This morning, Year 5 visited a Jewish Synagogue in Newcastle as part of their learning of; Judaism in RE. We met Jonathan and Helen Brady who were our speakers for the day and who lead their progressive synagogue. First, we learnt that the lectern that was in...
This half term in Music, Year 5 have been looking at music throughout the years. First, we listened to different pieces of Jazz Music, including; Nina Simone and Louie Armstrong. We learnt about a musician called Ella Fitzgerald, who was famous for ‘scatting’, which...
In our Music lessons so far this half term, Year 3 have been learning about Classical and Baroque music. We focused on Beethoven and created a case study. We learnt that Beethoven's pieces of music are incredibly complicated. Beethoven trained as a musician from the...
At the beginning of this week in Maths, focused on converting improper fractions to mixed numbers. We used our division knowledge to work out how many whole numbers were in each fraction and how much fraction was left over. Today, we converted a mixed number into an...
This afternoon, some children from Year 5 and 6 were chosen to take part in a new programme called; ‘Think Good, Feel Good’. The programme will run for 6 weeks with Miss Greenwell and Hannah Long from Gateshead Council. The first session was called; ‘Be kind to...
On Friday morning in English, Year 5 began planning the writing of a formal letter. Our piece of writing this half term is based on ‘Shackleton’s Journey’. The children are writing a letter, pretending to apply for a job on board Shackleton’s ship, ‘The Endurance’, to...