Year 5 Spring 1
Title: War through the eyes of…
Theme Description: Exploration of the first documented Viking raid on England and the Anglo
Saxon response.
WOW Starter: Ship building competition based around Anglo-Saxon and Viking designs.
Experiences/Visits/Learning Outdoors: Creating a tapestry of the battle of Lindisfarne
Trip to Lundy Island to research Viking settlements.
Opportunities to explore the curriculum
History
Geography
Research and exploration of the events of the first documented Viking raid
on England
Unit of enquiry: why is the battle of Lindisfarne historically important?
Not covered this half term.
English
Using the text ‘The Girl and the Fox’ we innovate and invent a text called
‘The Anglo Saxon and the Viking’ to focus on adjective choice to represent
characters differently.
Maths
Using Viking hoards to treasure for multiplicative reasoning calculations.
Having fraction battles: the bigger the fraction, the more ground we
conquer!
Science/Technology Conductors and insulators. Using spoons, butter and different cups to test
the properties of different materials.
Art/Music/Drama
Hot seating to explore the different perspectives from the inhabitants and
conquerors of Lindisfarne
Tapestry of Lindisfarne to show the events of the battle
Drumming to traditional Viking music
PSHE
PE
MFL
ICT
Dance creating the battle of Lindisfarne from the perspective of the monks
and the invaders.
Using imagine super logo to design representations of Viking and Anglo
Saxon artefacts.
Learning in the Community: Trip to Lundy Island
Celebration: Create the Lindisfarne tapestry with parents
Links to Key Stage 1: Building on previous historical knowledge of Anglo Saxon habits.