Year 5 Elm - French translators of the future!

This week Year 5 have been exploring how informative our Collins Primary Illustrated French dictionaries can be and using them to help us translate texts from French into English. We have been learning vocabulary linked to our Anglo-Saxon topic, so we can compare and contrast ancient settlements to modern towns; in our more complicated texts, there were lots of new words that we needed to look up to translate. 

Here are children from Elm Tree Class being dictionary detectives and translators!

Note, Develop and Research! Year 5 become researchers...

Year 5 have been learning about the Anglo-Saxons this half term, which required us to use laptops, books, fact files, Ipads and artefacts from our class topic table to explore our topic further for our English learning. 

Today, we carried out research to gather information about Anglo-Saxon life in readiness for writing a non-chronological report. We decided to make notes about a variety of aspects about Anglo-Saxon life, including religion and beliefs, clothing, villages, childhood, jewellery and buildings.

Which website would you recommend and why? 

ORDER IN THE COURTROOM! Orchard Class's Crime and Punishment Trial...

In Humanities this week, Year 5 Orchard Class used their drama skills to create a courtroom in the classroom. 

We used our knowledge and understanding of the Anglo-Saxon and Viking judicial systems to decide suitable punishments for different crimes, and also compared ideas with a modern day prosecution team, to explore how the judicial system has changed; a jury then unanimously decided which punishments were more appropriate. 

 Our modern day prosecutors discussing the appropriate punishment for our suspect. 

 The all important Jury.

Our suspect! 

The Jury reveal their verdict.

                                                         

 Our Viking and Anglo-Saxon prosecutors discuss a suitable punishment.

Year 5 - Elm, Rowan & Orchard - A Trip Down To The British Museum!

Year 5 have been learning about the Anglo-Saxons for their topic this half term - Invaders and Settlers.

We all have had the opportunity to further explore this topic on a trip to the British Museum where we found out about Anglo-Saxon jobs, materials used by Anglo-Saxons, jewellery, Anglo-Saxon jobs, silverware, the Sutton Hoo ship burial, the Crusaders and many more historical facts!