Year 5 had a fantastic morning at Simonside Climbing Wall. We participated in a range of activities including games, problem solving challenges and climbing. Check out some of our photos!
Mrs Smith came into Year 5 to share her wealth of knowledge all about what places of worship tell us for what Christians believe about God. Thank you Mrs Smith.
For this half term’s forest school with Mr Usher, year 5 searched for lots of information sheets hidden around forest school all about farming in the UK, which links to our current Geography topic! We found lots of information about the day in the life of a farmer and how their role changes across the year depending on the season.
For Safer Internet Day, year 5 took part in an online lesson, where they joined lots of other schools around South Tyneside in a quiz all about how we can keep ourselves safe online!
Year 5 thoroughly enjoyed Time to Talk Day! We became chefs and food critics where we made our own Seasonal Soup linked to our D.T. unit (Eat the Seasons). We put our Oracy skills into practise when evaluating our soups. Check out some of our chefs in action!
Year 5 started their next Computing unit where we were using the Crumble Kits to develop our programming skills. We programmed the sparkle to change different colours and for different durations, we added in a switch and some of us even added in a buzzer. Check out some of our in action photos!
In Geography this week, year 5 have been looking at how the topography and soil type affect the location of different agricultural regions in the UK. To help us, we have been using ordnance survey maps – we had lots of fun working together in groups to locate these regions on the maps. Well done year 5!
In year 5 we have continued with our Netball unit in PE this week, focusing on pivoting when in possession of the ball. We also had a great discussion about fair play and making sure we make passes to everybody in the team using all of the space around us.
Year 5 participated in the Great British Bird Watch on Friday afternoon from our very own forest garden. The children were very excited, equipped with hats, coats, binoculars and clipboards to record any birds that visited our garden. The weather wasn’t very kind to us so there weren’t many birds around but that didn’t dampen our spirits and our findings were greatly appreciated.
This data is vital to the RSPB so they are aware of exactly how our feathered friends are faring across the country. Well done and thank youYear 5.
