Friday 5 June 2015

Year 5 Learning Challenge Summer 2

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 second half of the Summer term is 'Who is the greatest woman of all time?'. 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

Amelia Earhart




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

Johannes Vermeer: Girl with a Pearl Earring





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

Aretha Franklin: Say a Little Prayer





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

Maya Angelou: On the Pulse of Mourning

On the Pulse of Mourning

A Rock, A River, A Tree
Hosts to species long since departed,
Marked the mastodon,
The dinosaur, who left dried tokens
Of their sojourn here
On our planet floor,
Any broad alarm of their hastening doom
Is lost in the gloom of dust and ages.

But today, the Rock cries out to us, clearly, forcefully,
Come, you may stand upon my
Back and face your distant destiny,
But seek no haven in my shadow,
I will give you no hiding place down here.

You, created only a little lower than
The angels, have crouched too long in
The bruising darkness
Have lain too long
Facedown in ignorance,
Your mouths spilling words
Armed for slaughter.

The Rock cries out to us today,
You may stand upon me,
But do not hide your face.




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




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