by Mrs Armstrong | Apr 4, 2025 | Events and Visits, Latest News, Science, Year 1, Year 2, Year 3, Year 4, Year 5, Year 6
As part of our Science week activities, Reece from the Street Scientists team , who is a student at Newcastle University, came into school and shared an assembly with our children in Years 1 – 6 about the story of Earth. He showed the children, using ropes, the...
by Mrs Armstrong | Apr 4, 2025 | News, Science, Year 5
In Science, the children in Year 5 are studying the topic ‘Properties and Changes of Materials’. They have been learning about soluble and insoluble materials and how mixtures can be separated. They have enjoyed investigating using filtering, evaporation and sieving...
by Mrs Armstrong | Mar 26, 2025 | Events and Visits, News, RE, Year 5
The children in Year 5 visited Birtley Methodist Church to learn about the Easter Story. At the church, the children re-enacted parts of the days before the crucifixion , including welcoming Jesus into the town and visiting the temple. The children had the opportunity...
by Mrs Armstrong | Mar 7, 2025 | English, Year 5
In Year 5, the children have been analysing the poem, The River, by Valerie Bloom. To support their understanding of the poem, the children explored the vocabulary and features within it before writing a critical review of the poem. Many of the children commented that...
by Mrs Lewis | Mar 3, 2025 | Music, Year 5, Year 6
Well done to our Year 5 & 6 children who attended keyboard after school club tonight. After quickly learning the notes of the keys they all were able to play the nursery rhyme Twinkle, Twinkle confidently by the end of the session! Myself and Mrs Donkin were...
by Mrs Armstrong | Feb 21, 2025 | Art and Design, Latest News, Year 5
In Art, Year 5 have used their research into the creation of the Chinese Terracotta Army to create their own sculptures in clay. The children enjoyed designing their warriors and were very determined to emulate the designs, facial features and positioning of the...
