The Year 5 trip on 5th – 8th May is fast approaching.
Just a quick reminder that there is a parents’ meeting to be held on Wednesday 15th April at 6pm in the school hall.
Full information will be handed out at this stage. If you are unable to attend, information packs will be sent home with your child.
Richard Offiong, Trevor Benjamin and Justine King from “Show Racism the Red Card” joined Year 5 on Thursday.
The children enjoyed workshops and fitness sessions based around the theme of anti-racism.
One student said, “It was fantastic. It gave us the opportunity to ask lots of questions without worrying. I now have more of an idea of what is acceptable and what isn’t. We also talked a bit about challenging racist behaviour and attitudes. It was nice meeting people who played football professionally too”.
The children all took home a signed magazine or poster and were over the moon with their gift.
On Friday 6th February, Mexico came to Chantry!
Year 5 held a special Mexican Day to celebrate all that they have been studying in various subject areas: History and Geography, Art and Literacy..
This cross curricular unit is based around our studies of the novel by Julia Jarman, The Time Travelling Cat and the Aztec Empire.
To further expand their knowledge of all things Mexican, pupils were treated to Mexican music, food tasting, Spanish and finally an art project based around the South American quetzal bird.
The many brightly coloured ponchos, sombreros and maracas around the school helped to ensure that it was a fun-filled day.
5B & 5C have been taking part in an enterprise activity led by Business Ambassador, Carole Richards. Mrs Finney from Northumberland County Council and Mrs Toward (parent) from HMRC supported the session.
Students worked in teams of 6 to design and manufacture products and agreed their roles within each company group. Students experienced being a Sales Executive, General Manager, Buyer, Production Worker, Accountant or Quality Controller.
The recently performed Year 5 performance of ‘Aladdin Trouble’ has been hailed a great success. All pupils in the year group have been involved in the production including acting, singing, making props, advertising and lighting.
We would like to congratulate them all for their hard work and commitment. We would also like to thank parents for their support in providing some amazing costumes.
Thank you to all of those families who joined us at one of our performances and to those who contributed to our collection for Macmillan Cancer for which we raised just over £63.
Merry Christmas from all in Year 5!
Last week we had a guest speaker, David Burn come in and talk to Year 5 about ways to keep themselves safe. Here are some testimonials from the students:
“I enjoyed it because he told us how to stay safe on the internet and how to stop a bully.”
“I know now that I must not make friends with people on the internet if I don’t know who they are.”
“I enjoyed the role-play.”
“I learnt that there is always someone who can help you if you are having a hard time.”
We have further sessions for the other year groups booked into the diary so watch this space.
Year Five parents were recently invited to complete an on-line questionnaire about the transition process from first to middle school. Responses indicate that parents are generally very happy with how transition is handled and welcome the many opportunities to visit the school both by themselves and their children. Each year the results of the survey are used to improve systems in place to ensure that all children have a smooth transition to Middle School. The results of the survey can be accessed by clicking on the link below. Thank you to all parents who took the time to complete the questionnaire.
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Year 5 have recently visited Cragside as part of their Victorians topic in History. Pupils were treated to workshops in butter making, Victorian toys and clothes.
All workshops were hands on experiences with pupils making butter in Lord Armstrong’s kitchen, playing with toys in the Billiard Room and having the opportunity to dress up as Victorian lords and ladies!
