Welcome to Class 5 2022-2023
Science Enquiry
UNCRC Article 28 – right to education
A fabulous lesson today where our children investigated the Scientific Question – Does the Mass of an object affect the Gravitational Force?
Once again, outstanding commitment by all to find a solution to their enquiry.
Homework – wb: 22.5.23
Please find below this week’s homework – Science.
Remember to upload your finished work onto DB Primary.
Please find your appropriate sheet in the document below.
Enjoy.
Mr. Graham
Bikeability
UNCRC Article 31 – leisure, play and artistic culture
What a brilliant week our children have had whist working hard to achieve their Bikeability Award.
The children enhanced skills in the playground then applied on the open road with their instructors.
Rights Respecting Gold ethos demonstrated by all.
Homework – wb: 15.5.23
Please find below this week’s homework – Numeracy.
Remember to upload your finished work onto DB Primary.
Please find your appropriate sheet in the document below.
Enjoy.
Mr. Graham
End of SATs Treats
UNCRC Article 31 – leisure, play and artistic culture
Wow! How lucky are we?
A lovely surprise for all our Year 6 children for their dedication, commitment and pure desire to succeed in their SATs. We are all immensely proud of you all: enjoy your treat everyone.
Forest School
UNCRC Article 28 – right to education
A lovely afternoon today where we celebrated the end of SAT week with a Forest School session – Fire Pit.
We used flint and steel to create a spark on cotton wool. We then roasted marshmallows and ate S’mores.
Rights Respecting Gold ethos demonstrated by all our wonderful children.
Homework – wb: 2.5.23
Please find below this week’s homework – Science.
Remember to upload your finished work onto DB Primary.
Please find your appropriate sheet in the document below.
Enjoy.
Mr. Graham
Science – Bamb & Alnwick – 2.5.23
Science – Lind & Lumley – 2.5.23
PE – Tennis
UNCRC Article 31 – leisure, play and artistic culture
A fabulous well done to all our children in Class 5 who are working hard to enhance their ball and racket control, as well as maintaining longer rallies in tennis.
Rights Respecting Gold demonstrated by all.
Computing
UNCRC Article 17 – access to media
Some fabulous work today in computing where our children started their video presentations based on our Cornerstones Curriculum topic – A Child’s War.
The children are preparing PowerPoints that will require voice overs whilst they present in a News Round format.
Homework – wb: 24.4.23
Please find below this week’s homework – Numeracy.
Remember to upload your finished work onto DB Primary.
Please find your appropriate sheet in the document below.
Enjoy.
Mr. Graham
Lindisfarne & Lumley – 24.4.23
Homework – wb: 17.4.23
Please find below this week’s homework – Literacy.
Remember to upload your finished work onto DB Primary.
Please find your appropriate sheet in the document below.
Enjoy.
Mr. Graham
Welcome to the Summer Term 2023!
I hope that you are all fit and well and have had a wonderful, relaxing Easter holiday. During the Summer 1st half term in Class 5, we are looking forward to learning about our next topic – A Child’s War!
A siren sounds and a Spitfire zooms overhead! It’s 1939 and Britain is at war.
This half term, we’ll imagine what it was like to be evacuated and live with a family other than our own. Using different source materials, we’ll learn about evacuation and write letters to our families ‘back home’. We’ll plot the Second World War’s events on a timeline and learn about rationing, Pearl Harbour and the Battle of Britain.
From a range of maps, we’ll identify safe and dangerous places during the war and make persuasive posters to support the war effort. After reading an extract from The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank, we’ll write our own diaries. We’ll learn about what it was like during the Blitz and think about how soldiers might have felt.
As well as our topic, the children will develop Outdoor and Adventurous Activities PE, Forest School will continue on Wednesdays, enhance their understanding of Christianity in RE, as well as enhancing our Literacy and Numeracy skills. Our children are excited to continue their preparations for the upcoming SATs, extra-curricular clubs are on Tuesday and Wednesdays. All children in Class 5 are encouraged to join in the fun on these After-School Clubs.
