Merlins - Summer Two
It’s the last half-term of Year 5 and so much to fit in! There will be lots of rehearsing and the performances of our Year 5/6 show “Mission Implausible”, Careers and Aspirations week, our trip to Gressenhall Farm and Workhouse for the ‘Whodunnit’ day, Sports Day and lots more besides!
This is our learning for Summer two term:
Computing:
In computing this half-term, we will be looking at “if”, “then” and “else” statements and creating algorithms incorporating them.
Design Technology:
We will be learning about where honey comes from and the importance of Bees before using some honey to make delicious honey bread.
English:
In English we will be using two books this half-term to help us with our writing. The first being “Curiosity : The Story of a Mars Rover” by Markus Motum and the second, “High Rise Mystery” by Sharna Jackson.
French:
We will be learning how to describe the weather.
Geography:
In Geography we will be learning all about coastal erosion and looking closely at what causes it and how it changes coastlines.
History:
In History we will be studying the Victorian Era, with a main focus on children and this will tie in with our trip to Gressenhall Farm and Workhouse. The children will learn how hard life was and just how easy they have it now!
Life Skills:
Life Skills is all about money matters this half-term. We will look at Fair Trade and why it is important, as well as why we need money.
Maths:
In Maths we will be focusing on “Number” and decimals for the last time this year, as well as negative numbers, and then we will move over to “Measurement” to practice converting units and closing off the academic year’s learning with capacity.
Music:
This half term we will be focusing on learning our songs for our production "Mission Implausible".
P.E.:
You can definitely tell that it’s summer as we head outside to play cricket and tennis. Anyone for Wimbledon or a trip to Lords?!
R.E.:
In Religious Education we shall be exploring the different ways that Christians show their commitment to their God. For example, by committing to visiting church, daily prayers, reading the bible and general try to be the best they can in their everyday life.
Science:
In science we will be building on what we have learnt this year to look at the weather. We will focus on what causes the United Kingdom to experience the weather it has, the different layers of the atmosphere, why and how thunder and lightning happens and, most interestingly, how meteorologists predict the weather.