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!