Benedict Biscop Academy Year 5 2018 - 2019

Hi everyone, Today Year 5 had a special visit from students who had just graduated from Newcastle University. During the visit we found a lot more information out about university and the different degrees on offer (there are over 52,000 different ones). We each received a 'Campus Explorer' booklet with lots of different activities in. There were a variety of activities during the morning, including; code cracking, sea life matching game, guess the animal and questions about the tongue. We had a lot of fun this morning and we found out some interesting facts. Did you know that not one tongue is the same? They are like fingerprints and are all different. Did you know that only 1% of the population can reach their elbow with their tongue? Did you know that only 10-15% of the population can use their tongue to touch their nose? Thanks Year 5 :)

On Tuesday we made fake blood! As part of our Science topic we investigated the 4 blood components; plasma, red blood cells, white blood cells and platelets. To make our blood model we used white marshmallows for our white blood cells, cheerios and red food colouring for red blood cells, water and yellow food colouring and raisins for platelets. The children had an amazing morning and were able to explain the functions of each of the components and why we used the ingredients we did. Each group completed their own PicCollage with a variety of images from their investigations with descriptions. Another great week in Year 5 :)

Good afternoon, I hope you all had a wonderful half term and it is lovely to see everyone back in school raring to go! During half term I set Year 5 a task - to complete a Viking project. I was absolutely overwhelmed on Monday morning when I saw how much effort had gone into these pieces. Yesterday, as a class, we looked through everything together, including; cakes, biscuits, bread, clay models, swords, shields, drawings, stories, diary entries, fact files and much more. Well done Year 5 - I hope you enjoyed being creative. Mrs Bailey :)

During Science, on Wednesday, we dissected a range of flowers with our partners. We were able to pull apart the flower piece by piece and reveal the ovules (eggs) right in the centre. We created an exploded view diagram where we displayed each different piece of the flower on to an A3 sheet of paper with labels detailing what the part was and its function. It was a lot of fun and the children were able to test out our new range of Science equipment too. Please enjoy the photo. Thanks Mrs Bailey