Year 5
Mrs ArmstrongWelcome to Year 5
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...
Science Week – The Story of Earth Assembly
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...
Super Scientists
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...
The Easter Story at Birtley Methodist Church
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...
Critically Reviewing Poetry
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...
Keyboard After School Club
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...
Super Sculpture
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...
Unifying England Under Viking Rule
In our lesson on the Vikings this week, we investigated how England eventually became unified under King Cnut. We sorted the information to identify how the events of different rulers led to the establishment of England.
Safer Internet Day
On Tuesday 11th February, we celebrated Safer Internet Day, focusing on the theme ‘Too good to be true? Protecting yourself and others from scams online’. The children in Year 5 took part in a quiz about scam spotting. All of the children were able to identify the...
Year 5 Hockey
In one of our PE sessions this half term, the children in Year 5 have been developing their hockey skills. The children have worked hard to learn defensive techniques and the importance of communication when taking part in a team game. The children have enjoyed taking...