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.
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.
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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.