Here’s the link to the news article about our digging day!
http://www.yorkpress.co.uk/education/10398013.Kirk_Hammerton_pupils_dig_for_treasure/
And the write-up that Steve from Bramble Archaeology added to his website:
http://www.bramblearchaeology.co.uk/index.php/news/83-digging-up-the-past-in-kirk-hammerton
Just a selection of photos from our days camping out at Kirk Hammerton and Staveley…
Pupils had the chance to dig up a bit of the school grounds when we were visited by Bramble Archaeologyhttp://www.bramblearchaeology.co.uk/index.php/news on Monday the 15th of April. Everyone was involved in the excavation of four 1 meter square test pits. The list of finds included various pieces of pottery, a few animal bones and lots of charcoal from the railway line.
Here’s the full article:
Tyne Trip Builds Links Between Schools
Children from a primary school partnership took part in a landmark trip studying ‘mega-structures’ in and around Gateshead and Newcastle last Wednesday 27th February. Years 2 – 6 from Kirk Hammerton C of E and Staveley Community Primary Schools were blessed with stunning weather for their educational experience which included visiting the Angel of the North, sketching bridges from the fifth floor of the Baltic Centre and a special tour of the workings of the Millennium Bridge.
Gateshead Metropolitan Council were also able to arrange a special opening of the unique tilting bridge and four lucky children were chosen to control the mechanism and give announcements over the loudspeakers to bridge pedestrians.
Teacher, Joe Cooper, said, “Our trip was designed to give pupils the chance to see large-scale structures of various kinds and that section of the Tyne has them in abundance.
“The children produced some fantastic artwork both during and after our visit and certainly learned about some of the problems facing engineers and town planners.”
Kirk Hammerton Year 6 pupil, Guy Jenkins, said: “I really enjoyed looking round the workings of the Millennium Bridge. Tony [bridge operator Tony Hauxwell] explained how the bridge opened in a way that was easy to understand and had a fun Geordie accent.”
Max Doswell, a Year 2 pupil from Staveley School said, “I got to press the button to make the bridge open. I was a bit nervous!”
Today should be the last day of installing our new wireless network, meaning we can use our brand new laptops from the laptop trolley wherever we want in the school.
Please note that due to the bad weather the school will be closing at 2pm (Monday 21st January 2013). Please keep checking emails, blog, website or phone the school to keep updated on tomorrow’s forecast. Thank you.
The class 2 children enjoyed doing some megastructure challenges during their first week back. They had to make the tallest structures
and longest bridges using drinking straws that they could.
The crisp winter light this week was lovely. Here are a couple of photos from around the playground this first week back…
Over the Christmas break we would like everyone to think about 2013 and New Year.
In no more than 200 words, write something creative and entertaining to win a great prize…
It could be:
- Your favourite way to celebrate new year
- How people in other countries celebrate new year
- What you would like to change about the world in 2013
- A short story set at new year (e.g. during a celebration)
- A poem related to new year (feelings, thoughts)
Just click the title above (‘Writing competition – New year, new start’) then write your entry in the comments section at the bottom. Make sure you include your name, age and class. You can type it or bring it in on paper and Mr Cooper will type it up for you.
Entries close on Friday January 11th 2013. Good luck and happy writing!
At the moment, Class 3 are learning how to use persuasive language in various forms of writing. They worked in pairs to write radio adverts about Christmas products they had created – here is one of their fantastic examples (written by Bertie and Jonathan):
Bauble bouncer - an original idea combining extreme sports with tree decorations… in Scandinavia.
