Year 5 Current Learning

Term 3-4

This term, our enquiry question is…

How have the Ancient Greeks Influenced Life today?

We will attempt the following questions, along with others, as part of our learning this term:

When was the Ancient Greek period?

What are the human and physical features of Greece?

What did the Ancient Greeks invent?

What did they believe in?

How do we know so much about Ancient Greece?

In English, we will be reading The Twelve Labours of Hercules by James Riordan and Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan.

We will be reading and responding to the story, using our VIPERS skills to explore and discuss the plot, the characters and the themes.

We will also be practising using relative clauses and using parenthesis in our writing. Click the links below to have a practice!

Relative Clauses

Parenthesis

In Maths this term, we are learning about area and scaling, and factors, multiples and primes. Click the links below to do some practice:

Area

Factors and Multiples

Prime Numbers

Good times table skills will be essential to success in maths this year! https://ttrockstars.com/

Please see our curriculum map for more details on what we will be learning about this year.