Spring 2
Spring 2
In Spring, we will be learning about the Vikings and their impact on Britain. We will learn about their culture through our History, Writing and Reading for Inference lessons.
English
Our stimulus for narrative writing in Spring 2 will be the epic story ‘Beowulf’ from Norse culture. We will be writing a ‘Defeating the Monster’ story, featuring action and dialogue. Our Grammar learning for the term will be using dialogue. Learning to edit and handwriting will play a crucial role in our learning too.
Pupils should continue to use Bedrock at least twice a week at home to support with their vocabulary - it is also our aim to access this resource daily in school.
Vocabulary: verb, modal verb, infinitive, relative clause, subordinate clause, conjunction, relative pronoun, dialogue, speech, inverted commas, punctuation marks, character, action, suspense, atmosphere
Guided Reading - Reading for Inference
We will use a variety of texts - both fiction and non-fiction - to enable us to apply our learning to a range of question types, and to make links between different books and our own growing general knowledge. We will continue to use text annotation as a method of exploring a text, and will build on our retrieval and inference reading skills. In order to support your child with both their grammar and reading at home, please use the following links:
https://app.bedrocklearning.org/
https://gb.education.com/games/grammar/
http://www.eslgamesworld.com/members/games/grammar/index.html
Maths
We will continue to focus on honing our times table knowledge and recall skills as we learn about decimals and percentages, perimeter and area, and statistics. Times tables and generating new facts from those known will be a focus within the classroom and during our morning task time. It is imperative that pupils are able to recall these facts in order to access the Year 5 curriculum thoroughly. We will be using Number and Lightning as the basis of our knowledge to support our arithmetic skills. Pupils will be taught operations in depth and will be tasked with using these in a variety of different contexts.
Vocabulary: decimal, decimal place, decimal point, equivalent fraction, round, tenth, hundredth, thousandth, percentage, perimeter, area, rectilinear shape, polygon, compound shape, estimate, line graph, interpret, timetable.
Homework will continue to be set from the White Rose Maths Practice Journal. In order to support your child with their times table knowledge at home and with arithmetic in general, please use the following links:
https://timestable.pixl.org.uk/Timestables.html
https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/subjects/z826n39
Science
Our Science exploration in Spring 2 will be about animals, including humans. We will learn about life cycles, and gestation periods and lifespans.
Vocabulary: life cycle, gestation, human, mammal, amphibian, insect
History
We have another exciting adventure in our History this term as we start to learn about the Vikings. The children will begin to learn about the Vikings’ origins and key figures in Viking history. They will also learn why the Vikings chose to make Britain their home, and investigate evidence of the Vikings' presence in Britain through looking at artefacts and our language.
Vocabulary: Viking, Scandinavia, raid, settle, trade, artefact, Norse culture, epic Beowulf
Religion and World views
We continue with our learning about the big question ‘What happens when we die?’ As we continue to investigate concepts relating to death, we will learn the meaning of reincarnation and karma, and compare these ideas with those studied in Spring 1.
Vocabulary: cremation, Eightfold Path, enlightenment, Four Noble Truths, karma, liberation, nirvana, reincarnation
Computing: Creating media: Stop Motion Animation
We will be storyboarding ideas, taking photographs and editing to create a video animation. We will continue to learn about online safety through our class assembly time.
Vocabulary: stop motion, frame, onion skinning, animate, animation, animator, background, decomposition, storyboard
Art and Design: Every Picture Tells a Story
The children will be looking at the meaning behind art, including understanding the intentions of work by Banksy. They will make ink symmetry prints inspired by the psychologist Rorschach. They will tell a story using emojis. They will use drama to recreate a poignant war scene and are inspired by the ceramic work of Magdalene Odundo, to work expressively outside.
Vocabulary: abstract art, anonymous, street art, symmetrical, racism, pictograms
P.E.
Indoor PE: Dance – Lindy Hop
We will learn a sequence of Lindy hop dance steps as part of a routine we will perform in groups. We will use these steps to choreograph a longer routine for a solo, duet or group. We will work on our musicality in time to Lindy Hop music beat.
Vocabulary: Lindy Hop, routine, beat, rhythm, choreograph, choreography, beat
Outdoor PE: Dodgeball.
We will be building on our dodge ball skills. We will cover aiming at a moving target and dodging moving objects. We will continue to develop our spatial awareness of other players and our surroundings, and concentrate on change of direction and speed.
Vocabulary: co-ordination, simultaneous, direction, stimulus, competitive, spatial awareness, dodge
Important dates for this term:
Science Week: 11 – 15/03/24
Consultation evenings: 18/03/24 and 20/03/24
Y5 Parent/Carer event: 27/3/24 (2.15-3pm)
Easter Egg raffle: 28/03/24
Term ends: 28/03/24