Year 5
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Autumn 1
Children's Rights: Right or Wrong?
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.
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Year 5 Autumn 1
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.
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Spring 1
Only the Strong Belong!
This half term, we were historians! We explored 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 considered 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 explored 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 wrote non-chronological texts and narrative extracts, before writing to Marvel to persuade the franchise that our Viking warriors deserved to be in a future Marvel film.
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Year 5 Spring 1
Spring 2
Are we Responsible?
This half term, we will begin with a book study called ‘Tower to the Sun’, which will introduce the importance of sustainability and preserving the world that we live in. Supported by our trip to Marwell Zoo, we will then consider Chief Seattle’s quote: The world does not belong to us; we belong to the world. In our English lessons, we will research a range of endangered species and will write non-chronological texts, which we will then share as part of our Peaceful Protests at the end of the half term. As Geographers, we will consider whether we believe Brighton Hill should have a solar farm and, after visiting Marwell and asking the staff some questions that we will have generated together, the children will put forward their arguments as to whether they believe animals should be kept in zoos.
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Summer 1
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Summer 2