YEAR 5/6 (ORANGE)
Mrs J ReadshawWelcome to our Year 5/6 class blog.
Our class teacher is Mrs. Readshaw.
On this page, you’ll find lots of useful information and posts about what’s going on in Year 5/6 over the course of the year.
Check in regularly for photographs of our fantastic learning and achievements.
Dream, Believe, Achieve!

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Computing with Crumbles in Yr 5 and 6!
In Year 5 and 6 we have begun using Crumbles as part of our programming work. Crumbles are great little mini-computers which can be used to make lights, buzzers, motors and sensors work. We're going to use then to make a moving vehicle from WW2 - keep an eye out on...
#BRIGHTENTHEDAY – Christmas 2021 Gateshead School holiday programme
We want to take this opportunity to tell you more about Gateshead Council's school holiday programme - BRIGHTENTHEDAY!! So many children have joined in the Brighten the Day programme during the school holidays. The programme provides healthy food and fun activities...
Odd Socks for Anti-Bullying Week
Nursery enjoyed wearing their odd socks for Anti-bullying week. We spoke about how everyone is different and special and how we can all be kind to one another. We also looked at all the different socks people had on.
Sketching
Newsletter 12/11/21
Please click on the link below to see this weeks Newsletter Newsletter 12.11.21
“Lest we forget”
Online Safety Guides for Parents
If you find it hard to monitor what your kids are watching online and need a little help, here are a few 'What parents need to know about...' guides to help you out. If there is any topic that you are not sure of, please just send us an email and we will try to source...
Testing the properties of materials to group and classify
Autumn Colour Hunt!
Exploring Ancient Egyptian Artefacts
6W Forest School
A very big thankyou to Mrs Beattie for organising such a fantastic forest school afternoon for us- we had such a brilliant time!
Super settled!
This week we have been looking at different quantities and matching this to the numeral. We then compared these numbers using mathematical language and even worked out the difference. Within our play we showed our grown ups we can do this all by ourselves as well as...
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