Spring 1
Only the Strong Belong!
This half term, PE days will be Tuesday and Thursday. Homework will be sent out on a Thursday, to be handed in on the following Tuesday.
Please support in ensuring your child reads at least 5x a week, in encouraging them to use Doodle regularly at home. This half term's Home Learning project will be due on Tuesday 28th January.
This half term, we are historians! We will be exploring the period of history when the Vikings raided and invaded the British Isles (CE 793 - 1066), building on our previous learning linked to the pre-historic and Roman periods. We will consider why the Vikings thought it necessary to come to England and why, despite being defeated on numerous occasions, they continued to invade and eventually conquer Britain. We will explore whether the Vikings really were just violent 'raiders' or whether they were actually a group of skilled people who wished to settle and live in peace. As part of our English lessons, we will write non-chronological texts and narrative extracts, before writing to Marvel to persuade the franchise that our Viking warriors deserve to be in a future Marvel film.
Autumn 2
Who are the Rogues?
For the first two weeks, we completed a book study ('The Lost Thing'), where we considered the importance of every living being, no matter where they come from, receiving the rights that they are entitled to and feeling a sense of belonging, and how we can better ensure that nobody has these rights taken away.
During our Autumn 2 project, we explored how the choices that we make in our lives can impact other people’s views of who we are. We explored and asked questions about stereotypes and perceptions that we hold of others and, supported by the powerful book ‘The Highwayman’ in English, children took part in performance poetry linked to the theme of ‘rogues and villains’. Through art, we explored wax resist, as well as using chalk and charcoal to re-create a scene from the story. As part of our PE lessons, we worked in groups to create our own ‘Pirate Dance’, using our expressions and body language to convey different behaviours and emotions.
Autumn 1
Children's Rights: Right or Wrong?
Welcome to Year 5! Your teachers this year are Miss Chapman and Miss Weston, supported by Mrs Bird, Mrs Adams and Mrs Collins. PE days are Tuesdays and Thursdays. Reading logs should be in school every day (children need to read 5x a week) and homework will be handed out on Thursdays, to be completed by the following Tuesday.
The UNCRC sets out the rights that should be available to all children. Article 32 of the UNCRC states that children have the right to protection from work that harms them, and is bad for their health and education. Throughout the first half term, we explored how, with the introduction of the Children's Acts, our rights have improved and developed over time. We compared our rights today, particularly linked to our education, to children living in the Victorian era. Supported by the classic text 'Oliver Twist', we explored, and appreciated, how children's rights have developed over time. At the end of the project, each child contributed to a book for parents and visitors to the school, about what makes Manor Field so Rights Respecting.