Welcome to Year 5 (2018-2019)
Our Learning
- Miss Reid is the teacher in Class 11 and Mrs Dempsey is the teacher in Class 12.
Key Stage Two Teaching Assistants are;
- Miss Riseborough, Mrs Gibson, Mrs Coxon, Mrs Hamilton, Mrs Miller and Mrs Ryczel .
Summer Term 2019
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- DT – Making a shelter. (Related to Kensuke’s Kingdom.)
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- DT – Making a shelter. (Related to Kensuke’s Kingdom.)
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- Polish presentation and food tasting by Zuzia to Y5.
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- Polish presentation and food tasting by Zuzia to Y5.
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- Science – Sorting materials by their properties.
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- Science Absorbency investigation
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- French – Creating sentences about a beach scene.
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- French – Creating sentences about a beach scene.
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- – Maths – Tessellations / Escher
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- Maths – 4 operation calculations – Travel agent challenge!
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- Maths – 4 operation calculations – Travel agent challenge!
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- Science – Thermal insulator investigation
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- Science – Thermal insulator investigation
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- School Council mascot competition
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- School Council mascot competition
Spring Term 2019
Spring Term 2
Year 5 were extremely busy this half-term. Have a look at the slideshow below.
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- Y5 visit from Newcastle University campus explorers
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- Y5 visit from Newcastle University campus explorers
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- Y5 visit from Newcastle University campus explorers
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- Y5 ukulele performance to parents
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- KS2 gazebo after tidying (School Council request)
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- KS2 gazebo before tidying
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- Gymnastics team
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- Mother’s Day afternoon – Painting in the style of Hokusai. (Related to ‘Kensuke’s Kingdom novel.)
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- Mother’s Day afternoon – Painting in the style of Hokusai. (Related to ‘Kensuke’s Kingdom novel.)
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- Maths – ‘Temperature of coffee’ line graph
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- Y5 Kensuke’s Kingdom day (Outdoor strategies for survival)
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- Y5 Kensuke’s Kingdom day (Outdoor strategies for survival)
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- Y5 Kensuke’s Kingdom day (Outdoor strategies for survival)
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- Y5 Kensuke’s Kingdom day (Outdoor strategies for survival)
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- KS2 Maths Magician
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- Y5 maths games with KS1
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- Y5 maths games with KS1
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- Y5 maths games with KS1
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- STEM week – Mr Stephenson (engineer) speaking to Y5.
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- STEM week – Mr Stephenson (engineer) speaking to Y5.
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- “Wheels” day
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- “Wheels” day
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- Orienteering
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- Orienteering
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- Orienteering
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- Gymnastics / Cheer leading
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- Gymnastics / Cheer leading
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- Tennis coach
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- Bouncy castle
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- Bouncy castle
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- Bouncy castle
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- Fencing
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- Fencing
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- Y5/6 sports week – Ice skating
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- Y5/6 sports week – Ice skating
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- World Book Day
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- World Book Day
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- World Book Day
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- World Book Day
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- World Book Day
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- Maths – Collecting traffic data for bar graph
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- Music – Glockenspiels
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- English – Kensuke’s Kingdom drama
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- English – Kensuke’s Kingdom drama
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- New KS2 sandpit
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- Receiving letters from Nekacheya
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- Receiving letters from Nekacheya
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- French – I-Pads “Flashsticks” app
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- French – I-Pads “Flashsticks” app
Year 5 have been extremely busy in the first half of the Spring Term. We have completed many investigations and participated in lots of activities. Have a look at the photographs below.
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- KS2 Valentine’s disco
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- KS2 Valentine’s disco
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- C12 gardening with Mrs Shaw. (Digging out plants in the sensory garden.)
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- C12 gardening with Mrs Shaw. (Digging out plants in the sensory garden.)
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- Y5 science – ‘Mammal web’ visit. (Setting up a camera in the school woodland.)
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- Olympic athlete visit
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- Olympic athlete visit
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- Y5 science – RSPB Schools Birdwatch
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- Indoor curling
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- Maths – Angles work
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- Maths – Angles work
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- C12 on the climbing frame
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- Y5 “Tillytootales” Northern Saints visit
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- Y5 “Tillytootales” Northern Saints visit
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- Maths – Investigating scaling up/down
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- Maths – Investigating scaling up/down
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- Olympic athlete visit
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- Olympic athlete visit
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- Olympic athlete visit
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- Maths – Angles work
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- Maths – Angles work
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- Maths – Angles work
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- Y5 science – RSPB Schools Birdwatch
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- Y5 science – RSPB Schools Birdwatch
Fun in the snow! February 1st brought a little snow to Shotley Bridge. It was great fun being able to play in it during the morning. Have a look at the photographs.
Autumn Term 2018
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- Finished Christmas t-shirts
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- Finished Christmas t-shirts
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- Y6 Carol singing at SHotley Park
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- DT Making a Christmas t shirt
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- KS2 Brass Band Concert
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- Class 12 wearing Christmas Jumpers
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- KS2 Christmas Lunch
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- KS2 Christmas Lunch
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- KS2 Christmas Lunch
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- Christmas Hair
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- Performing a radio broadcast
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- Odd sock day
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- Estimating and calculating displacement
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- Estimating and alculating capacity
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- The coming of the vikings
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- The coming of the vikings
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- The coming of the vikings
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- The coming of the vikings
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- WHole School council meeting
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- Letters to Nekacheya
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- Water resistance investigation
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- Completed viking helmets
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- Completed viking helmets
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- Children in Need – Shw your spots – Circle weaving
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- Children in Need – Shw your spots – Circle weaving
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- Converting units of measure
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- Air resistance investigation
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- Computing – Stop motion animation
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- Making a viking helmet
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- Using a forcemeter
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- Concrete learning
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- Halloween Disco
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- Halloween Disco
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- Halloween Disco
November 2018 Our trip to Palace Green
Finished Viking Helmets!
Autumn Term 1
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- Science -Solar system demonstation
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- Outdoor Maths – factor hunt
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- Length of shadow throughout day investigation
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- Phases of the moon using oreo cookies.
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- English – How to train your dragon – sensory experience (taste and smell of fish)
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- Ukelele lesson
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- Police dogs visit Y6
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- Y5 spelling bee
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- Poet visit
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- French – Playing snakes and ladders about ‘Les Planetes’
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- Class Performance Poem – Dogs!
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- Class 11 Performance Poem – Monster in my school
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- Class 12 Performance Poem -Dog in the playground
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- Y6 Performance Poem – Whale
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- Viking helmet sculpture – wire framework
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- Viking helmet sculpture-wire framework
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- ‘Restart a heart’ day
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- ‘Restart a heart’ day
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- ‘Restart a heart’ day
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- Making cube numbers
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- Viking helmet sculpture -papier mache
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- Viking helmet sculpture – papier mache
A busy busy September for Y5. From keeping a beat with the musical instruments to outdoor learning to challenging Maths – we have been working hard. Have a look at the slideshow.
Archived Learning
Please view our Archive Year 5 learning by clicking the links below: