Banks Lane Junior School visits St. John's

On 15th March, children from Banks Lane Junior School visited St. John's Primary School. We had a great day, taking part in activities including drama games, a tour of the school, a nature walk around the common, singing, art, blogging and learning to speak Urdu. The children made some great new friends, and made both schools proud. Well Done!

We had a great day and are looking forward to St. John's visit to Banks Lane on 23rd April!

Linking Schools Project - Banks Lane Visit St John's - Thursday 15th March

Banks Lane Junior came to visit St John's Primary on Thursday 15th March. It was the second time that the children had met each other. They really enjoyed the day which was spent looking around the local area and our school and taking part in actvities that the Year 3 children felt they wanted to share with Banks Lane. The day was extremely successful. We are extremely proud of both classes. Well done!

The day started with the St John's children giving the children from Banks Lane a tour around St John's.

After playing on the hill, both classes set off on a trip to the Heaton's Common.

Once the children got to the Common they used magnifying glasses to look closer at what lives in the Common and sketched things of interest.

When we got back to school the children had lunch together.

After the children had finished their lunch they rotated around four activities that the children at St John's wanted the Banks Lane children to see. These are activities that the children enjoy doing during an average week at St John's.

One activity was to learn Urdu. The children learnt the numbers 1 to 10 in Urdu as well as a number song.

Another activity was an Art activity. The children had to draw portraits of someone from a different school and write words to describe that person around the picture.

The children did a singing and identity activity. The children learnt a song about Tutankhamen and then had to find their name and link it to a person in Banks Lane or St John's with a shared interest.



The final of the four activities was an ICT activity. The children enjoyed blogging together on a new blog set up for the linking schools project.

The children came together at the end of the day to share their experiences. They sang their learnt songs together. The children were sad that Banks Lane had to leave as they had made so many new friends!

We really enjoyed Banks Lane coming to visit us at St John's! We can't wait to visit them at their school!

Our names are Gracie and Lucy.Grace is from Banks Lane Junior school andLucy is from ST,Johns. So we met in St,Johns in the hall.Lucy's group showed me around and we talked about us being friends.

we got to no each over in the hall on thirsday, we went to the common and played some games. We went to the hill and we did some art. We learnt some Urdu and we did this blog
Kyle and Harry

Banks lane come to st johns

Bankslane are freindly to us and they are at are school.First when banks lane got here we played some games then we shown them around st johns school and it was alot of fun.We went on the hill and we played tig also we went to the comon and we got a clip boards for drawing stuuf from the comon.After we went to the comen it was diner time ever one was hungry

we:drawed pictures of people from banks lane and Banks Lane drawed some pictures of people from St. Johns. Banks Lane the Urdu numbers 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 and 10. we also learned what st johns had in commen with banks lane and banks lane learned what they had in commen with st.johns.
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Hi  we are jessica and leah . Leah is from banks lane and jessica is from st johns.
We are luking fored to see each uther.

robert and daniel have fun

We playd games in the hallWe took     banks lane on a tur arond school, then we went on the hill, then we whent on the common, then we had lunch. we did urud, then we sang a song, then we drawd a picture, then we did bloging.

we went to the commen and sketched what we saw. We came back to school and had lunch.we did some art and i did a potrate of ella and she did one of me.i am looking forward to go to banks lane.from olivia and ella.

today banks lane came to saint Jhons .first we went in the hall and played games.

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Hi I am called Raynae and my partner for now is called Samantha we are both girls we both come from a diffrent school I come from st johns and Samantha is from Banks Lane.BanksLane  are coming to St johns as a visit.When they arrived everyone got in groups three children from St johns three children in Banks Lane.Firt we met up in the hall the children in St Johns had to show the children from Banks Lane that was in their group arond St Johns everyone started in a diffrent section the places are the hall,year five,year

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we are in the same group.
i am  a good friend with ella and we are a good friends with each other .i have bin very happy to meet her today
and i aksed her what she had in her about her school .we had some games in the hall and we played blind fold
wich is sneeky. and we both like footbal.

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I am here with jacob the smart one.And we are going to do urdo.Before we where drawing each other.I drawed jacob and he drawed me.And we had a lot of fun

Kyle and Dylan

Kyle and Dylan did a portrate of each other.we did a song of Tutankhamen being  ruler of ancient egypt. We went to the common and looked for things that are  intresting.

Today Banks lane came to st johns we did some games then we went to the common. Next we had lunch after that we went singing.We had to find someone whith the same thing in common. Then we had to do a portrait of someone else. next we went on the computer we went on st

In the morning st johns and banks lane went to the common and had a great time.After lunch we did some singing and art and some fun teriffic ict

Are school is the one what dose the  linking, we have linked with St John's i made friends with some of the children. Meggan

we went to the commn

St John's is the best  by Mia. but she has nt been to our school yet.by Chloe

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Banks Lane

This moring we met Banks Lane and Banks lane met stJohns.Next we showed them our school.And then
we went to the exiteing Comen.And I met Alex and Zack.Then we had lunch.







Alex,Luke

to    maddie    the    game    i     loved     most      was     the    blydfold    game.

We plade games and my best one was the bladfold game because every time we got caughht



stevens

then we got our wellies on and went for a walk which was called the commen

I really liked playing the get to know you games with everybody today your sensirley Maddie

today i had fun with my friends at st johns we played the name game it was fun we got to go rond st johns with isabel rafer luke ity was fun.

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today i played with my friends lily jo and ellie

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Today I showed Ben,Kirsty and Tilly around are school.