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!

Spring Topic
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Our Class Blog
What is the coastline in Britain like?
School Meal Price increase
Please see attached letter detailing the planned price increase for school meals from 1st April 2023.
Newsletter 6.2.23
Please see our newsletter below.
Which liquid causes the most damage to your teeth?
February Half Term Sports Camp
During February Half Term - Whickham School is running a sports camp for children ages 7-14. Please see the details below
Exploring the steel pans
Linked to exploring cultural differences today we had a the opportunity to explore the steel pans. We were then a super audience to Year 5 who shared a beautiful piece of music they have been learning on the steel drums.
Our knitted angel’s first trip!
Today, we received our knitted angel from Gateshead Library to celebrate the Angel of the North turning 25 on Wednesday 15th February 2023. Today, we took our angel swimming to Blaydon swimming pool!
Valentines Disco is Live on Arbor (Thursday 16th February)
Please click the links below to see information for the Valentines disco on Thursday 16th February. https://rowlandsgillprimary.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/Valentines-poster-1.pdf...
Magical music
We enjoyed learning some of our Round and Round song and began to practice using the glockenspiels to compliment our singing. We learned that glockenspiels have keys with different letters to show the note it will play. [contact-form][contact-field label="Name"...
Making rain gauges
Today we continued to look at the Seasons and created rain gauges to see how the amount of rainfall changes across the seasons. We will be measuring them over time and comparing our results.
Making maps
Year 1 and Year 2 had a wonderful time visualising and creating the journey from the play park to school in the hall and then physically taking part in the journey around the room to help to remember the key landmarks. We then drew our own maps to show the journey we...
Locating mountain ranges and hills in the UK
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