Science:
Key questions for this area of learning:
Why did the Vikings have a dragon on their
boats?
How did the Vikings travel such long
distances?
Physical Education:
We will be playing
with bat and ball
this half term. The
Cricket season has
begun.
It is time to ‘change’. We are looking
at the change of state of certain
materials and whether this change can
be reversed.
History:
The Vikings are coming! We will
find about their lifestyle and the
battles they had.
Music:
We will be looking at Viking
inspired music, and we will be
trying to re-create this using
instruments in school.
Design and technology:
We are going to make Viking
helmets this half term. We will
be ready for battle!
Computing:
Beowulf
Myths
Legends
We will be creating our own Viking
e-book this half term. We will be
using action buttons and
hyperlinks
We will be using the text ‘How to be a
Viking’ to write our information text.
Opportunities for Maths:
How far did the Vikings travel?
French:
We will be going to town with our French
work this half term. Ok it is all to do with
the places where we live and the
buildings that we see.
Visits, visitors or key events
We will be meeting up with the children from Horton Mill,
when we visit Castleshaw in May.
Action Buttons
Hyperlinks
Vikings
Denmark
Sweden
Norway
Longboat
Scandinavia
Opportunities for English:
Is it myth or a Legend? We will be
looking at the stories of the Vikings,
including the mythical creatures,
Dragons.
Religious Education:
We are going to be looking at
the right of passage in Judaism.
Key Vocabulary
We will be using our
Mathematical knowledge to
answer lots of questions relating
to our topics.
Home learning ideas/places to visit
The Vikings made tremendous Longboats, can you create
one at home? Or how about a costume?
The Jorvik centre in York, would be a great place to go.
Change
State
Materials
Reversible
Irreversible
Heat
Cool