Year 5 had great fun dressing up and supporting Children in Need last Friday. We began by completing a word search, writing our own acrostic poem and answering a Children in Need reading comprehension before heading into the hall to take part in a Children in Need escape game! We had great fun supporting this worthy cause.
Year 5 represented Bede Burn at the remembrance service held in Monkton Village on Tuesday. The class were very respectful during the service and were even congratulated by the Mayor of South Tyneside and members of the public on their conduct. Our class councillors Olivia and Zaki did a lovely job when they laid the school’s wreath on our behalf. Well done for making us proud Year 5.
Year 5 had their second Sportshall Athletics lesson this afternoon in P.E. After warming up, we practised the standing long jump and 5 strides for the field events. Also, we reminded ourselves of how to safelyuse the reverser boards before practising with them and adding in the high stepper for the obstacle relay. Check out some of our in action photos!
Friday night was a late one for our Year 5 class, who went stargazing this week at the Twice Brewed Inn in Hexham. We gathered together with our friends at St Oswald’s School first to watch some videos showing the sheer size of some of the planets in space which lead to a very animated discussion and really ignited everyone’s curiosity and excitement! After filling up on our packed lunches we headed off into the night!
Unfortunately, the weather was not on our side as the sky was very cloudy and misty, making it impossible to see any stars at all. Not to be deterred, the staff from Kielder Observatory, ensured we made the most of it and gave us a very informative discussion all about stars, planets, asteroids and the galaxy and we even got to see some bits of asteroids close up! Then we headed into the planetarium to be shown how the sky would have looked where we were if it hadn’t been for the clouds and how to recognise constellations in the night sky.
Although it wasn’t quite what was planned, we all had an amazing time and can’t wait to learn more about space in our new topic of “Earth and Space”.
Year 5 have embraced their new D.T. topic, “Moving Mechanisms” this week by investigating the effects of pneumatics and the many ways it can be used. We conducted a number of experiments looking at how compressed air works, which will help us design and make our own pneumatic machine that can perform a useful function in the home.
This morning in Maths, Year 5 played Bingo to begin with to consolidate their learning on dividing by 10, 100 and 1000. Then, we worked in groups to play Jeopardy where we answered lots of questions about multiplying and dividing in multiples of 10, 100 and 1000.
Year 5 started Sportshall Athletics in their P.E. lesson this week. We practised using the reverser boards for the track events and chest push for one of the field events. Check out some of our in action photos!
Year 5 started their new Earth and Space topic in Science this afternoon. We learned about the Solar System and explored how the planets orbit around the sun through creating a 3D model and represented the Solar System.
This morning, Year 5 visited The Word to explore the Cogs and Carnivals exhibition linked to our Forces and Mechanisms unit in Science. It added to our learning of pulleys, gears and levers. Check out some of our photos!
Year 5 had their second workshop from the Healthy Minds Team for building our self esteem and confidence. This afternoon, we specifically focused on building our resilience and put this into practice when drawing our butterflies. Check out some of our butterflies!
