Year 5

We spent another exciting day at Nissan, learning about technology and engineering. We tried out some of the skills needed to build a car, and met some very clever robots.

Nissan hosted another fantastic day inspiring the children with a whole range of amazing jobs and future ideas for work. We enjoyed Lego car challenges, a tour round the training centre and seeing robots at work!  To finish we had a go at some of the production line skills needed too.

Summer Topic Web 5

The children wrote short planet based poems and using percussion instruments (including their bodies) created a short piece of accompanying music to play along to their poem.  The aim was to ensure the sound and rhythm matched the mood of their poem and planet.  Their composition was then recited

Year 5 have been exploring how colour and texture can demonstrate mood.  We looked at how one picture can be manipulated by changing the colour which changed the mood of the image. Here we are drawing and painting a flower with a certain mood.  The flowers were put together to create a bouquet of

Year 5 have been studying The Highwayman poem and on Friday we took the Red-Coat soldiers to court to decide on their fate – guilty or not guilty. We had a great time defending and prosecuting and hearing evidence from all sides. The result – guilty on all charges. Article 28, 29, 31.

Last night our year 5 Basketball team played the final game of the Hoops for Health tournament at Newcastle Eagles Arena. They qualified before the Easter holidays and were drawn against St Peters last night. Finishing an overall joint 3rd place we are very proud of them! Throughout the tournament t

Wow! The Arts Ambassadors were amazed by the fabulous artwork that was entered into the competition. A huge well done to everyone. It is lovely to see the skills learnt in class being used at home. We all had different favourites but the Arts Ambassadors had the final say in which entries were the w

Here are some pictures from t sponsored hop on Friday. It was impossible to photograph each child but I am sure you will agree these pictures show the children having lots of fun in the spring sunshine.    

In music, we’ve been learning about how to accompany music and singing with percussion. We’ve improvised rhythms and developed and performed our ideas in groups.