Year 5

A group of Year 9 students from Whickham School visited Year 5 and delivered an introductory lesson to German. We even listened to The Very Hungry Caterpillar in German and played some games.

Inspired by Vincent Bal, we used torches to create shadows, then turned the shadows into art.   Article 29  

Team Front Street are bringing home – a staggering – 28 medals from the South of Tyne County Finals today! Take a look at our AMAZING results from the swimming gala: 🥇Gold – boys medley relay 🥇Gold – boys freestyle relay 🥈Silver – boys breaststroke 🥈Silver – 8 Team cannon relay 🥈Overa

Front Street have came away with 27 medals and the Gateshead Champions Trophy today at the Swimming Gala competition… 𝑾𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒂 𝒏𝒆𝒘 𝑮𝒂𝒕𝒆𝒔𝒉𝒆𝒂𝒅 𝒐𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒂𝒍𝒍 𝒕𝒆𝒂𝒎 𝒔𝒄𝒐𝒓𝒆!🌟 Take a look at our AMAZING results�

In Art we are looking at shadow artworks. We created our own silhouettes and painted backgrounds for them. Can you tell who is who? Article 29

In DT, we used squared paper to make prototype pencil cases. This meant we could test whether our designs were the right size before we started cutting out material. We then used paper templates and pinned them to our fabric, before cutting out our different pieces.   Article 29

📚📚📚It is National Storytelling Week and the Reading Ambassadors have done a fantastic job of reading stories throughout school. 📚📚📚 articles: 28, 31  

Year 5 are learning about Ancient Greece, and we enjoyed a virtual workshop with Durham University. We explored artefacts and even performed our own version of the Greek play, ‘The Medea’. Article 29

Year 5 have been learning about land use in Whickham. We are currently discussing the site of the old school building and how it could be re developed so we walked up to see the area in question.  We are collecting opinions so you may receive a Google link to complete a survey.