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Year 5
Welcome to Year 5
We are looking forward to a very enjoyable and successful year with lots of exciting topics and great learning opportunities. We hope that this page will give you all the information that you need but if you have any questions, please feel free to ask a member of the Year 5 team.
Term 6 - Who Let the Gods Out?
Why were the Greeks significant?
About 2,500 years ago Greece was one of the most important places in the ancient world.
The Greeks were great thinkers, warriors, writers, actors, athletes, artists, architects and politicians.
The Greeks called themselves Hellenes and their land was Hel
The name ‘Greeks’ was given to the people of Greece later by the Romans. They lived in mainland Greece and the Greek islands, but also in colonies scattered around the Mediterranean Sea.
There were Greeks in Italy, Sicily, Turkey, North Africa, and as far west as France.
They sailed the sea to trade and find new lands. The Greeks took their ideas with them and they started a way of life that's similar to the one we have today.
Reading book: ‘Who Let the Gods out?'
When a shooting star crashes to earth, it lands Eliot smack bang in the path of Virgo - a young Zodiac goddess on a mission. But when the pair accidentally release Thanatos, a wicked death daemon imprisoned beneath Stonehenge, they've got nowhere to turn for help but to the old Olympian gods.
Design Technology
We will be designing, making and testing a catapult that would have been used in ancient Greece. We will use rubber bands and lollipop sticks to construct it.
Your Year 5 Team 2024-2025
Mr G Wilson - Year Group Leader, Science Leader, Class Teacher of Sea Urchins
Miss A Smith - Assessment Leader, Class Teacher of Whales
Miss K Gaffney - DT Leader, Class Teacher of Swordfish
Mrs J Kingwell - Associate Teacher
Mrs A Alexander - Communications Support Worker
Mrs S Andrews - Communications Support Worker
Important Documents