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Year 5

Miss Hedley is our Year 5 teacher.

Mrs Drummond works in Y5 too and will be teaching the children on Wednesday mornings.

PE days are Tuesday and Thursday this term.

Children in Year 5 are in Upper Key Stage Two.  Find out what has been happening in our class. 

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Year 5 Spring Term 2024 Booklet

The Highwayman Narratives

The Highwayman Narratives

The children in Year 5 have written their own versions of The Highwayman. They have written them as full narrative and are proud of their results. We hope you enjoy reading them.

Science: Changes in materials

Science: Changes in materials

The children in Year 5 have been looking at different reversible and irreversible changes. We’ve had an afternoon of mixing vinegar and milk to make plastic, bicarbonate of soda and vinegar to make carbon dioxide (and a bit of a mess!), yeast, sugar and water to also…

Crookhill Cobras 🏀

Crookhill Cobras 🏀

On Friday night, the Year 5 Crookhill Cobras were back in action at the Vertu Motors Arena (home of the Newcastle Eagles) to take part in the Gateshead Hoops 4 Health Championship series. After a dominant 6-0 winning performance in the semi final, the Cobras were in…

Hoops 4 Health Tournament

Hoops 4 Health Tournament

All of Year 5 have taken part in the Hoops 4 Health tournament today. The team spirit has been phenomenal today and everyone played really well. All 3 teams made it into the knock out rounds in the afternoon with one of our teams advancing to the final after a tense…

Year 5 Writing

Year 5 Writing

✍️ Year 5 ✍️ Year 5 have been writing their own missing chapters for Kensuke’s Kingdom. This is a chapter based on how Mam and Dad react when they realise Michael and Stella have gone from The Peggy Sue and fits between chapter 3 and 4. We hope you enjoy reading…

Practical problem solving in Maths

Practical problem solving in Maths

In Maths we have been developing our problem solving skills. Today we looked at how we can act out and represent problems using equipment to help us really ‘see’ and then understand the problem. This helped us to ultimately solve a range of problems.

Creating the Grand Canyon

Creating the Grand Canyon

In Geography, we have been learning about the geography of the USA. We have looked at the Grand Canyon and how it was formed by the Colorado River eroding the rock. We recreated this on the school field and looked at how we could form our own canyons.

What could be healthier? 🍝

What could be healthier? 🍝

Year 5 have completed a food technology unit on healthy eating. After learning about bolognese and how the meat is sourced, they began looking at different recipes and cooking options. They tasted different sauces and looked at their ingredients and nutritional…

Forces

Forces

Year 5 have completed lots of work on our topic of Forces this week. First we investigated air resistance by designing and testing parachutes to find the prefect parachute to create the most air resistance. Then we investigated water resistance to se which shaped…

Health and Fitness

Health and Fitness

PE this term has seen the children in Year 5 increase their fitness levels by taking part in cardio, flexibility and strength circuits each week. We’ve found it tough but rewarding!