Homework will be issued weekly. Spellings will be issued on Wednesday and returned ready for a test on Mondays. Either Literacy, Numeracy or Science will be issued on Mondays, to be returned on Fridays. To continue all our hard work to develop our Remote Learning, we are encouraging our children to access their homework via DB Primary and upload their homework onto the MY WORK section by the Friday deadline – paper copies will still be distributed if necessary. We are trying to encourage our children to read daily, asking parents / carers to give a brief comment in their reading diary. Please ensure that your child returns their reading book to school daily.
Class 5 will have PE on Thursday and Fridays this half term. Please ensure your child has their PE kits in school on Monday morning and leave it in school for the whole week. We will send PE kits home on Fridays.
Cornerstone’s Curriculum – Beast Creator
Well done to all of our children in Class 5 today who combined all their skills learnt throughout the topic and celebrated by creating habitats located around a number of locations in our outdoor areas; each habitat is specifically designed to attract a number of wildlife and we are looking forward to monitoring each habitat and recording it’s activity during the summer term.
Rights Respecting Gold ethos demonstrated by all our children – well done.
PE – Dance
UNCRC Article 31 – leisure, play and artistic culture
What a fantastic morning Class 5 have had when they participated in the Durham SSCo Dance Festival at the Gala Theatre in Durham.
We had 34 superstars who demonstrated an array of artistic talents to perform their dance in celebration to all our work on LGBTQ+
Rights Respecting Gold ethos demonstrated by all our children once again and it was a privilege to watch you all show confidence and desire to be the best you can be.
We all know how proud your parents are and all the staff are beaming at you all.
Well done Class 5.
Homework – wb: 27.3.23
Please find below this week’s homework – Science.
Remember to upload your finished work onto DB Primary.
Please find your appropriate sheet in the document below.
Enjoy.
Mr. Graham
PE – Dance Showcase
What a fabulous treat the children of Class 5 gave the rest of the school when they showcased their upcoming dance routine for the Gala Theatre in Durham.
Well done to everyone; we are all convinced that you are going to be absolutely fantastic.
Geography / Computing
UNCRC Article 17 – access to media
Some beautiful work from our children today when they used digital mapping to research mini-beasts for their Cornerstones Curriculum – Beast Creator.
Rights Respecting Gold ethos demonstrated by all.
Homework – wb: 20.3.23
Please find below this week’s homework – Literacy.
Remember to upload your finished work onto DB Primary.
Please find your appropriate sheet in the document below.
Enjoy.
Mr. Graham
Music
UNCRC Article 31 – leisure, play and artistic culture
An excellent session today in music where we looked at a variety of musical instruments from China. The session was led by University students from Durham who also discussed university life and their aspirations for Future Careers.
An inspiring session with opportunities for our children to think about their own Future Career.
Rights Respecting Gold ethos demonstrated by all.
PE – Dance
UNCRC Article 31 – leisure, play and artistic culture
Another fabulous dance session today when they worked collaboratively as a team and finished their dance routine in time for the SSCo Dance festival on Wednesday – Gala Theatre Durham.
A fabulous well done to all of our children.
Homework – wb: 13.3.23
Please find below this week’s homework – Science.
Remember to upload your finished work onto DB Primary.
Please find your appropriate sheet in the document below.
Enjoy.
Mr. Graham
Raby HW – Living Things – 13.3.23
Lumley HW – Living Things – 13.3.23
Lindisfarne HW – Living Things – 13.3.23
Bamburgh HW – Living Things – 13.3.23
Alnwick HW – Living Things – 13.3.23
Science / DT
UNCRC Article 28 – right to education
Some excellent work today in DT where our children went into our wooded area and collected a variety of natural resources in preparation to make their habitats for the Cornerstone Curriculum – Beast Creator.
