Woodpeckers

Let us introduce ourselves…we are Year 5 and the Woodpecker Class.

We love to have fun whilst learning and are always looking to make links across the curriculum and with our previous learning. We also enjoy sharing a class novel. Our main class teachers are Mr Cresswell and Miss Mills. 

We progress our skills and knowledge base through learning based mostly around six exciting topics over the year. In Autumn, we explore the lives of the Ancient Mayan civilisation before moving on to exploring the geography of North and South America.

Spring brings a look back at some of the most influential monarchs of Britain and the effects that their actions had on what the country is like today.  This is followed by the topic Wild Water- where we will build on knowledge about rivers and coasts learnt in Lower Key Stage Two.

Moving into the summer term, we will look at the temporary and permanent changes that the Second World War bought to Britain. Finally, in the topic North to South, we will be developing our geography skills whilst comparing and contrasting the The Shetland Islands in the far North of the UK and the city of Plymouth in the South. We will also make some links to our last term’s topic by looking at the role that each of these places played in the Second World War.