History
In History today, we have been learning about using sources to infer information. We’ve been looking at photos from the Blitz during World War 2 and trying to work out what information we can surmise from them, Afterwards, each group gave a short presentation about their thoughts and ideas.
Music
🥁 Feel the Rhythm! Y5 & Y6 Djembe Drumming Workshop 🎶
Today our dining hall was filled with the vibrant sounds of West African drumming! Year 5 and 6 took part in an exciting djembe drumming workshop, learning rhythms, beats and the joy of making music together.
It was a fantastic hands-on experience that got everyone moving, listening, and working as a team. Well done Year 5 and 6!
Beamish Museum
Stepping back in time at Beamish! The children took part in a fascinating evacuee workshop, learning what life was like during WWII.
After a lovely lunch in the park, we explored the historic town and the 1950s village—so much to see and do, we could have had another day there!
We finished the day with some well-earned fun in the park. A brilliant day full of learning, laughter, and memories!
Art
Our Art unit this half term was ‘Exploring Identity’ and we used the work of Mike Barrett, a digital and visual artist from Yorkshire, as inspiration to create our own portrait pictures. The idea was to use different media to create texture and layers within the work and to incorporate hidden features that makes you need to look closely.
Communications
Team Morpurgo have had some visitors in today teaching them all about different types of communication. They have been learning the phonetic alphabet, morse code, different types of radio wave communication and have also experienced communicating with people in different counties. They even got the chance to make a communication device of their own to take home.
RE.
We took a trip to St Catherine’s church to learn about the Easter Journey. In RE we have been learning all about rituals and how people celebrate events in their religion.
World Book Day
Team Morpurgo have some great costumes for World Book Day. We have enjoyed activities all day based around reading and books. They then joined Team Cherry around the campfire for some s’mores.
Flat Stanley First Aid
Today, we’ve had some First Aid training and Team Morpurgo have learned about treating nosebleeds and burns, how to help someone who is choking, how to assess an unconscious casualty and how to give CPR and use a defibrillator.
Maths
In Maths we have been learning all about algebra. Today, we have been using cubes and multilingual to represent algebraic expressions.
Science
In Science we have looked at what happens to light when it passes through a medium. Where the angle of the light or the speed of the light alters as it passes through water. We learned this is called refraction.
PE – Gymnastics
In gymnastics, we’ve practised key shapes, balances, jumps and rolls and the children have started putting together sequences of these to perform to the class.
Knife Crime Workshop
Last week, we had a very interesting workshop about knife crime with Graham Tomaszko. The children took part in some role play and watched videos with people talking about how they’ve been affected by knife crime. The children were very sensible in their discussions around such a serious subject.
Police Cadets
Year 5 have had an interesting time working with Durham Police. They’ve been finding out more about the role of the police and how to be a good citizen.
Athletics Festival
We had a fantastic time at the Athletics Festival today and had lots of firsts and second places in various events. More importantly though, we were very proud of the children’s behaviour, attitudes and sporting values. They really were a credit to themselves and to the school and should all be extremely proud of themselves.
Author/Illustrator Visitor
This morning we have had author and illustrator, Liz Million, in to do an assembly and workshop. Team Morpurgo had an amazing time learning some drawing tips and having a go at doing drawings of our own. Lots of potential illustrators in our class, I think!
Careers
Today we have been having a career conversation with Jenny Meadows, who is an Olympic sports coach. It’s really interesting for the children to be able to see a wide range of jobs that could be available to them and what they might need to do in order to get there.
Celebrating 150 Years
To celebrate our school being 150 years old we had some visitors come in to deliver workshops from Beamish Museum. We could all dress up in clothes from the Victorian era. This afternoon, we have been studying some historical primary sources – the old admissions books, punishment book and letters and photos dating back 150 years. The children have enjoyed looking up family members, checking what people were punished for and reading the headteachers’ diaries.
French
This afternoon, in French, we have made a presentation about ourselves with lots of facts about us as individuals. We used our knowledge of the French language, dictionaries and a translate app to help us.
DT
In DT today we have been investigating how to strengthen T joints and thinking about what materials are best used to create a strong join. We marked the joints on how neat they looked and we measured how strong they were by how long it took me to try and pull them apart. Evie and Robyn won the strength challenge as I couldn’t take their joint apart at all. Well done, girls!