Rights Respecting Gold ethos demonstrated by all.
Homework – wb: 6.3.23
Please find below this week’s homework – Numeracy.
Remember to upload your finished work onto DB Primary.
Please find your appropriate sheet in the document below.
Enjoy.
Mr. Graham
Cornerstones Curriculum Engagement – Beast Creator
UNCRC Article 28 – right to education
What a fabulous afternoon we have had in class 5 where we were introduced to our new Cornerstones Curriculum topic – Beast Creator.
We linked our engagement to Forest School and explored the school grounds searching for a variety of leaves, sticks, plantation and mini beasts which were collected and brought back into class to identify.
We can’t wait to explore the rest of our topic.
Rights Respecting Gold Ethos demonstrated by all.
Monday 27th February 2023
Cornerstones Curriculum Spring Term 2 – Class 5
Dear Parent / Carer,
I hope that you are all fit and well and have had a relaxing half-term. During the Spring 2nd half term in Class 5, we are looking forward to learning about our next topic – Beast Creator!
A bug, a creepy-crawly, a beast. He’ll tickle your skin then go in for the sting. Arachnids, insects, molluscs and myriapods, hiding in nooks and beneath darkened rocks. Come search for these minibeasts, and let’s sort them out. How many legs? How many wings? Who does it eat and who eats it? Can you classify it? Can you draw it or make it? Build a bug hotel or a wonderful wormery, then watch them wriggle and burrow, mixing earth as they go.
Discover where in the world you’ll find the deadliest beasts. Perhaps the Vespa Mandarina Japonica is the one that you fear? Why not become a beast creator? Selectively breed a killer predator that saves the world from the super strong aphid. You’ll be a hero. ‘There was an old lady who swallowed a fly. I don’t know why she swallowed a fly. Perhaps she’ll die?’
As well as our topic, the children will develop their dance in PE ready for our Gala Theatre performance, as well as enhancing our Literacy and Numeracy skills. Our children are excited to continue their preparations for the upcoming SATs, extra-curricular clubs are on Tuesday and Wednesdays. All children in Class 5 are encouraged to join in the fun on these After-School Clubs.
Homework will be issued weekly. Spellings will be issued on Wednesday and returned ready for a test on Mondays. Either Literacy, Numeracy or Science will be issued on Mondays, to be returned on Fridays. To continue all our hard work to develop our Remote Learning, we are encouraging our children to access their homework via DB Primary and upload their homework onto the MY WORK section by the Friday deadline – paper copies will still be distributed if necessary. We are trying to encourage our children to read daily, asking parents / carers to give a brief comment in their reading diary. Please ensure that your child returns their reading book to school daily.
Class 5 will have PE on Monday and Wednesdays this half term. Please ensure your child has their PE kits in school on Monday morning and leave it in school for the whole week. We will send PE kits home on Fridays.
Future Careers – Music
UNCRC Article 31 – leisure, play and artistic cultures
What a fantastic achievement from our very own Liam who mesmerised fellow travelers during his half term holiday. Seeing a piano standing free in the airport whilst waiting for his flight with his family, Liam entertained members of the public with his majestical, musical talents with a rendition of Chasing Cars. What a lovely way to demonstrate his Rights Respecting Gold ethos and potential Future Career in Music.
We are all very proud of you Liam.
Homework – wb: 27.2.23
Please find below this week’s homework – Literacy.
Remember to upload your finished work onto DB Primary.
Please find your appropriate sheet in the document below.
Enjoy.
Mr. Graham
Cornerstones Curriculum Celebration – Gallery Rebels
UNCRC Article 29 – goals of education
What a fabulous way to celebrate our Cornerstone Curriculum topic (Gallery Rebels) by inviting our parents into school and enjoying an artistic culture afternoon recreating masterpieces from the 19th and 20th century artists. We are delighted with the work produced by our children over the topic, as well as the outstanding art our parents did.
Rights Respecting Gold ethos demonstrated by all.
