by Mrs Armstrong | Jul 3, 2025 | Events and Visits, News, Year 5, Year 6
For our residential this year, the children in Year 5 and Year 6 had the opportunity to visit Ford Castle in Northumberland. The children who came on the residential took part in a challenge course, zip lining, group games, rifle shooting, trapeze, water raft making,...
by Mrs Armstrong | Jul 3, 2025 | History, News, Year 5
For our history topic this term, Year 5 are studying ancient Greece. We have been learning about city-states such as Sparta and Athens and how each state was ruled by either a monarchy, oligarchy or democracy government. In order to find out about what life was like...
by Mrs Armstrong | Jun 6, 2025 | Art and Design, Latest News, Year 5
In our art lessons, the children in Year 5 have been studying landscape artists such as Georgia O’Keeffe and Joseph Mallard William Turner. They have identified how perspective is created in art work using the vanishing point. In their final piece, the children...
by Mrs Armstrong | Jun 6, 2025 | News, Science, Year 5
This week, Year 5 had the opportunity to meet two STEM superstars as part of our Road to Riat activities. The children listened to Mike Glen and Heather Bates, who described their jobs and the journeys they undertook to achieve their careers. The children enjoyed...
by Mrs Armstrong | May 16, 2025 | English, News, Year 5
In English, the children in Year 5 are using the book ‘The Arrival’ by Shaun Tan as a stimulus for their writing. This week, the children acted out part of the story to develop a conversation between two of the characters. The children used expression and actions to...
