Lynher Class – Year 5

Mr Symons-Chan with Miss Mallett and Mrs Boulton

Lynher Class is Year 5 and takes children into upper Key Stage Two. The exciting topics children learn about in Lyhner Class are:

Wild West
Earth and Space
Cruising the Mediterranean
Ancient Greece
Anglo-Saxons and Vikings
Backpackers

The wide range of topics builds on the children's previous learning whilst also supports their continued learning. In Year 5, a range of exciting learning opportunities are used to enhance the learning including a Greek food experiences, a theatre visit and more. We enjoy using our beautiful outdoor grounds to enhance our learning in a range of subjects.

We love reading in Year 5. Every day, we spend 20 minutes reading our own book. Which of these top 50 have you read?

Top 50 Recommended Books for Year 5 - click here!

Please find further details about the learning for the half-term and suggested homework activities below:

Summer 1st half Planning Overview Vikings

Y5 Summer 1st half Homework Menu

Knowledge Organisers

These provide the key knowledge we will be learning in our foundation topics this half-term. It would be useful to look at these with you child and talk about them. You could have mini quizzes to see what they can remember, draw parts of them, or they can create their own version. This will help the children to ensure they remember the knowledge fully.

Lynher Class have been studying Ancient Greece and as part of their studies they created coil pots. The class embraced the theme of Ancient Greece, demonstrating creativity

See below Coco-Rose who went painted hers using her recall of how colours can represent moods. Her creative flair was also demonstrated through her warning tale which the class completed just before the Easter break. Coco-Rose clearly used her SECRET skills of Go for it finish it and plan-do-review to compete her creative tasks.