Future Careers – STEM
UNCRC Article 28 – right to education
An inspiring session today when members of the Durham University Solar Car Team came into our class and gave a presentation on their upcoming race along the Stuart Highway – Darwin to Adelaide – Australia.
Our children asked fantastic questions about the design and manufacturing processes and how the team planned to maintain the vehicle on its 3000km race.
Rights Respecting Gold ethos demonstrated by all.
Children’s Mental Health Week
UNCRC Article 13 – freedom of expression
Class 5 have really enjoyed their activities in UNCRC this week linking it with our Children’s Mental Health Week. We have discussed how we can be kind to one another and how this makes both the giver and the receiver feel when we look after one another with kindness. In assembly, we wrote an act of kindness to a randomly drawn individual across the whole school. In class, we derived slogans, logos and designed a Kindness Poster for a Key Stage 3 (Hermitage) poster competition to keep our future Career links strong with the local secondary school. Rights Respecting Gold Ethos demonstrated by all.
Art
UNCRC Article 31 – leisure, play and artistic culture
What fabulous artwork our Year 5 and children have demonstrated over the last few weeks; we have been inspired by the 19th and 20th century artists from our Cornerstone Curriculum – Gallery Rebels. We have developed our sketching and painting using watercolours in our latest work. Artists including: Kandinsky; Munch; Marc and Macke.
We can’t wait to welcome our parents into school and teach them how to become unbelievable artists.
Homework – wb: 6.2.23
Please find below this week’s homework – Science.
Remember to upload your finished work onto DB Primary.
Please find your appropriate sheet in the document below.
Enjoy.
Mr. Graham
Lindisfarne HW – Area – 6.2.23
Geography – Climate Friendly Workshop
UNCRC Article 28 – right to education
What a super session we have had today when we participated in a Climate Friendly workshop with Grace from OASIS; she challenged us to identify how many trees are in our school grounds and how much carbon is being absorbed by them. We were astonished to count 30+ trees (each group had a different answer) and used this number and multiplied it by 21 to calculate how much carbon is absorbed.
33 x 21 = 693kg per year!
Homework – wb: 30.1.23
Please find below this week’s homework – Literacy.
Remember to upload your finished work onto DB Primary.
Please find your appropriate sheet in the document below.
Enjoy.
Mr. Graham
Bamb & Alnwick HW – Michael MISSING – 30.1.23
Lumley & Lindisfarne HW – Michael MISSING – 30.1.23
Raby HW – Michael MISSING – 30.1.23
PE – Basketball
UNCRC Article 31 – leisure, play and artistic culture
Well done to all of class 5 today when they participated in a basketball preparation session with Darren from the Durham SSCo; we are practicing to participate in a festival.
Rights Respecting Gold ethos demonstrated by all.
Science – UNCRC Article 28 – right to education
Super science work from Alnwick table today when they investigated a variety of materials through the lens of a microscope.
Well done to everyone.
Homework – wb: 23.1.23
Please find below this week’s homework – Science.
Remember to upload your finished work onto DB Primary.
Please find your appropriate sheet in the document below.
Enjoy.
Mr. Graham
PE – Rugby
UNCRC Article 31 – leisure, play and artistic culture
Well done to our children who have been asked to represent our school in the upcoming Rugby festival with the Durham SSCo.
Rights Respecting Gold ethos demonstrated by all.
Art / Computing
UNCRC Article 17 – access to media
A lovely lesson today when we used digital maps to locate famous art museums across the world. Our children identified a series of 19th and 20th century artists along with examples of the work they created.
PE – Dance
UNCRC Article 31 – leisure, play and artistic culture
Well done to all the children in Class 5 on their first session with Mr. Graham and Dance; we are participating in the Durham SSCo Dance festival in March. We are really looking forward to showing everyone our routine.
Science Enquiry
UNCRC Article 28 – right to education
A super science lesson today when our children investigated the eye and how it focuses and refocuses when looking at objects from a variety of distances.
