Penguin Class - Year 5 and 6

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Penguin Class Learning Journal

Term 5 - Off with her head!

Why did Henry VIII have so many wives?

Let’s travel back in time to meet the terrifying Tudors.

During this half term, we’ll meet a very important figure from history who will give us a problem to solve.  We will  use source materials to create a Tudor timeline. Tudor portraits will provide us with the inspiration to create royal paintings; we’ll learn a courtly dance and compose Tudor music. Our geography skills will help us to compare maps of Tudor London to present day London and plot Anne Boleyn’s journey to her execution. Internet research will help us learn more about Henry’s life, his marriages and his break from the Roman Catholic church.

At the end of the topic, we’ll create and perform a rhyme to help us remember key dates from the Tudor period and make a life-sized model of Henry VIII. It will be huge! In PE, we’ll learn some dance moves and hold a Tudor ‘dance off’. 

We will also have the opportunity to visit Deal Castle, which was built  between 1539 and 1540 as part of King Henry VIII's Device programme to protect England against invasion from France and the Holy Roman Empire. 

Term 5 - Curriculum Newsletter

 Please encourage your child to log on to the Time Tables Rock Stars and Ed Shed  login details can be found in reading records. Spellings will be given to some children on Fridays  to be learnt by the following Thursday.

SATS week  for Year 6 will be held on 11th May - 15th May.

Extra Booster sessions will be offered up to 8th May. All  Year 6 children are invited. Please look on Weduc for dates of  these extra sessions.

This term there will be extra home learning given out to Year 6 to prepare them for the upcoming SATS in May. Please encourage your child to complete all learning.

Our PE lessons will take place on Mondays and Thursdays

Please come to school dressed in your PE kit on these days with earrings removed and hair tied back.

Year 5 will be participating in afternoon sessions at Forest school  this term. Children come to school in Forest school clothing, ready for the afternoon session. Please ensure children have warm/waterproof clothing for these sessions. Please include a hat, gloves and an extra pair of socks.

 Any problems, please come and speak to the Penguin class team.

Thank you

Mrs Simpson and Mrs Chapman