This week a Year 5 visited the mouth of the a River Tyne in Tynemouth. We looked at the differences between the river and land use at upper and middle courses compared to the lower course.
This morning we visited Corbridge to see the middle course of the Tyne river. We spent some time doing a field sketch and discussing the differences between the middle course and the upper course of the river at Kielder where the source is.
Next week we are visiting the lower course of the Tyne r...
Today for world mental health day we were lucky enough to spend the day up at Kielder on our Geography trip. Being out in the fresh air can be great for our mental health.
When we returned to school, we discussed different emotions and what we think when we feel each one as well as how we deal wi...
Today we ventured to Kielder to visit the source of the river Tyne. We studied the features of the upper course and sketched what we could see. Before we came to Kielder, we looked at maps of the area so that we knew what would be there. We noticed that the source is in a very rural area and that th...
This week year 5 have been continuing with their gymnastics sessions.
They have been working on different gymnastic stretches such as pike, straddle and tuck as well as front, side and back support.
This week we have begun playing the glockenspiel during our music sessions. We are currently focusing on the ‘Rock’ genre of music and are learning the song ‘Living on a prayer’.
This half term our RE enquiry question is : Is the Christmas story true?
This week we have been investigating this by reading two different versions of the story from the bible: Luke and Matthew. We have looked at the similarities and differences between the two versions. We then discussed which...