
Category: Year 5


Year 5/6 Gymnastics
Yesterday, our two year 5/6 gymnastics teams went to the urban factory to compete against other schools in South Tyneside. The group had worked exceptionally hard over the last 6 weeks with...

Library Visit
Our 8 KS2 librarians visited the library at The Word this morning with Mrs Simpson to find out about how a library is run. Jolene the librarian showed our librarians the different...

Panto Trip
Years 1-6 and the Resource bases enjoyed a trip to the Customs House to watch Aladdin. We all had a fantastic afternoon and the children had great fun. We are all getting...

Year 5 Science – Space – Day and Night
Year 5 have been learning about why we have day and night and using the idea of the Earth’s rotation to explain day and night and the apparent movement of the sun...

Interfaith Week
KS2 pupils learnt about the importance of Interfaith Week this week in their classes. It links well with our PSHE and British Value lessons.

Year 5 Openzone Visit
Year 5 visited the Openzone at The Word in South Shields. The day began by creating algorithms to be used with small microcontrollers called Crumbles. Pupils used these to control LED lights...

Harvest Service at St Simon’s Church
We ended our half term with a fantastic Harvest service at St Simon’s Church. For the past half term our children have been learning some songs about Harvest. Today we shared our...

Black History Month – Walter Tull
Y5 have been gathering evidence from different sources about Walter Tull today to answer the question as to whether he was a significant person. They found out all about his early life,...