NurseryYear 5
Year 5
Teaching Staff – Miss Colligan
Support Staff – Mrs Cartner and Miss Fedynec (KS2 Teaching Assistants)
- Advent service
On Wednesday, Key Stage Two shared a reflective Advent service with families. The service was filled with specially chosen readings,… Read more: Advent service - Movie night
The whole school enjoyed a festive movie night , served with hot dogs, sweets and juice. It was just like… Read more: Movie night - Carol singing
The school choir visited the residents of Priory Court Priory Court and spread festive cheer by singing Christmas carols. - Cinderella
The children enjoyed a visit to the Tyne Theatre to watch a performance of Cinderella. It was a fantastic show… Read more: Cinderella - Christmas dinner
The whole school enjoyed Christmas jumper and Christmas dinner day. A huge thank you to our amazing kitchen staff for… Read more: Christmas dinner - Carol singing
Well done to our school choir who spread Christmas cheer carol singing in Eldon Square. - Learning about the SVP
The Mini Vinnies enjoyed a visit from a local SVP member. She talked about her role, other volunteer roles within… Read more: Learning about the SVP - Giselle
Year 5 and 6 enjoyed a visit to Dance City on Friday. The children watched a fantastic ballet performance of… Read more: Giselle - Anglo Saxon visit
Year 5 enjoyed an educational visit to Jarrow Hall as part of their Anglo Saxon History topic. The children explored… Read more: Anglo Saxon visit - Christmas Fayre
A huge thank you to FOSTA for organising a fantastic Christmas Fayre. Thank you to our families for your support… Read more: Christmas Fayre - Children in Need
A massive thank you to everyone for participating in fundraising for Children in Need. The school raised a fantastic £183.70!… Read more: Children in Need - Archery and axe throwing
Year 5 really enjoyed participating in an archery and axe throwing workshop. The children worked well in teams supporting and… Read more: Archery and axe throwing - Year 5 musicians
This term, Year 5 are learning how to play the violin in their music lessons. They are also learning how… Read more: Year 5 musicians - Mini Vinnie commissioning
At mass on Friday, Year 5 were commissioned into their new roles as Mini Vinnies. Children read out the Mini… Read more: Mini Vinnie commissioning - Year 5 art work
Children have been learning about a range of oil pastel techniques including stipple and dark/light blend pressure. This is part… Read more: Year 5 art work - The Punctuation Show
Year 5 joined a fantastic live punctuation show where they focused on developing their understanding of nouns, verbs and clauses.… Read more: The Punctuation Show - Key Stage Two sports day
Key stage Two enjoyed a fantastic spots day outside last week. The children worked well in teams and encouraged eachother… Read more: Key Stage Two sports day - Celebration of Sport
Year 5 enjoyed taking part in BWCET celebration of sport. It was a fantastic event filled with lots of sports… Read more: Celebration of Sport - Wellbeing ambassadors
Year 5 were super excited to be the first class in Gateshead to be trained by HINT to be wellbeing… Read more: Wellbeing ambassadors - Adventurous activities
Year 5 enjoyed a fantastic day at Cardinal Hume Catholic High school completing lots of different team building activities. The… Read more: Adventurous activities - Kindness dice
This year, Year5 have really thought about being kind as one of their actions as Mini Vinnies. They made kindness… Read more: Kindness dice - The feast of St Alban
Year 5 celebrated the feast of St Alban by attending mass at St Alban’s church. They then completed the Great… Read more: The feast of St Alban - Pilgrimage of Hope
Year 5 enjoyed a pilgrimage around the school stopping at different prayer stations. We then enjoyed a pentecost party on… Read more: Pilgrimage of Hope - Vector drawing
Year 5 have been learning about vector drawings and how they are used to create exciting pictures. - Tyne Bridge restoration project
Year 5 really enjoyed taking part in a workshop with the Tyne Bridge restoration project. They took a virtual tour… Read more: Tyne Bridge restoration project - Grace Darling
As part of their residential, Year 5 visited the RNLI Grace Darling museum where they listened to the heroic story… Read more: Grace Darling - We stand on Holy ground
Year 5 had a fantastic time at their retreat on Holy Island. It was a great time to reflect on… Read more: We stand on Holy ground - Singing Day
Year 5 enjoyed a singing day at Cardinal Hume to start off their transition journey to high school. The children… Read more: Singing Day - Tech in space
Year 5 took part in an online workshop all about careers and the technology needed in space. They looked at… Read more: Tech in space - World Book Day 2025
The whole school enjoyed dressing up and joining in with lots of reading activities to celebrate World Book Day. Every… Read more: World Book Day 2025 - Say NO to dog poo!
