by Mrs Armstrong | Jan 20, 2025 | Events and Visits, Latest News, Science, Year 5
The children in Year 5 visited Lord Lawson of Beamish Academy to take part in a Science lesson about cells. The children created their own slides using a layer of onion and a droplet of iodine and then studied the cells found within an onion under the microscope. The...
by Mrs Armstrong | Jan 17, 2025 | English, Latest News, Year 5
In Year 5, the children have been studying the poet, Matt Goodfellow. They closely studied his use of couplets in his poem ‘The Thinking Tree’ before learning and performing another one of his poems. After looking at examples of his work, the children researched the...
by Mrs Armstrong | Jan 10, 2025 | Latest News, Maths, Year 5
The children in Year 5 have been working hard to develop their multiplication skills this week. They began by recapping short multiplication methods before moving on to using the area model to multiply a two-digit number by a two-digit number. Next, the children will...
by Mrs Armstrong | Dec 20, 2024 | DT, Year 5
In their DT lessons, the children in Year 5 have tested and analysed various types of bridge (beam, arch and truss) to determine their strength and stability. They then explored material properties and sources, before marking, cutting and assembling a wooden truss...
by Mrs Armstrong | Dec 20, 2024 | Latest News, Music, Year 5
In Music, the children in Year 5 have learned to identify the pitch and rhythm of written notes. They composed their own pieces of music and notated their compositions, developing their understanding of staff notation.