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  • 08/03/23

    Grassroots : Tennis

    Last week Year 5 took part in their first tennis session with the Grassroots coach. They began by warming up with various stretches before working on their throwing and catching skills with the tennis balls. They then used the tennis rackets to develop their ball control skills.
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  • 15/02/23

    Science Investigation : What is the optimum angle for furthest distance?

    This afternoon we have been investigating our own question using fair testing. We had great fun carrying it out in the hall. We found the optimum angle to be 150 degrees by launching the javelins at different angles multiple times and calculating the average distance.
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  • 08/02/23

    Year 5 Safer Internet Day 2023

    This afternoon Year 5 looked at different milestones relating to their online experiences and what age different tech milestones start to happen from 0-10years old. Examples of these include: take a selfie, use a laptop and play an online game. They had to create a timeline of these events based on...
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  • 08/02/23

    Phases of the moon with Oreos!

    This afternoon we had great fun learning about the phases of the moon by recreating the phases using Oreos!
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  • 07/02/23

    Year 5 mental health week

    Year 5 have been learning about the importance of mental health and different ways we can promote a positive mental health. They were then set a challenge to create a playground game that promotes a positive mental health and could be lead by our playground leaders on the yard. 
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  • 07/02/23

    Boys Football Team​​​​​​​

    Our Year 5 and 6 boys football team had a fantastic time today in the premier league football competition. Lots of goals were scored and they had amazing team work, which helped them to be a superb team. Well done boys! 
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  • 03/02/23

    Exploring Space at The Great North Museum

    This week a Year 5 took part in a workshop at The Great North Museum all about the Moon and its role. We discovered how the moon influences the tides and how animals have adapted to survive in intertidal environments.
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  • 03/02/23

    Sun dials in Science

    Last week we looked at how day and night is created. We made our own sun dials and predicted where the shadow would be at 3pm. After taking our sundials out in the yard, we realised our predictions weren’t quite right!
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  • 20/01/23

    Hip hop music in Year 5.

    Year 5 have had great fun playing the glockenspiels to The Fresh Prince of Bel air this week in music.
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  • 19/12/22

    Christmas experience at St Cuthbert’s church

    Today Year 5 have taken part in the Christmas experience. They spent the morning at St Cuthbert’s Church learning all about the Christmas story at different stations around the church.
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  • 14/12/22

    Year 5 Playground Leader Training​​​​​​​

    This week some Year 5 pupils attended Playground Leader Training at Gateshead Leisure Centre. They are very eager to now implement their training within school.
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  • 07/12/22

    How were the Anglo-Saxons able to see off the Viking threat?

    In year 5 we created living graphs to show when the Vikings had control over England and when the Anglo-Saxons had fought back to gain control again. We discussed the reasons for this by looking at the events that happened at that time.
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