Year 5
Mrs ArmstrongWelcome to Year 5
Mindful Monday
Year 5 have been learning about the importance of our thoughts and how they make us feel. We shared how both positive and negative thoughts can make us feel and decided that thinking positively makes us feel much happier and more optimistic. We completed positive...
A Special Visitor
Year 5 enjoyed a really interesting visit from Mr Glickman yesterday. We have been learning about Judaism in our RE lessons and Mr Glickman came to our class to share his knowledge and experience of being part of the Jewish community in Gateshead. We learned about...
Drumming Away to Africa
Year 5 have been learning about music from South and West Africa. Here we are playing polyrhythms following beats played by our Master Drummers.
Wonderful Warriors!
In Art, Year 5 have enjoyed learning about the Terracotta Army, discovered in China in 1974. We experimented with plasticine and then clay to make our own fabulous sculptures.
King Charles III
As part of the Coronation celebrations, Year 5 and 6 learnt about the artist Chuck Close, who made large scale photorealistic and abstract portraits of himself and others. The children were then given a challenge to produce a picture of King Charles III in the style...
Fabulous Flowers
In science, we have been learning the names of the different parts of a flower. We dissected a lily to look at the male and female parts and found out the purpose of each. We went on to learn how plants reproduce sexually and asexually and made life cycle diagrams of...
From Mini Police to Mini Fire Fighters
Our 'Mini Police' squad went to visit Birtley Fire Station to find out what a fire fighter's job entails. They all looked the part when they tried on their fire fighting uniforms and had a fabulous time exploring the fire engine and using the water hose to squirt...
Solar Physicist Visit
Today, Key Stage 2 welcomed solar physicist, Dr Tim Duckenfield to school to tell us all about his work and answer questions we had sent him. All of the swirls and bright spots are explosions! All the different ways we can look at the sun. Tim studies the movement of...
Royal Easter Eggs
Well done to the children in Year 5 for their fabulous Royal themed eater egg entries. Tilly was the class winner with her Mourning the Queen entry. Don’t they look amazing?
Computing
Year 5 have been developing their knowledge of online safety in computing. We matched descriptions with key words describing potential online dangers such as phishing and plagiarism.
Year 5 French
In French we’ve been learning to say the date, here we are playing number bingo.
The Easter Story
Year 5 were invited to Birtley Methodist Church to learn more about the Christian story of Easter.We learnt about the last few weeks of Jesus' life and how this became the celebration of Easter. We first learnt about him arriving to town on a donkey- unlike any other...