like to thank Ryan, Olivia, Ross, Zoe, Ellie, Kate, Katherine, Beth, Milly and Lewis for their very hard work on getting our first issue to press and I am really looking forward to the new ideas they have for the next issue.
A huge congatulations and big thank you to our fantastic swim team, for their excellent efforts representing our school at the Felling, swimming gala last Thursday! It was a fun and exciting night, as our girls swam to victory, winning 3rd place overall, out of the fourteen schools taking part!
There was also individual success as Amy Kyle from Y5 won silver in the 25m breaststroke and Rachael Dodds Y5 won bronze in the 25m backstroke. Well done!
Thanks again to our super swim team, who were...
Rachael Dodds Y5, Amy Kyle Y5, Sophie List Y5, Georgia Durham Y5, Laura Kelly Y5, Lauryn Slater Y5, Leianne Reay Y5 and Zoe Forster Y6!
Y5 had a fabulous day dressed as their favourite book character for world book day!
They even had a new teacher 'Miss. Honey' for the day!
In the Autumn Term Y5 had a fun packed and interesting day learning even more about the Romans, when we visited Arbeia Roman Fort in South Shields. We spent the day exploring the Roman ruins, forts and reconstructions. We were also archaeologists for the day, digging for Roman artefacts!
We even found a human skull in our dig!
In literacy we have been studying recount texts. For our final piece of writing we wrote our own news report on the horrific Haiti earthquake. To begin with we researched information about the earthquake using the internet and watching news reports. We also watched and read news reports to investigate the key features needed in this type of writing!
Come and read our reports!
On Wednesday 3rd March, Year 5 were chefs for the morning and had a fabulous time learning how to cook a healthy and extremely tasty meal! Cooking for life chef Nick taught Y5 pupils how to prepare and cook a chicken stir-fry safely. You can still smell the food now!! Yum Yum!!
Chefs at the ready!!!