Thursday 24th October 2019
Students in year 10 and 11 attended a local careers fair at Jarrow Hall, where all of the stalls were occupied by local businesses.
The students engaged very well.
Thursday 24th October 2019
Connor from Class 2 wrote a fantastic rhyming acrostic poem for Halloween.
The Beacon Centre Primary tweeted Connor’s work and was very excited to receive a reply from Cressida Cowell who is the author of ‘How to Train Your Dragon’ and a children’s laureate.
Cressida Cowell wrote:
‘Love the lurking ghosts waiting to be found… love to Connor from me.’
Wednesday 23rd October 2019
Thumbs up to acrostic poetry! Jayden edited and improved his poem. That’s a great attitude. Practice makes progress!
Thumbs up to rapid reading progress! Joseph in Class 1 is flying with his phonics. Great job!
Lucas in Class 2 has worked hard to divide by 10 and 100. His attitude to learning deserves a thumbs up from us – well done!
Wednesday 23rd November 2019
Students have now completed their aprons in STEM and are now moving onto wood work. Students are starting with making a basic name plaque. Students are using saws, glue guns, sandpaper and other materials.
The students seem to be enjoying their selves and want to continue to make fantastic pieces of work out of wood.
Tuesday 22nd October 2019
Thumbs up to fire safety! This morning the children had a visit from Tyne and Wear Fire and Rescue Service, to hear the important message about how to follow the Fire Work Code.
This is Tyler’s eye catching poster.
Something spooky is going on down in Class 2 at The Beacon Centre Primary. Our Children have been learning about the reason we have Halloween, and getting ready for Friday’s celebration.
Connor has done his illustration of Halloween complete with speech bubbles for that extra effect!
Yet another Halloween based piece of work! Tyler in Class 2 could tell me the date of Halloween, and the name of the day afterwards. He accessorised his poster with the scariest face imaginable!
Tuesday 22nd October 2019
In DT, students in The Green Room came up with their own design for a bespoke aeroplane.
They managed this extremely well; Mr Brown is very proud of you all!
Monday 21st October 2019
The students at The Beacon Centre were divided into groups to take part in different activities with the general public as a way for students and staff to further develop positive relationships and to aid on their social skills.
This was a fantastic opportunity for staff and students to work on important life skills in a fun way.
Group 1 travelled to Newton Aycliff to play bowling and have a go at roller-skating.
The students took their go at bowling and did well waiting for their turns. They encouraged each other and chatted between their turns.
The students really enjoyed having a go at roller-skating although they did find it much harder than expected so some spend a lot of time on the floor!
On Friday 18th October 2019, Westoe Crown Primary came to visit The Beacon Centre.
The Beacon Centre welcomed students from year 4, with their teacher, to have a shopping experience in The COOP. The students started by discussing what type of products they would need to buy from a shop.
The students were given the opportunity to go into the shop to look around and then chosen to select an item, take it to the till to scan and print off the receipt.
The students really enjoyed this.
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- Students listening to their instructions
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- Students listening to their instructions
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- Students listening to their instructions
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- Miss Walton engaging with the students
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- Students exploring the COOP
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- All of the students want to have a turn at being the till operator
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- Student selecting an item to purchase
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- Student using the till
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- Student reading his receipt
The students were then separated into two groups; one group did a written activity while the other group did an activity in the COOP.
The written activity involved working in twos to work out what sort of products they would need to buy from a shop.
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- Students listening to their teacher
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- Mrs Hudson assisted in the written activity
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- Working as a team
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- Planning a visit to the shop
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- Challenges at the COOP
The activity in the COOP involved the students working in groups of two to select items with the challenge of only spending £10.
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- £10 challenge given to students
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- Students selecting items to purchase
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- Students selecting items to purchase
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- Students selecting items to purchase
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- Caden scanning the students items
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- Caden and Miss Walton working in the COOP
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- Students discussing their purchase totals
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- Caden assisting Miss Walton
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- Caden bagging up the purchased items
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- Students checking their items
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- Mrs Pattison working in the COOP
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- Caden helping Mrs Pattison
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- Students checking their receipt
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- Satisfied customers
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- Service with a smile
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- Caden and Mr Foston working in the COOP
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- Students interacting with Caden
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- Student discussing his receipt with Miss Walton
This particular student was very shocked that she spend over her £10 budget!
These 2 students were the £10 challenge winners as their shopping totalled exactly £10!
The next challenge the students faced was to plan a shop to cater for breakfast, lunch, tea, a snack as well as hygiene products. This time they had a £20 budget. The task involved looking at the prices of the products and using their estimating skills to see who could get the closest to a £20 spend.
Whilst in the COOP, the students also had the opportunity to view the CCTV footage.
All of the students from Westoe Crown Primary School enjoyed their time at The Beacon Centre COOP.
Student feedback:
Student 1: “It’s been really fun because I never really get to go to the shops by myself and get what I want.”
Lucy: “Thank you for giving up your time for us to come to your shop, I had an amazing time!”
Robyn: “I loved how the shop looked just like a real shop!”
Kofi: “I really looked seeing how the CCTV cameras worked!”
Joshua: “I really liked getting a real receipt!”
Ayhan: “I liked the teachers we met at the Beacon Centre!”
‘Ava: “I liked that everything was real in the shop!”
The Beacon Centre staff would like to say a big thank you to all of the students from Westoe Crown Primary school for their positive behaviour, attitudes and for having excellent manners.
We would also like to say thank you to Caden, who assisted in the shop and even stayed in school after finishing time so that he could help for the entire activity!
Friday 18th October 2019
What day’s Friday? The best day of the week! Prize day Friday at Beacon Primary.
In Class 1 Logan had the most ClassDojo points, and in Class 2 it was a draw between Leo and tomorrow’s birthday boy, Connor.
Jeffrey is back in Class 2.Well done everyone!
Knowing our phonics makes us happy! Millie in Class 1 knows all of Letters and Sounds phase 3. Great progress thanks to her amazing attitude.
He’s at it again! Jayden is *still* the best handwriter in the world. You’re right to be proud of yourself!
Friday 18th October 2019
Six students on Gold Reward this week were taken to Mr Mulligan’s Crazy Golf in Newcastle.
Students really enjoyed their selves exploring the different areas of the space golf.
