The latest edition of the school newsletter, The Iona Star, is now available for you to download and read at your leisure….
Monthly Archives: June 2019
Y3 Dramatise Given Scenarios and Discuss, “What Is A Sin?”
Y3 were given the following scenarios. After dramatising them, they were able to discuss whether each of the incidents viewed were a sin or not: You are visiting your grandma’s house. She has a vase that is very old and important to the family. You pick it up to look at it, it slips out…… Continue Reading
Do You Want To Build And Program Machines Y3? – Yes, WeDo!
Year 3 have been building a series of mechanisms (gearing mechanisms, cam mechanisms, etc.) using LEGO. They then learned how to program these mechanisms to move using WeDo. They learned so much that they were able to apply their computing knowledge to building windmills, jumping boys and drumming monkeys! Check it out! … Continue Reading
Y3’s Clean Up Challenge With The Waters Of Tyne!
Yes, we’ve been learning our local song, ‘Waters Of Tyne’, but we have also been using our science skills to see how clean we could get our river water! Using beakers, funnels, sieves, filter paper, etc., we set to work: Lucy did the best job of cleaning up our water! Well done Lucy!… Continue Reading
Y3’s Toontastic History Tour Of Newcastle Upon Tyne!
At 9am yesterday, Monday 17th June, we walked up to Wallsend metro from school. We could see the cranes and Segedunum’s tower from the metro station. Little Thomas Robson, a local boy who lived in the 1900s and died in Wallsend’s G Pit, used to live near these Swan Hunter cranes. Take a look at…… Continue Reading
Weekly Notice 24th June 2019
Weekly Notice 24.06.2019 The latest edition of the Weekly Notice, is now available for you to download and read at your leisure. It will tell you everything that is going on at school this week….… Continue Reading
Iona Star 21st June 2019
Friday 21st June The latest edition of the school newsletter, The Iona Star, is now available for you to download and read at your leisure….… Continue Reading
Y3 Have Been Measuring Strength In Science!
Year 3 have been thinking about how they could measure the strength of their muscles in their arms as part of their science topic, ‘Animals, Including Humans’. The question that was raised through this investigation was, “What might you notice if you took that measurement every minute?” Take a look at their work: … Continue Reading
Celebrating St. Columba’s Day in Year 3!
In Year 3, KS2 came in their House Groups to learn all about the life of St. Columba and took on the jigsaw challenges to work out which picture of his life they had. These paintings can be seen in our school library. Come take a closer look! … Continue Reading
Y3 Learn About The Mosque
Year 3 have been learning all about the Muslim place of worship, the Mosque. Thank you Alayah, for bringing in those Holy objects of Islamic faith! … Continue Reading
