Year 5
Mrs ArmstrongWelcome to Year 5
Fantastic Fun at Ford Castle
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,...
Life in Ancient Greece
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...
Key Stage 2 Sports Day
Key Stage 2 have had a fantastic Sports Day this morning! The children demonstrated great teamwork, resilience and respect. Well done!
Athletics Festival 2025
On Friday 27th June, 23 children from Year 3,4,5 and 6 took part in the annual Gateshead Athletics Festival at Gateshead International Stadium along with 45 other schools. It was an extremely busy and exciting day for the team who took part in a range of track and...
Environmental Art
Year 5 and 6 worked collaboratively to create some fantastic environmental art in the style of Andy Goldsworthy.
Landscape Art
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...
Meet the STEM Superstars
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...
Developing Dialogue
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...
Measuring and Drawing Angles
In Maths this week, the children in Year 5 have been using protractors to measure and draw angles. The children were able to use their knowledge of identifying acute and obtuse angles to ensure their measurements were accurate and to estimate the size of the angle...
Cooking and Nutrition: Spaghetti Bolognese
In Design and Technology, the children in Year 5 have been exploring a cooking and nutrition unit. Using a recipe for spaghetti Bolognese as a focus, the children have investigated the process of beef production and identified the nutritional value of a recipe. The...
Playing an Instrument: Ukulele
The children in Year 5 have been developing their ukulele skills this half term. They learned how to play the g, c, f and a minor chords. The children have thoroughly enjoyed having this opportunity and have written their own music to play on the instrument. Well done...
Bugs ‘n’ Stuff Workshop
We loved having Guy from Bugs n' Stuff come to visit us in school during our Science Week. Every class had the opportunity to look, touch and hold a wide variety of creatures - a giant millipede, cockroaches, a gecko and a python to name just a few! We saw how a...