by Mrs Oram | Mar 13, 2018 | Events and Visits, Latest News, Year 5
On 8th March, Year 5 went on a trip to the Blue Reef Aquarium to take part in a workshop on Life Cycles. The children learnt lots about the life cycles of a variety of sea creatures and had a great time exploring the aquarium. In the afternoon, we went for a walk...
by Mrs Oram | Mar 13, 2018 | Latest News, Year 5
Year 5 were asked to work with English Heritage and Newcastle University to produce an A-Z book of the heritage of Birtley and the local area. To begin the project, the children were given a homework task of asking family and friends about the heritage of our area....
by Mrs Oram | Mar 13, 2018 | Sports, Year 5
On Tuesday 6th March, Destination Judo came into school to do a taster session with each class. A lot of our children had never done Judo before so they were really looking forward to it. The children had a great time learning moves and working with the...
by Mrs Oram | Feb 23, 2018 | Latest News, Year 5
Today we had a special assembly led by two ladies from Newcastle University and the local heritage group. The children from year 5 worked with two ladies to find out about our local area then each person in the class was given a letter of the alphabet and researched...
by Mrs Oram | Feb 6, 2018 | Latest News, Year 5
Year 5 have been up to Lord Lawson to take part in a trampolining taster session. The children had a great time and loved practising different jumps. We finished with a competition and the following medals were awarded: Gold Lucy Burns, Silver Lily Andrews and Bronze...
by Mrs Oram | Feb 6, 2018 | Latest News, Year 5
In Geography, Year 5 have been learning how to use 4 figure grid referencing and 6 figure grid referencing. The children were able to identify a location on an ordinance survey map using 6 figure grid referencing.
