
Van Gogh
Year Five and Year Six
Welcome to our Van Gogh Class page!
English
In English we will be looking at George Orwell's ‘Animal farm’ to inspire our writing. We will using simple, compound and complex sentences, relative embedded clause and paragraphs to write essays, non-fiction piece, character description and a narrative piece. We will be focussing on active and passive voice, adverbials, similes, and metaphors to enhance our writing.
Maths
In maths we will working on volume, shapes, area, angles, translation, Position, geometry.
Art
In this unit, we will be looking at William Morris’s life and art created by him. We will create our William Morris style print using block printing. We will also be learning about impressionism and post-impressionism.
History
This unit is about the Cold war and human rights. Pupils will explore with the idea that cold war was a period of tension between 2 super powers as they raced to be the first to develop missiles, nuclear weapons and send people in space.
Geography
Geography in this term is about the African Continent. We will learning about the physical and human geography of Africa, ancient African empires and also Globalisation..
Science
In science we will learning about light, structure of eye, shadows and evolution.
Computing
In Computing, we will be learning about microbits.
R.E.
In RE children will be exploring the question: What is my view of the world.
P.S.H.E
The children will be thinking about their likes, dislikes and skills and how it relates to their future work and the value of hard work and managing money .
Class Room Staff:
Mrs Yogita Pereira
PE Day:
Monday
Friday (Premier Sport)
Knowledge Organisers
Letters: