Year 5 Learning Challenge Summer 2

We are delighted to provide you with the Year 5 Learning Challenge for the second 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

Palm's Kindness Factory

Today, Palm decided to spread kindness across the school. The children exercised their reciprocity skills by making flowers from brightly coloured tissue paper. By carefully folding and twisting the paper into shape, the children created fabulous floral gifts to give to someone special. This month is kindness month and random acts of kindness have sprung up across the entire school - even spreading out into our local community! As part of the #WeAreKind campaign the children handed out the flowers to someone special of their choice, with lots of children choosing a member of staff to offer their flower to!

"Being offered a flower, is such a kind gesture!" Quoted Miss Chau. 

"The flowers have made my day!" Said a smiley Miss Barron.  

The Year 6 children of Palm were fabulous ambassadors for the #WeAreKind campaign. Look out for more random acts of kindness across the school. 

Year 5 and 6 WE Day Workshop

This morning, pupils from Jo Richardson Community school came in to lead a KS2 assembly on WE day. We learnt about how a Canadian man, named Craig Kielburger, was shocked to hear about the murder of a 12 year old Pakistani boy. It was at that point Craig decided to take action by setting up the Free the Children charity and launching WE day to "empower, educate, and above all, inspire". The aim of the event is to empower young people and enable them to take control and make positive changes. 

The pupils of Jo Richardson shared with us their 'We are Silent' London 2015 campaign, in which pupils from all over the capital stood together to make a stand and shout about what they believe in. Pupils made the on own placards supporting domestic violence victims, condemning racist and homophobic attitudes and a whole host of other causes.

After the assembly, Year 5 and 6 participated in special workshops in their classes. They took part in drama activities to explore their creative side and learn about how to be more kind and aware of issues affecting people in the world today. 

Tiana, Acer, said 'WE day is important because people who have struggled in other countries need others to stand up and speak up for them. We are lucky in our country to have opportunities handed to us, so we should aid others to get through tough times'

We are certain that these workshops have encouraged our children to have empathy for others and consider what they can do to be the best citizens they can be! 

Year 5's Mersea Adventure

The children had an absolute blast at Mersea this week and were able to try a lot of new activities and get to know other children in their year group better. Highlights of the trip included the zip wire, which many children had a go at and challenged their fear of heights, and 'It's a Knockout', in which the teams battled against each other on wet, inflatable constructions! 

The delicious, hot food brought much needed fuel after hours of tasks and challenges and was so popular with the children. Evan, from Maple class, told Miss Chau "The chicken korma was delicious! I wish I could have it again!" The highlight for a lot of the children was the warm bakewell cake and custard which they ate after a huge portion of spaghetti bolognaise! 

The Broadford staff accompanying the children were very impressed with how resilient and mature the children were when faced with their fears and everyone tried something they hadn't previously done before, including eating smores (a biscuit sandwich filled with melted chocolate and toasted marshmallow) by the campfire. Jessica, from Elm class, managed to climb to the top of a pylon tower to complete 'the leap of faith' although the very tall tower was much higher than anything she had experienced before. "I wasn't sure I could do it but my team mates and adult cheered me on and I took it step by step!"

Well done to Year 5 for building on their teamwork skills, making new friends and demonstrating resilience and reciprocity during the three days away!

Amazing Author Visit - Frances Hardinge

Have you ever wondered how amazing tales are brought to life? Have you ever dreamt up far off lands with weird and wonderful creatures? Have you ever wanted to probe the brains of a successful, award winning author? Well today, Year 6 got the chance to do exactly that. Winner of the Costa Book Award 2015- Frances Hardinge - came in to school to give our children, alongside peers from Bancroft School and Mead Primary, a fantastical insight into her novels. 

Frances explained that she was inspired to write by her grandfather, who was very poor and left school at 14. By reading religiously every night, he learned everything that he could and put himself through teacher training, eventually resulting in him publishing an astonishing fourteen separate books! 

"I found Frances' ideas inspirational," said Endurance. 

"I want to go and write my own stories," quoted Razvan. 

Find out more about Frances and her books of double, triple and quadruple crossing characters at: www.franceshardinge.com 

Maple Star Writer

This week, our star writer is Giulia Vargas who wrote a descriptive narrative opening describing a battle scene using the five senses. Giulia included a wide range of vocabulary and used show not tell to describe how the main character, Achilles, felt during the battle. 

Well done Giulia!