Year 5 Learning Challenge Summer 1

We are delighted to provide you with the Year 5 Learning Challenge for this half of the Summer Term.You will notice that the activities are split into Basic, Advanced and Deep Learning. This is a way for us to look at learning at Broadford, and is designed to ensure that children not only acquire factual knowledge but also gain a further understanding about how their new skills or knowledge can be applied to their own lives or be used to further their cognitive and social development.  

The theme of the Learning Challenge for the first half of the Summer term is 'Is our planet dying?'. It is entirely up to the child whether they select the poem, significant person, music or painting, or a combination of all 4. They can also select the activities that they want to attempt, though we would encourage them to deepen their learning as much as possible. 

Significant Person

Al Gore

	Person
Basic	Draw a portrait of the person
	Produce a timeline of their life
Advanced	Produce a poster to advertise their achievements
	Write a letter asking them about their life
Deep	Explain how the world would be without this person
	Give five reasons for and against why they should be in ‘The Hall of Fame’

Painting

Joseph Mallard William Turner: 'The Lake, Petworth:Sunset'

	Painting
Basic	Find out 10 facts about the painting/artist
	Produce a collage of other paintings by the artist
Advanced	Draw a picture in similar style
	Transform the medium of the painting: use collage instead of painting
Deep	Use the image as a stimulus for 100WC
	Describe what the painting: what it represents, how it makes you feel, what it is based on

Music

Michael Jackson: Earth Song

	Music
Basic	Listen to a piece of music
	Identify the instruments.
Advanced	Research the life of the composer.
	Attempt to recreate the piece   of music
Deep	A mind map of different emotions you feel at various points in the piece
	Produce a piece of art/collage based on how the music makes you feel.

Poem

David Harmer: Our Tree

Our Tree

It takes so long for a tree to grow

So many years of pushing the sky.

Long branches stretch their arms

Reach out with their wooden fingers.

Years drift by, fall like leaves

From green to yellow then back to green.

Since my Grandad was a boy

And then before his father’s father

There’s been an elm outside our school

Its shadow long across our playground.

Today three men ripped it down.

Chopped it up. It took ten minutes.

	Poem
Basic	Learn it off by heart
	Find another poem by the poet
Advanced	Create a performance as part of a pair/group
	Write a short biography about the poet
Deep	Write your own poem inspired by the topic
	Compare and contrast two poems by the poet