It's summer 2 everyone!
It's the final term for our wonderful class- but we aim to end on a high with a fabulous few things. We have our trip to Magna on the 12th and we will be doing some writing inspired by our outing. Will the children be able to remember their powers of persuasion? We will be revising lots of year 5 key skills across English and maths this half term to ensure we are ready for year 6. We will also begin rehearsing songs and looking at our summer term production with the year 6s. More information will follow in due course.
We have completed our (what feels like mighty) Saxons/ Viking knowledge blocks for the year and we will be re-focus now on geographical skills. This will include map work, using compasses and using grid references. Science will focus on Living Things which is a topic children normally love. I know there will be a few children in our class who will really be looking forward to investigating the animal world.
Welcome to the summer term everyone...
As always we have a jam- packed half term ahead of us. We will be continuing our journey with the Saxons and Vikings with more focus being on the Viking ways of life. We will investigate what advancements in technology aided their invasions, and what evidence historians have used to build a picture of their culture, beliefs and societal structure. There's a lot more to the Vikings than we think...
In English we will be exploring the world of Biographies (very exciting) and practising some core skills for year 5 writing, including refining those editing skills. In maths we will be continuing our work on geometry including perimeter, area and angles.
Science will focus on properties of materials. There will lots of investigating going on, with a little look at what makes some materials conductors or insulators. (Both thermal and electrical.) Our learning will be complemented by a trip to Magna in the summer term where we will attend a workshop about materials. We are all very excited!