Rights Respecting Gold ethos demonstrated by all.
Homework – wb: 16.1.23
Please find below this week’s homework – Numeracy.
Remember to upload your finished work onto DB Primary.
Please find your appropriate sheet in the document below.
Enjoy.
Mr. Graham
Science Enquiry – Light
UNCRC Article 28 – right to education
A super science lesson today when our children investigated how light travels. We used mirrors to reflect the light to travel in different directions.
Professor Brainstorm
UNCRC Article 28 – right to education
A fabulous afternoon we have all had when we welcomed Professor Brainstorm into school and participated in a science workshop. We had fun watching electrical explosions, freezing flowers with liquid nitrogen and the famous ‘spud gun’!
Rights Respecting Gold ethos demonstrated by all our children; well done everyone.
Geography / Computing / French
UNCRC Article 17 – access to media
A super effort by all today when we used digital maps to research famous landmarks in Paris.
Rights Respecting Gold ethos demonstrated by all.
Homework – wb: 9.1.23
Please find below this week’s homework – Literacy.
Remember to upload your finished work onto DB Primary.
Please find your appropriate sheet in the document below.
Enjoy.
Mr. Graham
Bamb & Alnwick – Michael Morpurgo – 9.1.23
Lind & Lumley – Michael Morpurgo – 9.1.23
Raby – Michael Morpurgo – 9.1.23
Gallery Rebels
UNCRC Article 31 – leisure, play and artistic culture
What beautiful work from two children in Class 5 who have been inspired by our new Cornerstones Curriculum topic – Gallery Rebels.
Determination and a desire to succeed demonstrated by both of you.
Welcome back and Happy New Year
I hope that you are all fit and well and have had a wonderful, relaxing Christmas holiday. During the Spring 1st half term in Class 5, we are looking forward to learning about our next topic – Gallery Rebels!
Colours collide, melting together on the canvas: an impression of light, a rage of red, a lobster perched on a telephone…come and find out about the bizarre and eccentric minds of the gallery rebels!
Art can be an act of rebellion. Can you change the world with a paint brush, a thought, or an idea?
Dream the dream – or show us your nightmares! What do you see? Watches melting? Wheels spinning? A shark in a box? Can you express yourself without words? Well, a picture paints a thousand of them!
Try your hand at a ‘Damien Hirst’ sculpture, exploring the weird and wonderful to create a curious treasure for the next generation. Take up your arms and fight for the cause…paintbrushes and sketch books at the ready – let’s make art!
As well as our topic, the children will develop their dance in PE, as well as enhancing our Literacy and Numeracy skills. Our children are excited to continue their preparations for the upcoming SATs, extra-curricular clubs are on Tuesday and Wednesdays. All children in Class 5 are encouraged to join in the fun on these After-School Clubs.
Homework will be issued weekly. Spellings will be issued on Wednesday and returned ready for a test on Mondays. Either Literacy, Numeracy or Science will be issued on Mondays, to be returned on Fridays. To continue all our hard work to develop our Remote Learning, we are encouraging our children to access their homework via DB Primary and upload their homework onto the MY WORK section by the Friday deadline – paper copies will still be distributed if necessary. We are trying to encourage our children to read daily, asking parents / carers to give a brief comment in their reading diary. Please ensure that your child returns their reading book to school daily.
Class 5 will have PE on Monday and Wednesdays this half term. Please ensure your child has their PE kits in school on Monday morning and leave it in school for the whole week. We will send PE kits home on Fridays.
Please feel free to contact me with any queries; I genuinely believe that a happy child is the result of outstanding home / school links. Once again, thank you for your continuing support.
Mr. Graham
Cornerstones Curriculum Celebration
UNCRC Article 29 – goals of education
A fabulous lesson today where we demonstrated our skills learnt during our Cornerstones Curriculum (Allotment) and planted a variety of seedlings and constructed a shelter to protect from the elements.
