English
This term in English we will be writing pieces based on our History topic 'Anglo-Saxons and Vikings'. Within in this, we will be writing a playscript based on Beowolf, a recount of the Battle of Hastings, a fictional piece based on a Viking myth 'Apples of Iduna' and a piece of poetry.

Maths
This term in Maths we will be covering Perimeter and Area, Stastics, Shape, Position and Direction, Negative Numbers, Conversion and we will also return to Decimals for part of our learning also.

Topic
Our Summer topic is 'Anglo-Saxons and Vikings'. In this topic, we will be covering many aspects of their history from invasions to every day life, Gods/Goddesses to Women and Children and Religion and Laws.

Art
In Art this term, we will be designing and then making a set design. We will be taking inspiration from specific artists along the way.

Design Technology
For our DT project we will be creating Viking longships that have moveable sails that the children will be able to roll up and down. To do this we will be researching, desiging, creating and then evaluating our work.

PE
Summer 1 PE lessons are:
- Gymnastics
- Tennis
Summer 2 PE lessons are:
- Athletics
- Rounders

• IWPS Little things Summer.doc
• Maths.pdf

• Phonics.docx
• Year 5.docx
• Year 4.docx

This week, we had our Immersive Learning Day on our new topic Saxons and Vikings. In this day, we completed many exciting tasks including: shield making, broach creation, solving Saxon riddles, performing a Viking saga (story) and longship artwork. It was a fun filled day!

This term's music topic is Looping and Mixing. Over the term, we will begin to create music with technology and using the skills of looping and mixing to do so. This week, we began with creating some music as a class using body percussion. We then had different conductors come to the front to instruct us in our performance.

Over the next term, we will completing a chess tournament in Year 5. The children will play chess games against each other and work their way up the leader board. Eventually, we will end up with a gold, silver and bronze medallists. We started our heats this week!

This week in Year 5, we had a wonderful morning with the Year 10 sports leaders from Ralph Thoresby. We completed many different exercises and activities, including sack races, hurdles, basketball, football, javelin and many more, and had a thoroughly enjoyable time. The children represented IWPS fantastically and we were very proud of the effort and engagement from them all. Well done Year 5!

This week has been Healthy and Safety week. We started the week with a visit from the Cookridge Fire Station where we learnt about the importance of fire alarms, having a home fire escape, safely charging electronic items and many more. We have also explored the importance of dental hygiene, watching a video on how to clean our teeth correctly and discussing the importance of visiting a dentist. During our PSHE lesson this week, we explored the origin and the importance of Yoga and meditation and even carried our some Yoga in our classroom. Finally, we all made a healthy dip for carrots, cucumbers and pitta bread. All the children tried the dip and we were very impressed with them.

On Friday 12th June, Year 5 visited the Jorvik Centre in York. We had a fanstastic day out and completed many exciting activities. We had a tour of a replica Viking village with animatronic figures, became archaeologists in the DIG centre finding bones and treasure, looked at findings from an archaeological dig including a 1000 year old cow skull and took part in a Viking Saga workshop where some of the children re-enacted a famous Viking story. The day was fun filled and the children represented Ireland Wood brilliantly!