Year 5 had a drop down morning, which means a morning where they recap and revisit their knowledge from previous years. Our morning consisted of a Computing, Geography and History lesson.
In Computing, Year 5 looked at their key vocabulary from Year 3/4. Algorithm: a set of instructions or a set of rules to get something done
Decomposition: the process of breaking down a task into smaller, more manageable parts. They then had to create a code to first direct me around the classroom and then help a squirrel into a tree. (This was a worksheet task- not an actual squirrel!) To finish off this session, the children had time to go onto Scratch Jr and create their own games using repetition.
In Geography, the children had to use atlases to find the capital cities for the countries in Europe. Some children even challenged themselves do complete as many as they could without an atlas! We then focused in on looking at York and Venice and comparing the two cities. Lastly, the children had a small debate is tourism was a positive or negative thing. They came up with lots of reasons for both sides: a positive was that tourism could benefit the country’s economy but a negative was that overtourism could happen, which meant that litter or noise pollution could be an issue for the locals.
In History, we recapped our knowledge about Ancient Greece. The children firstly had an activity to match their key vocabulary with the definitions. They then went on to create a mind map about everything they could remember about the specific time period.
Year 5 showed great remembering skills (one of the 8Rs for learning).
Help at home: How many different codes can you create to help the squirrel get back to its tree?
