Year 5 NC
Welcome to 5NC
2025 - 2026
Welcome to fantastic 5NC! In Year 5, we cover a broad curriculum allowing the children to explore many books, think mathematically, write creatively and most of all… enjoy their learning. Have a look at some of the amazing things we have been so far...
Women in History
We had a great introductory lesson for our History topic this term! We worked together to decide if varies statements about the rights of women throughout history were true or false. We were really surprised by some of the facts which were true!
OH THE PLACES YOU'LL GO
by Dr Seuss
As part of our first week in Year 5, we looked at the Dr Seuss story, Oh The Places You'll Go. This book explores the journey we go on through life and the ups and downs that we all experience. We discussed the thoughts and feelings of the traveller during the different stages of the story. We reflected on the key messages about perseverance, resilience and determination.
We created emotion graphs to show how the travellers thoughts and feelings changed during the story.
Islands of Me
We created our own islands to show where we hope our journey through life will take us....
We discussed and inferred the meaning of different quotations from the text. We discussed what some of the unusual phrases meant in the story and applied this meaning to real life.
We wrote thought bubbles in role as the traveller in the story to describe how we felt during the different stages of life's journey.
Our Hopes and Aspirations
2024 - 2025
SPORTS DAY!
Jarrow Hall
We had a great time on our visit to Jarrow Hall. We explored the life of Anglo-Saxons including, how they made their clothes, crime and punishment, and their village life.
We enjoyed our Science workshop exploring the effects of greenhouse gases. We made our own carbon dioxide and investigated how the temperature increased. This showed us what is happening to our planet and how important it is to change this for the future.
We were visited by Stronger Shores to explore the effects of climate change on coastal erosion. We also made our own bioplastic to show how we can improve the problems caused by plastic on the environment.
Our fabulous day at Gibside!
Durham Cathedral Music Outreach Project
Our singing preparations are well underway for our upcoming performance at Durham Cathedral!
FORCES IN ACTION!
As part of our Science topic this term, we have investigated water resistance, air resistance and friction. We have discovered how forces are all around us and can be both helpful and unhelpful. We have created fair tests to investigate how different shapes, sizes and materials can effect the amount of force upon an object.
SUFFRAGETTES AT BEAMISH
We had a fantastic time at Beamish exploring life in 1913 as a Suffragette. We dramatised life as either a Suffragette, a Suffragist or an Antist and took part in protests and debates to deepen our understanding of our History topic.
Macmillan Coffee Morning
Thank you for an amazing turn out to our coffee morning!
Library Visit
Design Technology: Textiles - Stuffed Toys
As an introduction to our Design Technology topic, we discussed and evaluated our own stuffed toys. We discussed a variety of criteria to help us to design and make our own!
SHOW RASCISM THE RED CARD
We explored the causes and consequences of racism in a fun and engaging workshop.
We discussed the role of the internet in our every day lives and considered how to question and think critically about things that we see online.
We identified the ways in which we can use online gaming appropriately.
We questioned and discussed the use of racist language when online.