Rights Respecting Gold ethos demonstrated by all.
Christmas Party
Today we had lots of fun at our Christmas Party. We even had a visit from the elf.
Ukulele Performance
Class 5 put on an amazing show for the whole school, showing off all they have learnt in music lessons this term.
Christmas Crafts
We are having lots of fun in class creating our Christmas crafts. We cant wait to bring them home and share them with our friends and family.
Violin Performance
We are very proud of our friends in class 5 who put on a short performance with their violins for the whole school.
Homework – wb: 28.11.22
Please find below this week’s homework – Science.
Remember to upload your finished work onto DB Primary.
Please find your appropriate sheet in the document below.
Enjoy.
Mr. Graham
Science Homework – ALNWICK – 28.11.22
Science Homework – LIND & BAMB – 28.11.22
Science Homework – RABY & LUMLEY – 28.11.22
Healthy Lifestyle Exercise Diary
Homework – wb: 21.11.22
Please find below this week’s homework – Numeracy.
Remember to upload your finished work onto DB Primary.
Please find your appropriate sheet in the document below.
Enjoy.
Mr. Graham
Alnwick – Fractions HW – 21.11.22
Bamb – Fractions HW – 21.11.22
Lindisfarne – Fractions HW – 21.11.22
Lumley – Fractions HW – 21.11.22
Raby – Fractions HW – 21.11.22
Music – UNCRC Article 28 (right to education)
Well done on another fabulous lesson in ukulele – we are beginning to read music and play using appropriate notation. Our goal is to perform as a whole class to the rest of the school.
Gymnastics – UNCRC Article 31 (leisure, play and culture)
Well done to all our children in class 5 who are progressing lovely in gymnastics – today we enhanced a variety of individual balances which took strength and stamina to maintain.
Homework – wb: 14.11.22
Please find below this week’s homework – Literacy.
Remember to upload your finished work onto DB Primary.
Please find your appropriate sheet in the document below.
Enjoy.
Mr. Graham
Parliamentary Week – UNCRC Article 13 (freedom of expression)
What a fabulous week we have all had discussing and debating a variety of scenarios to celebrate UK Parliamentary Week 2022. Issues around e-safety was the main topic for class 5 who had a debate on whether ‘All under 13 year olds should be banned from Social Media’. We all demonstrated our abilities to produce balanced arguments and listen to the views of all – even if they were different to our own! We finished the week with a fabulous Parliamentary Coffee Morning where we welcomed our parents and asked them to debate with us.
Gymnastics – UNCRC Article 28 (right to education)
Well done to everyone in Class 5 for their efforts in our next gymnastics – partner balancing.
A superb show of strength and teamwork, encouragement and the desire to succeed. I am very impressed with you all.
Homework – wb: 7.11.22
Please find below this week’s homework – Science.
Remember to upload your finished work onto DB Primary.
Please find your appropriate sheet in the document below.
Enjoy.
Mr. Graham
Lind – Alwn – Bamb Homework – Science – 7.11.22
Raby & Lumley – Homework – Science – 7.11.22
Class 5’s Sleepover – Crisis Support – UNCRC Article 29 (goals of education)
Well done to all the children in Class 5 who attended our annual sleepover to raise the awareness of those homeless people in need. We arrived back in school for 6:30pm and participated in shelter building using cardboard, ate soup from at soup kitchen, met some homeless children and made our own clothing using plastic bags. We all slept on gym mats in the hall. Well done to all, including Mrs. Lee, Mrs. Aspinall and Mr. Graham.
Remembrance – UNCRC Article 14 (freedom of thought, belief and religion)
What a beautiful Remembrance Service we all participated in today to remember all the men, women and children, and animals who died during wars. Lest We Forget.
LK Fitness – UNCRC Article 31 (leisure, play and culture)
Wow; what a fantastic display or stamina and resilience to complete today’s fitness in PE. We are all very impressed with ourselves and can’t wait to see how far we progress over the rest of the term.
