Year 5 – Byrd - Year 5

Welcome to Year 5 – Byrd Class

Hello and welcome to Byrd Class.

We are Miss Mirto and Mrs Caminade and our Learning Support Assistant is Mrs Franco. 

The Vikings

We will be continuing to explore raiders, invaders and settlers focussing on the arrival of the Vikings and the impact this had on Anglo-Saxon Britain. In DT, we will be researching pop-up books before creating our own. In RE, we will be learning about Hinduism alongside music where the children will create a composition for the Hindu Holi festival. In art, the children will learn about abstract art with a focus on the work by Andile Dyalvane before creating a clay coil pot.

Why does population change?

We will learn about what population is and how and why it has changed over time. We will be looking at different types of maps and how to collect data from them. In DT this half term, we will be using electrical systems to create doodlers. Children will be using motors and circuits to make the doodlers work. In Music, the children are introduced to musical loops and what genres they are used in. We will then make our own loops using a variety of methods and tools. In R.E, the children will be learning about Humanism and Christians.  In Art, the children will be learning about Islamic art to print their designs. In Science, we will be learning about Space, the movement of the Earth in relation to the Sun and moon, and its effect on our day, night and seasons.