Year 5

We took part in a workshop with ‘Show racism the red card’. We learned about stereotypes and racism. We talked about how to treat people with respect, whether they are different from us or not. Articles 12-15

Today our team competed in the Gateshead Swimming Gala Competition. GATESHEAD OVER ALL WINNERS! 🌟 🥇14 gold medals 🥈6 silver medals 🥉9 bronze medals Qualified for County Finals in March! 🌟

In our Art workshop, we explored how shape and colour can be used to express emotions and record memories. We worked together to create collaborative pieces of art, and shared the stories behind them.   Article 29

The Art Ambassadors came to Early Years to help teach some of the children about colour mixing.

Last week it was Children’s Mental Health Week. Our Mental Health Ambassadors delivered class assemblies this week based on theme of ‘Your Voice Matters’. They have designed their own stickers to distribute to anyone they see who needs rewarding for their positivity, kindness and importantly s

This week, the children at Front Street Primary School have been celebrating Safer Internet Day which was held on Tuesday. This year’s theme was ‘Inspiring change? Making a difference, managing influence and navigating change online.’  The children took part in a whole school assembly, where

Year 5 have been exploring light and dark through the work of Vincent Bal. He adds doodles to the shadows of everyday objects to create imaginative pieces of art.  

Year 5 have been looking at how artists like Banksy and Barbara Hepworth use light and dark in their work. We used torches to create our own ‘shadow art’. Article 29

In Geography, as part of our work on Land Use, we took part in an Enterprise workshop at Whickham school. We explored the scenario of building houses on green spaces near school, considering opinions and understanding the impact on people, communities and the environment.  We stood on an opinion li

In Science, we are learning about forces. Today we explored using a Newton meter to measure the forces acting on an object when classroom objects were hung on the Newton meter. We were also able to use our maths skills of reading and interpreting different scales.