In Nursery, the children have been exploring celebration. To finish the topic, they decided to have a party for Children in Need. The Nursery children sent year 5 some party invitations and we all gathered in nursery together this afternoon. We had a dough disco,...
This year, whilst in year 5, children are going to be exchanging letters (written in French) with St Marys Whickham. At the beginning of the term, both classes wrote letters to each other and on Tuesday, we received them from St Marys! Year 5 were very excited to...
Today, year 5 visited Beamish museum. The class spent time interviewing people from 1950 and 1820 and even had a chance to look around their houses! We were blown away by some of their clothes, toys and methods of heating and lighting their homes. In the afternoon,...
In today's science lesson, year 5 investigated how different surfaces impact friction. We discussed that the smoother the surface was, the less friction it would have. We then set up 4 stations (blanket, grass, carpet and table) and using a toy car and a ramp, we...
Today, year 5 taste tested different Greek foods and ingredients that contribute to typical Greek dishes. We discussed the flavours and decided what we did and didn't like. Some children tried and loved everything...others were not so keen! This half term, they...
In preparation for Year 5's trip to Beamish next week, we were today visited by Catherine, who works at the Museum. We began by looking at old maps of Gateshead and identified the windmills and coal mines. We then discussed the change in global warming over the...
This week, Year 5 began their new English topic - explanation texts. On Tuesday, the class received a letter from Wallace, explaining that his blueprints and contraption designs had been stolen! Over the next few weeks, it's year 5's job to draw designs and write...
This afternoon, Tom from RGS challenged year 5 with a 'Protect the Egg' mission. Year 5 were asked to design and create a case for the egg so it would be protected from the 150 metre high drop. The children could only use A4 paper and tape but they couldn't create...
Today, year 5 finished their Ancient Egyptian history topic. We finished the series of lessons by learning how to write in hieroglyphics. We began by writing 'Egypt', 'Nile' and then writing our own names. We were then challenged to write a message or a joke on our...
Today, Year 5 were given the opportunity to experience the planetarium and space workshop at the Centre for Life. We spent the day investigating different parts of the museum, the planetarium, watching the 'Science Theatre Show' and 'Our Place in Space-Workshop'....