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  • 13/06/25

    Geography fieldwork - The River Tyne

    Over the last few weeks, Year 5 have visited Kielder, Corbridge and Tynemouth to conduct fieldwork as part of their Rivers topic. They sketched the different features at each part of the river, as well as looking the differences in land use. During their visit to Corbridge, they investigated rive...
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  • 08/05/25

    Year 5 visit to the Hindu Temple

    This week, as part of their work in Worldviews (RE) on Hinduism, Year 5 visited the local Hindu Temple in Newcastle. They spent time exploring the temple while learning about the different features of it as well as seeing prayer time. They took donations of food along to the Temple which are us...
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  • 08/05/25

    VE Day 80th anniversary

    To commemorate the 80th anniversary of VE Day, Year 5 watched a short video about a lady called Dorothea who was a WREN during WW2. They learnt  all about what it was like for her during the war and how she felt on VE Day itself. Following on from this, the children wrote letters to vetera...
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  • 08/05/25

    Walking month at Gibside

    As part of national walking month, Year 5 visited Gibside last week.  They took part in a 3km walk around the grounds. They explored the walled garden before walking through The  Orangery towards the woodland area at Gibside. From there, they continued past the stables and into furthe...
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  • 08/04/25

    Easter experience at St Cuthbert's

    Year 5 spent the afternoon at St Cuthbert's Church yesterday and took part in an 'Easter experience'  where they explored different parts of the Easter story at different stations around the church.  
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  • 17/03/25

    Meeting British astronaut-Helen Sherman

    This afternoon, Year 5 took part in an online workshop with Helen Sherman. They found out all about what it takes to become an astronaut and what Helen had to do in her training to become an astronaut. She shared what it was like to be in space and what she did while she was in space...
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  • 10/03/25

    North East Festival of Languages

    Today Year 5 took part in a workshop called 'Welcome to the Afghan World' as part of the North East Festival of Languages. They found out about the Afghan culture, including food and music. Part of the workshop included exploring the Arabic alphabet and learning to say a few phrases before t...
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  • 10/03/25

    Year 5 trip to Jorvik

    Year 5 had a great time last week in York. They visited the DIG museum and found out all about the role of archaeologists and even had a go at digging for artefacts themselves. During their visit to the Jorvik centre they got to experience what life was like for the Vikings - even the smell! Back...
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  • 21/01/25

    How Earth moves in space.

    Year 5 have been investigating how the Earth moves in space and how day and night is created. They have been doing this by creating models of the Earth and representing the Sun with a torch.    They found out all about different time zones and what this means for countries around the w...
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  • 13/12/24

    DT- cooking Bolognese in Year 5

    Year 5 have spent this half-term researching different Bolognese recipes. They then created their own recipes by adding in new ingredients or choosing substitutes.  By following their recipes they have worked hard chopping, grating and preparing different vegetables as well as meat. Some g...
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  • 15/11/24

    Durham Oriental Museum visit Blaydon West!

    Year 5 have spent the whole day with a member of staff from the Durham Oriental Museum finding out all about the Anglo-Saxons. We have explored many different artefacts from this time period and became archaeologists to find out what we thought they were.  We then spent time looking at...
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  • 11/11/24

    Remembrance in Year 5

    Today, Year 5 took part in an online Remembrance assembly with many other children in the area. They learnt about the importance of remembrance and why it is important to remember. They each created a poppy and added a reason why we remember today and created a class display with them. Year 5 also d...
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