18/07/25
House point winners!
A huge congratulations to Millennium Bridge who have won our first Blaydon West house point trophy!
2nd The Glasshouse
3rd Angel
4th Tyne Bridge
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- 11/07/25
Science - investigating gears.
To end their Science topic on Forces, Year 5 have been exploring and investigating different gears. They made predictions on how many times different gears would rotate based on the number of teeth they had. After this they designed their own gears.Read Full Story - 10/07/25
Athletics festival with the NUFC foundation.
Year 5 took part in an athletics festival at Cochrane park where they practised their running, jumping, throwing and football skills.Read Full Story - 10/07/25
- 10/07/25
DT- slingshot cars
A huge thank you to the grown-ups who joined Year 5 to help make their slingshot cars. Year 5 had a great afternoon making their cars and spent time back in the classroom evaluating them.Read Full Story - 10/07/25
That History Bloke : Tudors
As part of their Tudors topic, Year 5 we're lucky enough to get a visit from That History Bloke. They discovered lots of facts about the Tudors ( including some gruesome ones!) and had the opportunity to examine lots of Tudor artefacts, write like a Tudor would and play a Tudor game...Read Full Story - 10/07/25
NUFC foundation careers workshop
Year 5 had the opportunity to take part in a careers workshop with the NUFC foundation at the community hub in the Metro centre. They looked at different careers and the skills needed to be successful. As part of them workshop, they had the opportunity to speak to the manager of Grounded Kitchen who...Read Full Story - 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...Read Full Story - 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...Read Full Story - 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...Read Full Story - 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.Read Full Story - 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...Read Full Story