27/10/23
SPOOKY STEM- Mechanisms
As part of our Spooky STEM week, Year 5 created a moving spooky hand using straws and string to create the moving mechanism.
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Tag rugby tournament
Year 5 have spent this half term learning the skills to play tag rugby. They have been learning about the rules of the game and have applied their skills during a tournament in which they played against their classmates during our last two sessions. Lots of great team work was displayed and the chil...Read Full Story - 27/10/23
Black History month- Notting Hill Carnival!
To celebrate Black History month, Year 5 found out all about the history of the Notting Hill Carnival and they created their own carnival masks inspired by the carnival itself.Read Full Story - 27/10/23
Spooktacular Science morning: optical illusions!
During our Science mix-up morning, KS2 created their own Halloween themed optical illusions. They then researched what an optical illusion is and how it can trick our brains into thinking something is what it isn’t!Read Full Story - 24/10/23
Spooky Senses
As part of yesterday’s Monster Mash-Up Morning, children from across KS2 visited the Year 3 classroom to take part in a range of sensory-themed activities. When doing so, the children had to put their senses to the test in order to correctly identify a range of spooky sounds, smells and o...Read Full Story - 20/10/23
Dicey operations : working systematically.
During maths this afternoon Year 5 have been discussing ways to approach this problem:Read Full Story - 20/10/23
Getting to know our new Reading Buddies!
This morning Year 3 and Year 5 spent some time getting to know their new reading buddies. They are all looking forward to spending time reading lots of exciting books together throughout the year.Read Full Story - 11/10/23
World Mental Health Day 2023
This year the theme is ‘ Mental health is a universal human right’. This week Year 5 raised awareness of looking after their mental own mental health and taking time for themselves. They did this by creating paper chains of things that make them happy, talking about what they are grat...Read Full Story - 04/10/23
Maze 100: working systematically in Maths.
Year 5 have been applying their mental calculation methods whilst working systematically to find a route through the maze to make the target number of 100. They had to adjust the routes they made to make the total higher or lower depending on how far away from 100 they were. It was a tricky task but...Read Full Story - 29/09/23
RE: The River Ganges
As part of our RE investigation today, we have been researching the River Ganges. We have been finding out where it is, why it is important to Hindus and what happens when people visit it.Read Full Story - 27/09/23
Recycle Week 2023
Year 5 spent time this week planning and filming short videos to promote recycling and to remind their grown ups at home to reuse and recycle! They reminded them of items that can be recycled but are commonly missed in the home like shampoo and hand wash bottles.Read Full Story - 25/09/23
Summer Reading Challenge celebration!
Year 5 made a trip to Gateshead Central Library this morning to celebrate taking part in the Summer Reading Challenge. We were even lucky enough to meet the Mayor of Gateshead! Not only that, we had a talk from children’s author James Harris who gave us each a signed copy of one of his books...Read Full Story