Due to the kind contributions from parents and carers, we were able to collect a variety of food for Harvest. This food has now been collected by The People’s Kitchen in Newcastle to help those in need. The school received a thank you letter from The People’s Kitchen thanking us for our kind donatio
As part of STEM week Year 5 were set The Egg Move Challenge. This exercise encourages the children to hone their problem solving and communication skills. Demonstrating an understanding of how to use a variety of materials, practically learning about forces, using estimation and prediction are just
This half term, the children in Year 5 have been developing their Tag Rugby skills. They have worked on their passing skills, footwork and attacking and defending. This week, the children put their skills into action in small sided games. During the matches, the children showed how well their skills
In Year 5, for their Art unit of work, the children have studied batik. They looked at different artists’ examples of batik before creating their own design. The children thoroughly enjoyed applying wax or glue to material before using brusho paint to dye the fabric. The results were fantastic! Arti
Due to the kind contributions from the Harlow Green school community, we have been able to collect a variety of food which will be shared with those in need over the cold autumn and winter months. Yesterday, members of The People’s Kitchen came to collect the items and were helped by children from o
In maths in year 5, the children have been learning how to estimate and approximate. They used their rounding knowledge to answer problems that required approximate answers. Working in groups, the children had to discuss and agree an appropriate approximation. There was a great deal of discussion ge
In our assembly today, Mr Malik explained that this Thursday was National Poetry Day. It was explained how poems come in many different forms and how they can express how we feel and what we think about at different times. Mr Malik shared a poem called ‘If I were King’, by A.A. Milne (the author o
In Science lessons, during our learning about forces, the Year 5 children have been investigating the effect mass has on gravity. Although many of the children predicted that objects with greater mass would fall more quickly and land first, they learnt that this was not the case: mass does not affec
On Wednesday, our fantastic runners went to Watergate Forest Park to compete in the Cross-Country. A team of Year 3/4 and a team of Year 5/6 boys and girls competed against 52 other teams from schools across Gateshead. All the runners tried their very best and really enjoyed the afternoon. Fantast
In their History lessons, Year 5 have been learning about key events that occurred during the Anglo Saxon period. The children identified significant facts including, when the Anglo Saxons first arrived in Britain, the Viking invasion of Britain and even when ‘Beowulf’ was originally written. Once