Music – UNCRC Article 28 (right to education)
What a fabulous day we have had with our first Ukulele lesson with Mr. Reay. It was very challenging to hold the ukulele to begin with, but we managed to keep to the beat eventually!
Well done to everyone.
Gymnastics – UNCRC Article 28 (Right to education)
Super show of resilience today where we all began to enhance our balance and travelling skills in gymnastics.
Police Visit to Class 5
Class 5 enjoyed their visit from PCSO Dean. He told us all about Anti-Social Behaviour, being safe online and how we, as a right respecting school, can ensure that everyone feels respected and valued within our community as well as our school.
Thank you for your visit.
Homework – wb: 31.10.22
Please find below this week’s homework – Literacy.
Remember to upload your finished work onto DB Primary.
Please find your appropriate sheet in the document below.
Enjoy.
Mr. Graham
Bam & Alnwick Homework – Narrative – 31.10.22
Lumley & Lind Homework – Narrative – 31.10.22
Raby Homework – Narrative – 31.10.22
Welcome Back
This half term in Class 5, we are looking forward to learning about our new topic – Allotment…
Let’s grow! A crispy carrot, a luscious lettuce or a tasty tomato. Dig deep and put your back into it, making your own tubs and planters and nurturing your greens.
Harvest your crops and make soups and dishes of seasonal foods that taste delicious. Learn about farms and where food comes from, writing reports on wide produce.
Discover which allotments are closest to your school and open the door to the secret garden.
After all your hard work, have your fingers gone green?
Year 6 to Year 7 transition experience – 20.10.22
A wonderful experience by all our Year 6s today when we went to Durham Federation to participate in a Literacy and Numeracy lesson in a Key Stage 3 setting. We met some of the teachers, pupils, had lessons in their classrooms and even had dinner in the canteen.
Fantastic Rights Respecting Gold ethos demonstrated by all.
Homework – wb: 17.10.22
Please find below this week’s homework – Science.
Remember to upload your finished work onto DB Primary.
Please find your appropriate sheet in the document below.
Enjoy.
Mr. Graham
Raby & Lumley – Science Homework – 17.10.22
Homework – wb: 10.10.22
Please find below this week’s homework – Maths.
Remember to upload your finished work onto DB Primary.
Please find your appropriate sheet in the document below.
Enjoy.
Mr. Graham
Aln – Maths Homework – 10.10.22
Bam – Maths Homework – 10.10.22
Lindisfarne – Maths Homework – 10.10.22
Lumley – Maths Homework – 10.10.22
Raby – Maths Homework – 10.10.22
Forest School – 28.9.22
UNCRC Article 31 – leisure, play and artistic culture
What another wonderful session we have had today in our second Forest School session; knots.
We didn’t realise how many different types of knots there are!
Fantastic rights respecting gold ethos demonstrated by all of our wonderful children.
VR Headsets – 27.9.22
UNCRC Article 17 – access to media
We are very excited to be the recipients of a class set of VR Headsets for a two week period to aid us in our curriculum. Delivered for today, we have already used them to explore the Galápagos Islands and look at some of the wildlife in our Cornerstone Curriculum – Darwin’s Delights.
Homework – wb: 27.9.22
Please find below this week’s homework – Science.
Remember to upload your finished work onto DB Primary.
Please find your appropriate sheet in the document below.
Enjoy.
Mr. Graham
Bam. & Aln – Science Homework – 26.9.22
Lind – Science Homework – 26.9.22
Lum & Rab – Science Homework – 26.9.22
Computing – 23.9.22
UNCRC Article 17 – access to media
A fabulous rights respecting gold effort by all children in Class 5 who have been working hard in computing to research cross curricular links (Geography) the Galápagos Islands.
