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  • 18/02/24

    Phases of the Moon

    Year 5 had a great time learning all about the different phases of the Moon using Oreo biscuits!
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  • 18/02/24

    Blaydon West Library week!

    Year 5 were extremely excited to take part in Blaydon West’s first Library Week! The theme for this term was ‘Picture books’. They spent time in our school library exploring different picture books and carrying out different activities organised by our school Reading Champions...
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  • 09/02/24

    Children’s Mental Health week

    As part of children’s mental health week a Year 5 have been thinking about how they can look after their own minds by carrying out some mindfulness tasks. They have also been thinking about things they have done that they are proud of and sharing it with others to show that everyone’s vo...
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  • 15/01/24

    Our place in space

    Year 5 have spent the day at The Great North Museum today exploring the galleries. They have found out about how the constellations link to different animal names and how the planets in our solar system are named after Roman gods and goddesses. They then spent time in the planetarium having a tou...
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  • 20/12/23

    A magical afternoon with a magician!

    The whole school had a fun filled afternoon with Flash the magician!
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  • 18/12/23

    Party time for Year 5 and 6!

    Year 5 and 6 had a great time dancing the afternoon away and they enjoyed a delicious buffet afterwards! Thank you for all of the food contributions!
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  • 15/12/23

    KS2 Polar Express

    KS2 have had a festive afternoon watching The Polar Express while eating biscuits and drinking hot chocolate! To make sure they were comfy they all came to school in their Pjs!
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  • 15/12/23

    Workshop with the European Space Agency!

    This morning, alongside 3000 other primary school pupils, Year 5 took part in an online workshop with Sara Pastor who works with for the European Space Agency. There was the opportunity to ask her some questions about the Habitation pods that they are designing to send people to the Moon in. This wa...
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  • 15/12/23

    When Sasha got swept up the chimney!

    KS2 have worked extremely hard to present our Christmas play this year! Thank you to all of the adults who came to watch it this week. A huge well done to all the classes, especially Year 6 who led the show with all of the speaking parts!
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  • 27/11/23

    Author Vashti Hardy visits Blaydon West!

    KS2 were lucky enough to have a visit from the celebrated children’s author Vashti Hardy as part of the Northern Children’s Book Festival.
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  • 24/11/23

    Anglo-Saxon workshop with the Durham Oriental Museum

    This afternoon Year 5 took part in an online workshop all about the Anglo – Saxons with the Durham Oriental Museum. They had a great afternoon taking on the role of archeologists by looking at a range of different artefacts and deciding what they thought they were and used for.
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  • 20/11/23

    Visit from The Flood Risk Management team

    This afternoon Year 5 had a visit from a member of The Flood Risk management team. We had fun playing BINGO to learn about animals found in and around the River Tyne. We then found out about flooding and what causes it as well as who is effected by flooding.
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