Blue Planet LIVE!

3rd April 2019R Smith

On Tuesday 26th March at 2pm, Years 2, 5 and 6 watched a BBC Live Lesson on a marine wildlife mission with Blue Planet.

Presented by CBBC’s Naomi Wilkinson, this interactive programme for 7-11 year olds looked at the importance of the Earth’s rich marine life. Guided by expert wildlife biologist Lizzie Daly, we explored what constitutes a healthy ecosystem and discussed the threats to our oceans, such as plastics and overfishing.

We heard from Steve Backshall live from the Bahamas throughout as he demonstrated what sharks can teach us about ecosystems, how human behaviour can threaten shark life, and how the UK is connected with animals across the world.

Mother’s Day Afternoon Tea

3rd April 2019R Smith

Classes 11, 12 and 13 showered their mothers with love by holding an afternoon assembly on Friday 29th March. Each class recited a poem and the children read a story about the meaning of Mother’s Day. Every child gave their mother a daffodil and card and invited them to eat an afternoon tea of scones and crispy cakes.

Class 11 trip to The Word

19th March 2019R Smith

Today class 11 visited ‘The Word’ in South Shields. We had a fantastic time, learning how to use google drive, and send and receive emails. We also created our own websites around our rain forest topic. We learned how to add photos, change fonts, add buttons and maps! It was great fun! The pupils all behaved impeccably and the staff at ‘The Word’ were impressed by their understanding, listening skills and computing ability.

The Winter Gardens

6th March 2019R Smith
On Monday 11th February, class 11 visited the Winter Garden in Sunderland as part of their rain forest topic.
They toured the museum – filling in the quiz, as they looked around then they took part in an animal adventure workshop.
Read Noah’s recount of our fantastic trip!

Collage

31st January 2019R Smith

In year 5 we have started looking at collage. We sketched animals from the rain forest then used different types of paper, card and tissue to collage the image. We had a great time! Here are some of the examples next to a sample of the images we copied from.

Year 5 Spring Term Focus Text

30th January 2019R Smith

In class 11 we are learning about the rainforest. We have read The Great Kapok tree which is a book all about deforestation. From this we wrote balanced argument, giving views both for and against rainforests being destroyed.

Our class novel is Journey to the River Sea. Here we see, orphan Maia, leave the girls boarding school in London to journey to the Amazon to meet her long lost relatives, the Carters.  When she arrives in the Amazon, it isn’t long before she finds herself caught up in some extraordinary adventures!

We will be writing a range of genres around the text linked to The Rainforests including;

  • A character description of Maia/Clovis
  • A diary entry from the viewpoint of Maia
  • A set of instructions
  • A description of the rainforest
  • An adventure narrative

Where’s the detail in the picture?

26th November 2018R Smith

As part of their art project this term, Year 5 have been doing some sketching – they have done mirror image pictures to copy the other side. For this we chose to sketch Hitler as it tied in with our topic work. We have also sketched detailed portraits of ourselves and drawn some still life images

Be Safe

21st November 2018R Smith
Class 10 and 11 had a visit from David Burn from Be Safe to talk to the children about bullying. They were shown what to do in the event they find themselves being bullied and told what behaviours to watch out for if they think one of their friends is being bullied. They also learned about the consequences of cyber bullying. Both the impact it can have on a victim and the punishments they could face from the police.

Why do we celebrate Remembrance Day?

19th November 2018R Smith

Year 5 have been investigating …Why do we celebrate Remembrance Day?

We have –

  • Found out why we have Remembrance day
  • Investigated what the Royal British Legion is and what they do as a charity
  • Found out why the poppy is used

 

We also did an assembly for the rest of the school –

On Friday 9th November, Year 5 held a Remembrance Day assembly to remember those who have died sacrificing their lives, and to those who have fought and gave their lives for the rest of us and our future. As a school we held a minutes silence to think about those who have fought and died to give us the freedom we enjoy today. Children from each class then came and laid a wreath at our cenotaph.

Bikeability

10th October 2018R Smith

Bikeability is underpinned by the National Standard for cycle training; a government-recognised set of principles for better and safer cycling. Bikeability is an improved, updated and more relevant version of the old cycling proficiency scheme, delivered by professional instructors.

From 10-13th September, Year 5 took part in the level 2 Bikeability programme whereby instructors helped our children develop better, safer cycling habits. Well done to all those who took part.