Forest School – 21.9.22
UNCRC Article 28 – right to education
Just fantastic…today we started our Forest School with some creative artwork using natural resources found in the great outdoors. All our children demonstrated rights respecting gold determination and desire to create fabulous team creations. Well done to everyone.
Homework – wb: 19.9.22
Please find below this week’s homework – Numeracy.
Remember to upload your finished work onto DB Primary.
Please find your appropriate sheet in the document below.
Enjoy.
Mr. Graham
Maths – Alnwick – AL AH HH – 19.9.22
Maths – Alnwick – IR GA – 19.9.22
Maths – Bamburgh + LO – 19.9.22
Maths – Lindisfarne + DG – 19.9.22
PE – Rugby – 17.9.22
UNCRC Article 29 – goals of education
What a fabulous lesson we have all had today with our rugby coach Mark. We just love the determination and desire to succeed in our competitive sport – well done everyone.
PE – LK Fitness – 15.9.22
UNCRC Article 28 – goals of education
What resilience and desire demonstrated by all to succeed in our PE today when we completed our first fitness session with Leanne. Fantastic Rights Respecting Gold ethos shown by all.
Cornerstones Curriculum Engagement
Liz Million – 12.9.22
UNCRC Article 28 – right to education
A perfect way to start our new Cornerstone Curriculum – Darwin’s Delight – with a visit from our favourite illustrator Liz Million. We all discussed the Galápagos Islands and the types of plantation, geology and wildlife that could and can be found there, whilst learning how to draw specific animals. Well done everyone.
Homework – wb: 12.9.22
Please find below this week’s homework – Literacy.
Remember to upload your finished work onto DB Primary.
Please find your appropriate sheet in the document below.
Enjoy.
Mr. Graham
Alnwick & Bamburgh 100 Word Story Setting – 12.9.22
Lumley & Lindisfarne 75 Word Story Setting – 12.9.22
Raby 50 Word Story Setting – 12.9.22
I hope that you have all had a wonderful, relaxing summer holiday and are ready for the year ahead; welcome to Class 5, Year 5 and 6.
In Class 5, we are looking forward to learning about our new topic – Darwin’s Delights…
Ship ahoy! We’re off on an exciting expedition with Charles Darwin and his crew on HMS Beagle. Can you trace his route across the vast ocean?
Stop at the magical Galapagos Islands to see the amazing species that helped Darwin develop his theory of evolution by natural selection.
Do you know what’s so special about a lava lizard, or why the blue-footed booby has blue feet?
Imagine how humans will evolve in millions of years; it’s a scary thought!
Ready to trace the origin of species? Let’s set sail!
As well as our topic, the children will develop their rugby in PE, as well as enhancing our Literacy and Numeracy skills. Our Year 6 children are excited to start their preparations for the upcoming SATs, and an extra-curricular club has been organised to start on Tuesday and Wednesday – please look-out for the club letters that will be handed out soon. All children in Class 5 will be encouraged to join in the fun on these After-School Clubs.
Homework will be issued weekly. Spellings and Times Tables will be issued on Wednesday and returned ready for a test on Mondays. Either Literacy, Numeracy or Science will be issued on Mondays, to be returned on Fridays. To continue all our hard work to develop our Remote Learning, we are encouraging our children to access their homework via DB Primary and upload their homework onto the MY WORK section by the Friday deadline – paper copies will still be distributed if necessary. We are trying to encourage our children to read daily, asking parents / carers to give a brief comment in their reading diary. Please ensure that your child returns their reading book to school daily.
Class 5 will have PE on Thursday and Fridays. Please ensure your child has their PE kits in school on Monday morning and leave it in school for the whole week. We will send PE kits home on Fridays.
I am really looking forward to working with your child and getting to know them throughout the year. Please feel free to contact me with any queries; I genuinely believe that a happy child is the result of outstanding home / school links, and I am looking forward to meeting you.
Kind Regards
Mr. Graham
Deputy Head Teacher
c.graham201@nettlesworth.durham.sch.uk
