Year 5 carried out some research using the internet to find out about Anglo Saxon weapons before writing their own non -chronological reports. They thought very carefully about the organisational features of their writing.
Author Archives: Mrs K MacKenzie
Author Visit
After an exciting whole school assembly, Year 5 took part in a workshop delivered by the author Adam Bushnell. They learned about a process called transmogrification and developed a story in which they turned into an animal and defeated a’ blood beast.’ Continue Reading
Year 5 Forest School
During their Forest School session, Year 5 took part in some active maths work by playing a game of Place Value Bingo. They searched the Forest School for clues, and then had to work out mental calculations so they could match the answers to their bingo boards. Continue Reading
Year 5 RE
Year 5 have been learning about ‘Ourselves’ in RE. They have been exploring their unique qualities and talents alongside looking at scripture. After reading one of St Paul’s letters to the Colossians, they shared responses to questions before writing their own acrostic poems celebrating unique qualities and differences. Continue Reading
Schools 500
Our school entered a number of teams into the Newcastle Schools 500 Games this year and everyone who took part showed excellent commitment, determination, passion and teamwork in their sporting activities. Both of our cross country teams won medals for their team efforts, with the boys coming in first place and the girls winning silver. Two of our pupils also… Continue Reading
Year 5 Collective Worship
Year 5 Completed their Transformation RE topic with a beautiful reflective liturgy about how the Holy Spirit has the power to energise and transform lives. The children chose to read one of St Paul’s letters to the Romans explaining how God’s spirit can help strengthen lives. They also shared some of their own prayers that they had… Continue Reading
Year 5 Collective Worship
Year 5 produced some wonderful RE work during their Lenten topic on Sacrifice, and as a celebration of their work at the end, they planned their own class worship. The children contributed their own ideas, symbolic objects, readings and prayers and then led the worship themselves. They chose to sing the hymn ‘The Servant King’ as they… Continue Reading
Heaton Art Project – Year 5
The children in Year 5 produced some amazing paintings for The Heaton Art Project. They started their project by researching the local area using old photographs and observing what it is like now. They used their sketch books to draw what they decided they liked and they even visited The People’s Theatre. Back in school, they… Continue Reading
World Book Day 2019
The school celebrated World Book Day this year with a bit of a difference. Instead of the traditional dress up as a book character we held a ‘vocabulary parade’ where the children could choose a word and dress up as a clue to that piece of vocabulary. After a whole school assembly, the children took part in various… Continue Reading
Dukeshouse Wood 2019
Year 5 had a brilliant time on their residential trip to Dukeshouse Wood in Hexham. They got wet, muddy and windswept all at the same time, but that did not stop them enjoying a fantastic array of adventurous activities. It was an excellent opportunity to build important skills such as team spirit, encouragement, communication, resilience, risk taking and challenge… Continue Reading
