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  • 19/05/23

    Good karma vs bad karma

    In RE this afternoon as part of our unit on Hinduism, Year 5 have been designing their own board games which allow players to collect counters for actions giving them good karma and lose counters for actions which give them bad karma. Getting to the end of the game represents achieving Moksha- bring...
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  • 19/05/23

    How can the rusting of iron be reduced?

    This week Year 5 have been planning and setting up a fair test into this enquiry question. The variable they have chosen to change is the liquid type – water, salt solution, vinegar and vegetable oil. They have made predictions into which liquid will slow the rate of rusting the most and will...
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  • 12/05/23

    Year 5 and Year 1 reading buddies

    Year 5 have enjoyed reading with their Year 1 reading buddies this afternoon.
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  • 10/05/23

    Observing chemical changes

    Year 5 have been observing chemical changes that are irreversible. They have looked at the substances before they are mixed and after to see what new products have been made. They added red cabbage indicator to water, hand soap and vinegar and added vinegar to milk and bicarbonate of soda.
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  • 28/04/23

    Year 5 Geocaching at Gibside

    This morning Year 5 have had a great time exploring Gibside using GPS trackers to locate different hidden boxes within the grounds of Gibside. Once found, they had to complete different tasks linked to nature.
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  • 21/04/23

    Ukulele in Year 5

    This afternoon we had our first Ukulele session where we were introduced to the instrument and began playing a few notes.
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  • 31/03/23

    Our Eggcellent Entries

    Fantastic entries this year. Well done everyone here are a few eggsamples – we had nearly100!!
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  • 23/03/23

    Year 5 Planets Database

    In Computing, Year 5 have been learning how to input information into a database and how to sort, group and arrange the data to answer questions. Today the children worked in pairs to ask each other questions linked to a database about planets and used the functions to efficiently find the correct a...
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  • 17/03/23

    Booktrust virtual author workshop

    This morning Year 5 and 6 took part in a virtual author workshop with Dr Maggie Aderin-Pocock. Her book ‘ Am I made of stardust?’ is all about space and she shared lots of her knowledge with us.
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  • 13/03/23

    How have recent excavations changed our views of the Vikings?

    This afternoon we have been looking at different historical sources including coins, maps, pictures and museum findings. We determined which ones we thought were the best sources for given statements. We have discovered that over time views of the Vikings have changed dramatically from vicious fi...
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  • 09/03/23

    Drawing shapes with spheros!

    Yesterday Year 5 used the Spheros for the first time. These small electronic devices can be moved using an app. We worked on controlling the spheros using the draw function to get the sphero to move in different shapes.
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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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