Welcome to Elms
We are the Elms and always have fun and work hard in Year 5. Our teacher is Mrs Hope, who is accompanied by Miss Henderson in the mornings and Mrs Bulch for our English lessons.
Resources:
https://www.conquermaths.com/login/
Important information:
Homework will be given out on a Friday and returned the following Thursday (Maths, Grammar and Reading – there is also online homework too, which includes Conquer Maths and Reading Plus).
Spellings are expected to be practised regularly over the week. They will be tested in line with our unit planning – this may not be weekly.
P.E. is on a Thursday – children are expected to come to school in their kit (white t-shirt, black short/joggers, school jumper/cardigan and trainers).
If your child is having a school lunch please ensure that payment is now done through our online payment service.
Online Homework and Information
Art Bytes Winners!
The Art Bytes winners were finally announced and a massive congratulations to Georgia (1st Place), Jackie (2nd) and Freya (3rd) place. Well done to all the contestants who were entered into the competition. The judges and I were very impressed with the standard of art...
Athletics Festival
we had an amazing day at Gateshead schools partnership athletics festival at Gateshead stadium. Lots of semi finalists and finalists, a silver medal and lots of smiles! well done everyone. Article 24: You have the right to the best quality healthcare. Article 29:...
Year 5 trip to Beamish!
Yesterday, all of year 5 went along to Beamish to present their cranes for the 'Crank it Up' challenge. The children had to explain how they made their crane and test it with a panel of engineering judges. They also had the opportunity to take part in a rocket...
Windy Winners!
A huge well do to all of our winners this week. Top Sportsperson and our monthly value: Top Friendship. Windy Winners 27.6.24 Class Value - Friendship Top Sportsperson Dragonflies Haroon Thomas Ladybirds Millie Layla Robins Liliana Louie Owls Enya George...
Olympics Day!
On Wednesday, we held an Olympics Day to celebrate the upcoming summer games. As part of this, children all came dressed in the colours of an Olympic country and made flags and banners in class for our final parade. They also took part in a number of physical...
Year 5 Homework 20.6.24
Year 5 homework this week will be in CGP books. Maths- Translations- p.76 and p.77 English- Commas after a fronted adverbial p.46 and p.47. Homework is due in on a Thursday. If there are any issues with homework or the pages, please make sure your child sees their...
Sports Day 2024!
On Monday, we were lucky enough to have our sports day. 3 representatives from the GSSP came into set up and run the day with a range of exciting activities. In the morning, KS1 began to earn points for their house teams with the Rubies gaining the most in the morning...
Year 5 Homework 07.06.24
Year 5 homework this week will be online. English- Google Classroom - research details of your life to help write an autobiography next week. This task can be done on paper if preferred. THIS IS DUE ON TUESDAY. Maths- Conquer Maths - complete the 2 tasks on addition...
UKS2 Cricket
Students from Year 5/6 took part in a cricket competition at Felling Cricket club two of our 3 teams manged to make it to the semi final and one of our teams finished 2nd and has qualified for the Gateshead finals later this academic year! All teams showed great...
Investigating Forces in UKS2
This half term, in UKS2, we have been looking at forces as part of our science curriculum. We began by learning about how gravity was discovered and looked at how it was measured using a newton meter. We then looked at air resistance and how this could be sometimes...
Liz Million visits Windy Nook!
Yesterday, Liz Million came to Windy Nook for the day to share her amazing knowledge on illustrating. She worked with the whole school in workshops across the day. Liz began to share her story to the children about how she is from Darlington, went to university in...
Year 5 Homework 17.5.24
Year 5 homework this week will be in the CGP books: English- p.40 and p.41 Maths- p.38 and p.39 Homework is due in on a Thursday. Any homework not completed by then will need to be done during golden time on Friday.