NurseryYear 5
Year 5
Teaching Staff – Miss Colligan
Support Staff – Mrs Cartner and Miss Fedynec (KS2 Teaching Assistants)
- Celtic knotwork
This half term, Year 5 have been looking at the Lindisfarne Gospels and Celtic knotwork. Children designed their own St… Read more: Celtic knotwork - Nourish Food School
Year 5 enjoyed cooking some healthy, tasty meals with their families. The children made tasty chicken and rice, with lots… Read more: Nourish Food School - Playtime fun
The whole school is enjoying playing with new equipment at playtime and lunchtime. Children have decided on their own rules… Read more: Playtime fun - Year 5 authors
A huge well done to some Year 5 pupils who are now published authors. Each child wrote an imaginative short… Read more: Year 5 authors - Sustaining our new plants
Our Y5 Mini Vinnies are in charge of looking after our new plants in the playground. We talked about sustainability… Read more: Sustaining our new plants - Year 5 singing day
Year 5 enjoyed a singing day at Cardinal Hume Catholic High School. Children learnt lots of fun songs, many with… Read more: Year 5 singing day - Lunchtime fun
It is lovely to see children from all classes enjoying playing together outside at lunchtimes. Today, two of our Year… Read more: Lunchtime fun - Between The Pages 2026
Thank you to Bishop Wilkinson Trust for hosting a World Book Day full of exciting interviews with authors, books and… Read more: Between The Pages 2026 - World Book Day
The whole school enjoyed World Book Day today, everyone made a fantastic effort with their costumes. Children enjoyed a day… Read more: World Book Day - Friday Rosary
Once again, a group of children from KS2 gathered to pray a decade of The Rosary together. What a lovely… Read more: Friday Rosary - Safer Internet Day 2026
The whole school have participated in Safer Internet Day, but we decided to extend our learning to a week. The… Read more: Safer Internet Day 2026 - Chris Adriaanse visit
Year 5 enjoyed a visit from author Chris Adriaanse. He shared some of his work with the children and taught… Read more: Chris Adriaanse visit - Year 5 fencing workshop
Year 5 enjoyed a fencing workshop ran by Elite PE. The children worked well in pairs to learn new fencing… Read more: Year 5 fencing workshop - 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
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Celtic knotwork
This half term, Year 5 have been looking at the Lindisfarne Gospels and Celtic knotwork. Children designed their own St Cuthbert’s cross and included a range of clay textures and patterns. Children then evaluated their design to see if it met their original brief.
Published: May 19, 2026
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