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Year 5
Welcome to Year 5!
Our Class Teacher is: Mr Lambrou
Our Classroom Support is: Mrs Pilkington
Welcome to our Year 5 class blog. I hope you find this page a useful tool to keep up with everything that we are getting up to this year in Year 5.
I am looking forward to all we have planned this year and am confident of a successful and enjoyable year together.
Look below to see all of the EXCITING things we have been getting up to in class.
All the best,
Mr Lambrou
Spring 2
Our driving question is:
How can we protect the world's largest ecosystem?
This half-term, we will be learning about:
English | Maths | Project Based Learning | Wider Curriculum |
Our key text is: Running Wild by Michael Morpurgo
We will be creating:
| Across our maths lessons this half-term we will be visiting the following topics:
| Our geography focus for this half-term is: During our learning this half-term, we will be learning about the rainforests of the world.
We will learn about
By the end of this topic Year 5 will be able to develop a non-chronological report which examines the Amazon Rainforest!
Art Focus:
During our Art learning this half-term, we will be designing a whole-class tapestry to show the different layers of the rainforest. . | Science:
During our science lessons this half-term we will studying and learning about famous scientists and their inventions or contributions.
PSHE: During our PSHE lessons this half-term we will be learning about our responsibilities in ensuring we are safe.
RE:
During our Religious Education lessons, the children will be thinking about: If God is everywhere, do religious people need to vising holy buildings?
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Spring 1
Our driving question is:
How have the Romans impacted on life in Modern Britain?
This half-term we will be learning about:
English | Maths | Project Based Learning | Wider Curriculum |
Our key text is: Empires End: A Roman Story by Leila Rasheed
We will be creating:
| Across our maths lessons this half-term we will be visiting the following topics:
| Our History focus for this half-term is: During our learning this half-term, we will be focusing on the Romans and the developments that they have made for Modern Britain.
We will learn about
By the end of this topic Year 5 will be able to compare aspects of Roman Britain with similar aspects of Modern Britain to assess the Romans impact.
DT Focus:
During our DT learning this half-term, we will be constructing Roman Era forts to defend against Celtic Rebellion.
The children will get to explore a range of designs of Roman Fortifications and design their own fort with the purpose of defending against enemies of the Roman Empire.
Children will learn how to develop simple circuits including a cell, wires and a buzzer. | Science:
During our science lessons this half-term we will be learning about forces.
PSHE: During our PSHE lessons this half-term we will be learning about our roles and responsibilities in keeping ourselves safe in the wider world.
RE:
During our Religious Education lessons the children will be thinking about What Jesus did, and how could they live by his example in a modern world.
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Autumn 2
Our driving question is:
What makes the Andes Mountains so diverse?
This half-term, we will be learning about:
English | Maths | Project Based Learning | Wider Curriculum |
Our key text is: White Fang by Jack London
We will be creating:
| This half term we will be learning about the following topics:
| Our Geography focus for this half term is:
Across our Geography learning for this half-term, we will be learning about the Andes Mountain Range in South America.
Across our learning we will be aiming to answer our driving question: What makes the Andes Mountains so diverse?
During this unit of work, we will be exploring the differing climate zones of the Andes Mountain range.
We will be learning about the biodiversity of each section of the Mountain as well as how the mountain is used to support communities who live amongst it.
By the end of this unit, we should have created a micro-habitat representing a different climate zone of the Andes Mountain Range.
| Science: During our science work this half term, we will be looking at living things and their habitats.
PSHE: Across our PSHE work this half term, we will be focusing on our emotions.
Religious Education: Across our Religious Education learning, the children will be thinking about: Why do some people believe in God?
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Autumn 1
Our Driving Question is:
Were all Victorian children equal?
This half-term we will be learning about:
| English | Maths | Project Based Learning |
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Our Key Text: Street Child B. Doherty
We will be creating:
A Job Advert for a Victorian Workhouse!
A flashback to a happier time in a characters life
A narrative which describes a character | Number: Place Value
Number: Addition & Subtraction
Statistics | History Focus:
Across our history learning, we will be focusing on the Victorian Era, attempting to answer our driving question: 'Were all Victorian children equal?'
We will focus on the lives of the rich and the poor in Victorian Britain. We will learn about the life of Doctor Barnardo and the work he did to improve the lives of Victorian children. We will take inspiration for this to develop and lead a fundraising day for the Barnardo's Charity. We will then focus our attention on the visit of Queen Victoria to Wolverhampton, writing a Diary entry from the perspective of a Victorian Child.
DT Focus:
Across our DT learning this half-term, we are going to be attempting to answer the question: 'What would the Queen eat at a traditional mean?'.
We are aiming to create a healthy meal or dish for the Queen's banquet.
We are going to think about:
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Topic Hook: Victorian Day
To introduce our new topic of the Victorians we held a Victorian dress up day in class.
We would have the chance to dress up and experience what it was like to be in a Victorian classroom for the day. Children would use chalk, write on chalkboards and follow EVERY RULE of the classroom.