Welcome to Year 5

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During the Autumn term, our Year 5 children will commence a study of World War Two, which will launch with a trip to Perlethorpe Education Centre. This vehicle focuses on the Historical study of the Second World War, its causes, what evacuation was and what impact it had for those at home such as rationing. Furthermore, children will explore the role of Bletchley Park during WW2 and discover the work of Alan Turing. The children will look at the job of a radio broadcast (in the style of a sales and marketing pitch) and will learn the skills needed to be able to clearly present their information about the second world war. The children will use their developing Geographical knowledge and skills to look at movement of allies during this time and will use world maps to locate counties involved in the war. In Design and Technology, the children will design and make food packaging for a fragile food that could be sent to a soldier at war exploring the relationship between the shape and the strength of shell structures. Children will gain knowledge about nets and about how simple and complex 3D shapes can be made by using a net made from 2D shapes. They will develop their designing skills through the knowledge gained from investigating, disassembling, and evaluating a range of familiar commercial packaging, and develop their making skills through focused tasks in which they use a range of measuring, marking out, cutting and assembling techniques.

In the second half of the Autumn Term, the children will work closely with a local homeless charity to during their Curriculum Vehicle called ‘The Gift of Giving’. This Vehicle will enable the children to understand about the community in which they live and the diverse needs and life experiences of people in the local area. The children will use the Design and Technology skills developed in lower key stage 2 to design and create a Christmas meal for the homeless of Nottingham. The Year 5 children will also learn of the role of the Salvation Army and their work for the homeless people of Nottingham.

During the Spring Term the children will learn through a Curriculum Vehicle entitled ‘I’m a Survivor.’ Children will attend a visit to Walesby Forest where they will learn about shelters and structures. This learning will support the children with their challenge of rescuing Bear Grylls and his crew who are stranded in Antarctica after an expedition. Using their developing Geographical skills, the children will have to plan the journey back across the globe visiting and surviving different biomes, mountain ranges, climates, Earthquakes and Volcanoes along the way. The children will complete a focused study on South America and Earthquakes/Volcanoes and will learn about how these natural disasters occur and the impact that they have on the communities around them. After all of their learning, the children will work together to produce a shelter in a Forest School which can withstand wind and rain. The school will utilise scout leaders and joiners to support with the construction and to judge the winning design.

Finally, in the Summer Term, Year 5 will commence a historical study of Ancient Greece. Through this study, the children will learn about ancient Greek settlements, life in Ancient Greece and the trade links between Ancient Greece and other parts of the world. The children will then look at how these trade links have developed to present day. Using the knowledge acquired through their Scientific study of Forces and the knowledge and skills developed in the Design and Technology study, the children will Design and Make a model Chariot that they will race during some replica Olympic games that they will develop and host.