Welcome to the Antarctica Year 5 Class Page. Here, you can find out about everything that we've been doing this term.
Friday 12th July
What a busy week we have had! We returned to school on Thursday (slightly tired!) to an Olympic Enrichment Week, focussing on the values of the Olympics. We had a workshop filled day on Friday, starting with a skateboarding lesson with Ethan. We looked at the fundamentals of skating, before moving on and skating across the yard. It was great fun, and we spent lots of time laughing!
Then, we had a great Haka workshop with Ben - he said we were the best class he has ever worked with! We showed off our skills and made Miss McKean very proud!
This week, we had a wonderful painting session with Mrs Sanderson and Mrs Holyoak! As part of a school wide activity, Emmaville in Bloom, every class was given a flower that we had to paint. We were given daisies in year 5, a very tricky flower to paint when the petals are white. Luckily, Mrs Sanderson showed us how to use white paints on dark card to make the flowers stand out. We're sure that you'll agree that we have done an amazing job, we worked so hard on our paintings and we were so proud of them!
Just a reminder that our class assembly is next Thursday (4th July) at 2:30pm. We hope to see you there!
What a lovely week we have had! On Monday, we were lucky that the weather stayed dry for our sports day. Every member of our class showed incredible sportsmanship, kindness and effort – we had a great morning and we hope you did too!
On Thursday, Primary Enterprise World and Thompsons of Prudhoe paid us a visit to complete some team building challenges. Our task was to make a tetrahedron (Zain told us all that word, and we were amazed!) out of 6 sticks, and then connect 4 together to make a larger one. Then another 4, then another 4, and, well, you get the picture! We ended up with a structure that almost touched the roof of the hall, which we had to lift and move in a circle before deconstructing it. This tested not only our building skills, but our teamwork skills. We worked amazingly as a team, and scored lots of points for our class – marbles in the jar for everybody!
We have had a great week, and on Thursday we were lucky enough to have a visit from our friends on the Prayer Spaces team. This time, we thought about what we needed to be thankful for, our worries for year 6, and our thoughts for other countries around the world.
It was great to get to speak about our worries for next year, and realise we weren't alone in being worried. We know we have our teachers, friends and families to help us and it isn't actually that scary! We also thought about the countries around the world that are going through some hard times, and we sent our thoughts to them.
We have made the most of our first week back, and have managed to fit so much in! In PE, we did our athletics trials. We all tried our best and cheered each other on - well done to those through to the next set of trials.
In English, we have focussed on oracy - more specifically, speeches. Our task was to write a speech all about our favourite thing to do outdoors, and why. All of the speeches were incredible, we heard about so much! From white water rafting to football, cricket to snow tubing - it was such an interesting lesson! Our winner, however, is the lovely Oliver Rowell. Oliver's speech about cricket told us all about why he loves it, but also gave a loving shout-out to his brother Archie who has inspired him. It was an amazing speech that wowed us all - well done Oliver!
Thursday 23rd May
The final week of this half term has come around so fast! As part of our Linking Project, we have started to think about what social change we want to do to improve our local biodiversity, our mental health and our school ground.
We went out with Oceania class on Tuesday afternoon to have a look at the habitats that we have in our school grounds, and which animals we are welcoming. As part of the Education National Parks scheme, we have mapped our school grounds and are going to work on improving the biodiversity in our area. Stay tuned for what we get up to and how we improve and change our area!
What a busy week we have had! In science, we have been looking at life cycles and the gestation times of different mammals. Before we tried to make our own scatter graphs, we made a giant one on the floor and worked together to create a scale and put the animals in the right place. We noticed a trend that the larger the animal, the longer the gestation time seemed to be – usually anyway!
To consolidate our knowledge of bird life cycles, we got to wander over to nursery for a very exciting treat. Their chicks have begun to hatch! It was such a treat to hold a chick and see just how cute they are in real life.
In DT, we have had a chat about healthy snacks and ways to make sure we eat enough veg. This led onto a taste testing afternoon! Carrots, celery, sugar snap peas, baby corn and cucumber were enjoyed (or not) with salsa and hummus – it was a lot of fun, and some of us even found new foods that we like!
