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Year 5
'WINDS OF CHANGE'
What can we learn from our ancestors?
Welcome to 2025 and the Spring term. Year 5 will begin to unearth the legacy of the
Shang Dynasty of Ancient China and raise questions about evolution.
See our curriculum letter and poster below for full details:
Spring Term 2025 Curriculum Poster and Welcome letter for Year 5
Welcome back to school ...and beyond.
Year 5 will embark on a learning journey this term under our Autumn topic theme named:
SMALL STEPS FOR MANKIND.
Through a diverse exploration across our curriculum, we shall examine the beauty of the solar system, the lives of significant pioneers or influential figures and some specific cultures, combined with a selection of key events in Earth's rich history, to consider the big question:
What can we learn from our past to guide our future?
ART: The Final Frontier - Here are Year 5's wonderful completed Space Porthole Views on recycled records - inspired by the work of David A. Hardy. These final masterpieces are now on display within the class and the corridor outside for all to see.
AUTUMN ASSEMBLY: Small steps for mankind - Year 5 celebrating their completed space porthole designs with the whole school alongside parents, families and carers.
Widening Horizons: Our latest educational trip into the world of work was with the Cattewater Harbour Commissioners down on the Barbican. Our class were given an exclusive insight into daily running of a busy harbour; including the many different job roles and goods that are imported and exported in and out of Plymouth. They were also treated to an excursion around Plymouth Sound and up the Tamar - a real highlight of the day...until the Thunder and Lightning storm descended.
Art Part 1: Our focus this term, linked to our topic themes, is the study of the artist David A. Hardy. Our class has been perfecting the method of drawing and shading spheres, progressing to using water colours to represent planets in Preparation for their own 'porthole view in space' compositions.
Widening Horizons: Year 5 recently experienced their first of many Widening Horizons' trips provided by Millfield's Inspired. Our class had an exclusive guided tour and look at the plans for the redevelopment of Plymouth City Centre, provided by Morgan Sindall construction. Aside from being given a wide range of facts and figures regarding the construction progress from our hosts, our children were given the opportunity to ask questions about the costs and different job roles involved, alongside collaboratively creating a layer of a Giant Bug Hotel.
