Tour of Britain
On Friday 12th September, twenty of our top cyclists accompanied by ten adults cycled to Gateshead's Baltic Square to watch 90 of the world's top cyclists finish stage 6 of the Tour of Britain.
September 17, 2008
July 1, 2008
Athletics Festival 2008
Our children from Year 3, 4, 5 and 6 took part in the Athletics Festival at Gateshead Stadium on Friday 27th June. Girls and boys from the school claimed a bumper crop of medals, including five gold and four silver. A fantastic time was had by all and many thanks go to Mrs Bowren and Mrs Potts for all their support on the day.
Click to enlarge images from the event below:
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March 27, 2008
ICT Club: The Power of Powerpoint
The ICT Club have been using Microsoft Powerpoint for all sorts of fun activities including creating interactive quizzes, writing their very own adventure games and diaries of school trips. Click below to have a look at some of their work for yourself!
February 26, 2008
Bringing the past to Life
Remember the Newsreels which were once such a major part of a trip to the cinema? Year 5 have been recreating these mini-films as part of the new Film Narrative topic for Literacy. Our pupils have learnt all about the film-making process including: writing a Production Sheet; planning different camera angles and assigning roles within Newsreel teams. We also researched and watched numerous Newsreels from the 1930s through to the late 1970s.
November 6, 2007
Y5 Data Handling
Year 5 have created some fantastic bar charts and line graphs this term. Firstly, the class collected their data using tallies and frequency tables. Next, the children plotted both bar charts and line graphs by hand and then, in later lessons, they linked this numeracy work with ICT to present their charts using Microsoft Excel.
Click below to see some more examples of their super graph work.
July 11, 2007
This is your Wife
Year 5 have travelled back 500 years through the mists of time with their class assembly today. Their special guests, Henry VIII and his wives amongst other Tudor characters, appeared alongside Ant and Dec for this summer special edition of This is your Wife.
Athletics Festival
On Friday 22nd June children from Years 3 to 6 travelled to Gateshead International Stadium to take part in this years Gateshead Primary Schools Athletics Festival.
Everyone competed brilliantly and a good day was had by all, the journey home was accompanied by the tinkling of the various medals won, from bronze through to gold.
March 5, 2007
Fair Trade for Fellside
Children from Year 5 have been involved in an event aimed at encouraging Fair Trade products. Players from the Newcastle Falcons also attended the event, much to the delight of the children.
One child has written a report to explain exactly what happened.
February 13, 2007
Year Five's Foxes Fascination
Year 5 have been busy writing non-chronological reports on Foxes. The children carefully planned their reports to include important features, such as present tense verbs, questions to draw the reader in and 'foxy facts', rather than personal opinions.
December 20, 2006
Spooky Spider Moving Toys - Watch the movie online!
Year 5 have been busy this term designing and building moving toys using cam mechanisms. Pupils tested their ideas before starting the assembly process by carrying out a 'market test' on their peers in the school. Our children then learnt to accurately measure, cut and shape their model parts using hand saws and hand drills. Assembling a moving toy proved quite a tricky process, as our pupils discovered. Some needed to adjust their moving parts in order for the cam or the follower to move smoothly.
Continue reading to download and watch a video of Adam's finished moving toy.
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November 17, 2006
Sam Llewellyn Visit Rocks Fellside
Sam Llewellyn, the famous British author of both childrens' and adults' books, visited our Year 5 class in an hour of rock, rhythm and story-telling. Sam brought his character, Death Eric, to life enthusing the children with his guitar-playing and story-telling finesse. Many thanks go to Sam for a throughly enjoyable visit. See the pictures below or refer to the previous entry on this website to find out more about Sam's work.
BFG Playscripts and Artwork
Year 5 used Roald Dahl's 'The BFG' as a basis for writing playscripts. The children also emulated a story illustration by Quentin Blake using watercolours.
November 2, 2006
Tudor Lives at the Shipley Art Gallery
To support our Tudors history topic this term, we visited the Tudor Lives exhibition at the Shipley Art Gallery in Gateshead. Read on to find out more about our trip and view some more digital photographs of the afternoon's activities.
Year Five Children dressed as rich Tudors
September 26, 2006
Welcome to Year Five
I would like to welcome your child to Year 5. We have already made personal pledges for the year ahead and have decided how best to organise our positive learning environment. Our classroom is adjacent to Year 6 and the children are learning what it means to be an older child at Fellside.
I am looking forward to the term ahead with such a fantastic group of mature and able young people. Please feel free to get in touch should you have any issues throughout the school year –my door is always open!
Mr K Ellerbrook