Year 5 had a fantastic day visiting Jarrow Hall. We learnt all about Anglo Saxon life, listened to a Viking Saga around the fire and even took part in a Anglo Saxon and Viking battle. Year 5 were so well behaved and impressed all of the Year 5 staff with their fab knowledge and questions! 
Year 5 have had a fantastic morning learning about Australia. We have learnt about the country, the Commonwealth and even listened to some Aboriginal music with our parents! Thank you so much to the parents for letting us share our learning with you!
This morning during reflective worship, Year 5 read about and discussed the current issues with the Ukraine. The children were very sensible and knowledgeable about the situation and were able to reflect upon the problems the citizens of the Ukraine are facing. We wrote onto post-it notes how we felt and also what prayers we would like to say to God about the troubles. Miss Topping was so impressed with how mature Year 5 are!
Year 5 have loved celebrating World Book Day. We have looked at Viking Saga’s and thought about character development, and also spoke about the significance of heroes in the stories. Year 5 also loved discussing their favourite books with the rest of the class!
Yesterday, Year 5 took part in a forest school afternoon of orienteering. Year 5 LOVED this! We were excellent at taking the time to read a map and finding the plotted points across the yard and nature garden. The weather was glorious for us too! Miss Topping and Mrs O’Doherty were super impressed with Year 5’s forest school skills!
Year 5 had an election today for school council. Each member of the class who put themselves forward read out their manifesto to the rest of the class before the votes were cast. They were amazing!
Today seven of the Year 5 class represented St Oswalds’s in a netball tournament at Temple Park. They played really well and we are very proud of them!
Year 5 have had a fantastic day rehearsing and performing their love day songs! The children have impressed Year 5 staff throughout today with their enthusiasm and superb singing voices!
Year 5 had a great day on Monday, cooking some traditional Viking recipes. We made Viking Stew, bread and spiced oat cookies!
Mitchell like to share some photos of how he spent Saturday afternoon. Mitchell attended Jarrow Focus to hear the story of ‘The legend of Sol’ and Sol the dragon and her baby Luna even made an appearance.
Mitchell learnt how the villagers trained Sol to be friendly and follow commands. Mitchell even managed to sneak past Sol to retrieve the magic book.
