Year 5
Mrs ArmstrongWelcome to Year 5
Councillor Visits Assembly
In assembly this week, the children were very lucky to have a visit from Councillor Joe Sowerby. He spoke to the children about his role as a councillor and shared with them how he campaigned to win votes in the election. The children will soon be holding their own...
Reading Buddies
This term, our Key Stage 2 and 1 children have been paired up as reading buddies. Each Friday, the children will select a book to read with their buddy and enjoy. As you can see from the photos, it was wonderful to see our older and younger children reading together.
How does a character feel?
In English lessons, Year 5 have started reading the book There’s a Boy in the Girls’ Bathroom and have been discussing the characters within the story. While studying the characters, the children have explored how character dialogue can give the reader an...
Anglo-Saxons
In History this term, Year 5 will be learning about the Anglo-Saxons and how they changed Britain. To begin their learning, the children became archaeologists and investigated artefacts found at Sutton Hoo. The children then discussed what these artefacts would have...
Sports Day 2024
A big well done to the children for participating in their Sports Day today and a huge thank you to all the parents who came along to support and cheer the children on. The children in Years 1, 2 and 3 were very enthusiastic this morning and showed good sportsmanship...
Year 5 Science Workshop at Northumbria University
On Thursday 4th July, Year 5 enjoyed a visit to Northumbria University. Our day started with group challenges, where we had to use a variety of skills to build structures using “octons”. We then met students currently studying at the university and toured the campus....
Athletics Festival 2024!
What a fantastic time we had on Friday at this year’s Athletics festival at Gateshead Stadium!! Schools from all across Gateshead came to compete in the events. We had events including the sprint and long distance races, hurdles, long jump, relay etc. It was...
Kingswood 2024
What an amazing time we had at Kingswood! There were so many activities that the children were able to experience: zip lining; climbing high ropes, building structures in the woods; archery; team problem solving; buggy building; and learning how to safely create a...
Gateshead FC visit
We have been lucky enough to welcome Tony, Paul and Ken from Gateshead FC who brought the FA trophy in to show the children in school. They shared their story of winning the trophy following extra time and penalties within the game on 11th May 2024. The children asked...
Would you like to live in a desert?
This is the title of our Geography unit of work. To help us develop an answer to this question, we have been learning about the desert biome. We focused on The Mojave Desert in North America and wrote postcards, telling our friends and families about the hot, arid...
Stories of Christianity
In our RE lessons we have been exploring stories from the Bible. This week we have been learning about the parables of Jesus. We learned that parables are stories that have a moral or spiritual lesson and Jesus told these stories to teach people how to live their...
Creating Calligrams
In our English lessons we have been learning that calligrams are words or poems, where the design or layout of the text, creates an image that tells us about the meaning of the word or words used. We started by creating calligram words. We then went on to write our...