We are examing WW2 artefacts and deciding who would have used them.
Some artefacts were very puzzling. These items belonged to the ARP, whose job it was to put out fires.
Everyone was soon learning more about living during WW2. The centre is a very exciting place to visit.
These were stylish glasses during the war years. Wow! Do you think they will be 'cool' in the future?
Getting dressed and ready for the trip to Beamish.
Checking our identity cards to see if we were spies!!
Boarding the tram, who will look after us at the other end? Will anyone take us in?
We ended up on a farm with an enormous pig.
We had to make our own beds using a huge cotton bag and stuffed with straw.
It was quite comfortable, but scratchy.
We had to tidy up afterwards.
Jobs around the farmhouse included making butter and black out torches.
We went into Beamish Town and visited the shops.
In the old school house. Lessons were very different to what we have today.
Experiencing some of the games played in the yard.
In the shop buying something to remember our visit.
To get us all thinking we did a Recycle Zone quiz. Did you know that it takes 17 trees to make 1 tonne of paper?
Bravely we had to put our hands into the unknown and identify an object, then decide if it could be reused, recycled or reduced.
All the items could be reused, recycled or reduced. Did you know, if we filled a queue of double decker buses with our waste paper it would stretch to Italy. We were the first school to get that question right!!!
'Graphite' separate the waste and process it ,
Class Five had a great time during Sustainability Week! On Monday we researched how much waste is produced from packed lunches. We weighed the total amount of rubbish and then sorted it into categories such as - crisp packets, plastic wrappers and tin foil. Then we weighed each category and worked this out as a percentage of the total amount (aren't we clever!?). For this information we created bar graphs!
On Tuesday we learnt about the problem of e-waste. This is when rich countries, like the
On Wednesday we learned all about Eco Schools.
On Thursday we learned from the examples of poorer countries and made some useful items from things that would otherwise just been thrown away. we investigated a range of musical instruments.
On Friday we created some lovely pieces of art work using recycled materials to create famous North-East landmarks such as the Angel of the North and the
On Tuesday Class Five travelled back in time to a Tudor Manor House at Washington Old Hall.
When we arrived we had to get into our Tudor clothes - they were very fashionable!
We looked around the house and grounds and asked lots of questions. We had to try and get a 'job' to earn our keep - we all wanted to get our lunch! We had a woodcutter, a bird scarer and a spit boy to name but a few.....
Luckily by lunchtime we all had a job so that we could enjoy the feast in true Tudor style!
We were lucky enough to be joined by the Lord and Lady of the Manor - Lord Chambers and Lady Kendal. Don't they look the part?!
In the afternoon we enjoyed playing with Tudor toys and games - some were quite tricky and took a bit of skill!
Then we created minature portraits, illuminated lettters and lavender pouches - which made us all very sleepy after a long day.
As part of our topic work on the Tudors, Class Five have planned and created some wonderful Tudor houses.
They took lots of time to decorate them in the Tudor style.
Everyone was very impressed with the finished designs.
Over the last couple of weeks, Class Five have been reading lots of poems about the senses.
We wrote our own verses based on the poem 'Ears Hear.
TOUCH the link below to HEAR our poem and SEE what you think!!
Miss Sharpe - Class Five Teacher