Our fantastic school council have started campaigning to clean up our streets. Dog poo is a real problem in our… Read more: Say NO to dog poo! - Filming fun
Year 5 completed their workshops with Pelaw Community Bowling Club and Pride Media this week. They watched their short videos… Read more: Filming fun - Stem Club
Our KS2 Stem club stars continued enjoying, investigating, making and problem solving to finish their cars this week. Then came… Read more: Stem Club - Creative filming
Year 5 completed their fourth workshop with Pelaw Community Bowling Club and Pride Media this week. They were tasked with… Read more: Creative filming - Pelaw Bowling Bingo
This week Year 5 visited Pelaw Community Bowling Green and played video bingo while exploring the grounds of the bowling… Read more: Pelaw Bowling Bingo - Emojis
As part of our online safety lessons, children looked at different ways of communication rather than just using words such… Read more: Emojis - Stem Club Spring 1 2025
- Media Workshop day two
Year 5 had another fantastic session at Pride Media Centre working with Pelaw Bowling Club. The children had the chance… Read more: Media Workshop day two - Afternoon Tea treats!
Children who received a headteacher’s award last half term enjoyed a special treat this afternoon. Well done to all of… Read more: Afternoon Tea treats! - Year 5 explore Pride Media Centre
Year 5 are working with Pelaw Bowling Club and Pride Radio to film, edit and publish short videos to for… Read more: Year 5 explore Pride Media Centre - Christmas party
Year 5 had a wonderful time at their Christmas party. They enjoyed dancing, playing party games and eating party food.… Read more: Christmas party - Christmas stockings
For DT this half term, Year5 have designed and sewn their very own Christmas stocking. They agreed on a design… Read more: Christmas stockings - Christmas at Pelaw library
Early Years and the school choir visited Pelaw library to sing some Christmas songs to families and visitors. The school… Read more: Christmas at Pelaw library - Christmas recycling workshop
Year 5 took part in a Christmas recycling workshop where they explored how to reuse jar lids to make decorations.… Read more: Christmas recycling workshop - Pantomime 2024
Key Stage One and Two had a fantastic time visiting the Tyne Theatre to watch Snow White. The visit was… Read more: Pantomime 2024 - Carol singing at Priory Court
Year 5 and the school choir spread Christmas cheer to the residents at Priory Court on Tuesday. The children sang… Read more: Carol singing at Priory Court - Christmas songs
Everyone in Key Stage Two enjoyed two performances of their Christmas songs on Monday for their families. It was a… Read more: Christmas songs - Nativity Stable competition
Well done to all our entries to our nativity stable completion. We were blown away by the effort and creativity… Read more: Nativity Stable competition - Christmas Dinner
Staff and children thoroughly enjoyed a traditional Christmas dinner today prepared and served by our amazing kitchen and dinner staff.… Read more: Christmas Dinner - Air resistance investigation
Year 5 have been investing how surface area impacts air resistance. We made a range of different sized parachutes and… Read more: Air resistance investigation
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Advent service
On Wednesday, Key Stage Two shared a reflective Advent service with families. The service was filled with specially chosen readings, songs and liturgical dance offerings which helped everyone to pause and think about the true meaning behind Advent and Christmas.
Published: December 18, 2025
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