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  • 15/11/24

    Durham Oriental Museum visit Blaydon West!

    Year 5 have spent the whole day with a member of staff from the Durham Oriental Museum finding out all about the Anglo-Saxons. We have explored many different artefacts from this time period and became archaeologists to find out what we thought they were.  We then spent time looking at...
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  • 11/11/24

    Remembrance in Year 5

    Today, Year 5 took part in an online Remembrance assembly with many other children in the area. They learnt about the importance of remembrance and why it is important to remember. They each created a poppy and added a reason why we remember today and created a class display with them. Year 5 also d...
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  • 08/10/24

    Black History month.

    Year 5 found out all about the Notting Hill carnival as part of Black History month. They discovered its origins and what it involves. They then spent time designing and making their very own carnival masks!
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  • 04/10/24

    STEMFEST in space!

    Today, Year 5 has taken part in STEMFEST in space, which has been held online today. They have taken part in a workshop all about Monster black holes led by a research associate in Astrophysics from Newcastle University. This afternoon, they found out all about space missions from a member of the Al...
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  • 26/09/24

    Jeans for genes day 2024

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  • 10/06/24

    Exploring the source of the River Tyne in Kielder

    Year 5 have had a fantastic day up at Kielder exploring where the source of the River Tyne is. They drew sketch maps of what they could see as well as looking at the land use and counting the number of cars to allow us to compare this with our visits to Corbridge and Tynemouth. We then headed to...
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  • 05/06/24

    That History Bloke visits Year 5!

    Year 5 have had a fantastic morning with That History Bloke learning all about The Tudors. We certainly found out some disgusting facts about the Tudors. Did you know that doctors used to drink urine to find out what was wrong with their patients?!
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  • 20/05/24

    The Environment Agency visit Year 5!

    Year 5 have spent the morning with some members of The Environment Agency learning all about the impacts of flooding and what they do to prevent flooding in our local areas. We also found out about links between climate change and flooding. From this we discussed renewable sources of energy to help...
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  • 10/05/24

    Storytelling week at Blaydon library

    This week year 5 have visited Blaydon library as part of Storytelling week. The theme this year is food and we had great fun taking part in a few fun food themed quizzes. We had to guess higher or lower for the amount of sugar in different foods before we had our chocolate bar knowledge tested! The...
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  • 08/05/24

    Case study: Three Gorges Dam

    As part of our Rivers topic,  Year 5 have been looking at how rivers are affected by humans. They have been researching the Three Gorges Dam and thinking about the advantages and disadvantages of the Dam.
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  • 03/05/24

    Developing ukulele skills in Year 5

    Year 5 have been developing their ukulele skills during their music sessions. This week they have even been composing their own music and performing it to the class.
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  • 01/05/24

    The Boy at the Back of the Class at the Theatre Royal!​​​​​​​

    Today Year 5 went to the Theatre Royal to see the production of The boy at the back of the class- a book we have read this year. The show was amazing and very true to the book. The whole class  ( as well as the staff) thoroughly enjoyed it! We all had an amazing time and even got to meet the...
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