Year 5

Pupil progress letter for parents

Art club have made a fantastic start on their bridge paintings. They have looked at blending, dabbing, mixing and sketching. Can’t wait to see the finished product!!

After a snow break, we came back even more amazing with costumes representing every genre of book, type of story and range of characters……can you identify each one?       

Getting our volleyball practise in here – we are perfecting ‘the dig’.  Working in pairs we built up to bigger and bigger groups and longer and longer rallies.

After days of cloud we rushed out to record the size and direction of our shadows as they moved during the day. Sometimes we were huge, at lunchtime our shadow has nearly disappeared. This is part of our space topic and trying to get our heads round orbits, rotations, spinning and is there an end to

        Many of our children were moved by the images shown on the BBC documentary Blue Planet showing the impact of humans on the environment. As a result, an Eco Team has been established with children from KS1 and KS2, along with adult representatives, who will take the lead i

What a great treat everyone had at Front Street this morning! The Mayor of Gateshead came to our assembly to listen to our Rota Kids talk about their job roles and what they have been doing in the community. The children were presented with a rota badge and wristband which they will wear around scho

We all had a great time learning how to make candles and clay pots. We can’t wait to take them home. Article 29

So as we can’t be at school today I thought we could do with a World Book Day challenge: Who can find a snowy place to read? I can’t wait to see the pictures on Monday. There might even be some prizes! Bonus question: Which book am I reading?

❄️☃️❄️☃️❄️☃️❄️☃️❄️☃️❄️☃️❄️ With the continued winter weather and worsening conditions, we have made the decision to close the school. Stay safe and warm. Sledge. Build a snowman. Have a snowball fight…and that’s just all you parents. Look out f