Finally, a huge well done to our year 5 girls’ footballers who played this week. Your team spirit and positive attitude will take you all so far. 4 days to go…
Friday 10th May
Considering it's been a 4 day week, we have certainly managed to squeeze a lot in! On Tuesday, we headed into Newcastle to the Laing Art Gallery to meet our linked class from Woodlawn School in Whitley Bay. Through our linking project, we have had some great learning opportunities and this was a well anticipated day out.
We took part in two workshops over the day; gallery games and a landscape art session. We got to explore the galleries of the Laing whilst getting to know our new friends, which we absolutely loved.
Gallery games were great fun, and we got to know our linked class by finding out little details about them that were similar to us and thinking about ways that we are the same. We then did some 'back-to-back' drawing where we described a painting to a friend and they had to draw it from description alone - trickier than we expected! We got to look around the gallery and see if we could make up stories from the paintings, and then (using our voices and some body percussion) we made a soundscape.
Then, it was a trip to the Northern Spirit exhibition to look at landscapes of the North East to inspire our very own landscapes. From New York, Noah and Evan Town and a blossom forest to the sea and animal land - we certainly used our creativity to make 3D landscapes.
What a great day, and a fantastic opportunity to meet our linked class in real life. We hope we get to see them again soon!
Our week started with a visit from Sam Cree and her friends, who came on Monday afternoon to deliver three sessions based around St. Luke's Gospel. In the workshops, we looked at a version of the Gospel written and illustrated by Gemma Willis, which contains lots of cartoons and captions telling the stories of Jesus and his early life in the style of the 'Diary of a Wimpy Kid' books. We filled in comprehension quiz questions, drew our own cartoon strips to keep in decorated matchboxes and took part in some drama. All the adults leading the activities were super-impressed with how well all of us engaged in them.
On Tuesday, we all paid a visit to the SafetyWorks centre in Newcastle. There, we were taken though five fast-paced workshops that were packed full of brilliant advice that may one day save our lives. The workshops were lead by a variety of professionals from organisations like St John Ambulance, Blue Cross, the Fire Service and the RNLI, and were all delivered in mock-ups of real places. We learned how to read the body language of dogs that we don't know; how to pack for a safe day out in the sun; how to stay safe at a Metro station; how to be safe around water, whether it be the sea or a river; how to phone the emergency services; how to cross roads safely; and how to be safe in the garden around bonfires and barbecues. It really was amazing and we learnt so much.
In DT this week, we made fruit kebabs. Many of us tried fruits that we had never had before, and loved them! We used our chopping skills to make the fruit bite sized, then organised them on the skewer to make sure they looked appetising. We had a lot of fun!
On Tuesday this week, we were lucky enough to take a trip to the Oriental Museum at Durham University. Our guide for the day, Michael, made us honorary university students and our journey through the museum began!
First, we went into the gallery to complete a series of challenges that involved us finding different artefacts and thinking about what they might have been used for. It was great to explore the gallery and work as a team to explore.
Then, we went into the classroom for a handling artefacts session. We looked at some oracle bones, food storage pots, wine storage pots and jugs, as well as a mask. It was great to get to see some Shang items and truly understand what the Shang people may have used them for.
After lunch, we brushed up on our acting skills as we did a performance that told the story of the final Shang king. All he wanted to do was make his (very miserable) wife laugh, so he did lots of unkind things to others to make her happy. It ended very badly for him, and Ethan acted out his final moments brilliantly. Bravo to our brilliant actors and actresses for their performances.
Finally, it was time to create some artwork. Using embossing tools and gold foil, we decorated some Shang pots. Overall, it was a fantastic day and a brilliant way to consolidate our learning so far. What a great week!
Our first week back has been full of fun and learning. What a treat we had on Wednesday! We were visited by our friends from the Gateshead Music Service for a music workshop. This time, it was all about rhythms. We started with some body percussion, before moving to instruments. We used a range of instruments, including snare drums and tamborims, to make sounds using different rhythms being played together. We had a lot of fun, we always love their visits!
On Friday, we started our BikeAbility sessions. We had a lot of fun, and we can't wait to be out on the roads next week learning how to stay safe when we are on our bikes.
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