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Term 4 - Diversity, Danger and Dancing!

We will be exploring how diverse the country of Brazil is - looking at the contrasting lives of rich and poor and the differing environments of the cities and rain forest.

We will also be exploring the deadly creatures which live in and around the Amazon.

Then its carnival time:

- Learning some Samba moves to put into our own dances

- Designing and making our own carnival headdresses

- Preparing and cooking some Brazil street-food

- And...sharing all this on our Family Learning Day!

Term 3 - Peasants, Princes and Pestilence

During Term 3, we will be taking a step back in time - to the 14th Century.

This half term, we’ll travel back to the dark and deadly world of 14th century Britain. Why not visit your local library or museum to see if the 14th-century plague affected your area? You could also look around your house with an adult to see how many products there are that are made to tackle germs. Would they have helped to prevent the spread of the plague? Alternatively, read a book together that is set during a plague. How were the characters’ lives affected by the deadly disease?

Some useful links:

http://horrible-histories.co.uk/9780439944014/the-measly-middle-ages

https://www.historyforkids.net/middle-ages.html

https://www.dkfindout.com/uk/history/black-death/

Incredible Rockets!!

Year 5 had the BEST time designing and making their own bottle rockets. We discussed and observed how real rockets work and applied these ideas when designing and making our own bottle rockets. As you can see from the videos, we had a lot of success!!!