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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Gateshead SEND Network News – Summer Issue
Dear Parents and Carers, Please follow the link below to see the summer issue of Gateshead’s SEND Network Newsletter. The newsletter shares updates on Gateshead's offer to parents of children and young adults with additional needs, as well as sharing the successes of...
Uniform Policy – Update
Please click on the links below to view our updated Uniform policy and accompanying Headteacher's letter: Uniform Policy Letter School Uniform Policy 2021
Ofsted Monitoring report
Please click on the link below to read the latest Ofsted monitoring report and accompanying letter. Ofsted Letter and Report May 2021 Monitoring Visit
Using thermometers to measure temperature
Drowning Prevention Week
This week is Drowning Prevention Week. With summer coming, children are very likely to be around water so it is really important we work with them to keep them safe- especially due to the fact so many of our children have missed out on swimming lessons during Covid....
Which wild grasses can we find?
Adjectives to describe our fantasy characters (using textures)
VIRTUAL PARENT CARER TRANSITION SUPPORT EVENT
The Gateshead 0-19 Service are holding virtual transition meetings in July to support Parents and Carers with their child or young person's transition. Please see and share the attached flyer for more information about how to join the virtual information and chat...
Just a day in the life of Grace Darling
The children have learned about what Grace Darling did every day. They role-played her day and wrote diary entries.
Manipulating clay
In art the children have had their first experience of manipulating clay. They really enjoyed learning how to use it.
Life cycle of a plant
We Have been learning about the life cycle of a plant. Then we realised we had two parts of the life cycle in our growing collection - the seedling and the young plant.
Predicting and debugging
The children were using sequences and predicting where the Beebots would land. They then debugged their programs.
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