END OF AUTUMN 2

Year 5 have thoroughly enjoyed this half of the Autumn Term! With art days, bridge building, hockey matches and Christmas caroling, we have barely had time to stop!

Our topic this half term has been on The Battle of Britain which has involved the children learning all about why it was such a pivotal conflict in 1940 and all the factors that contributed to Great Britain's success - including Salisbury's Secret Spitfire building! From this learning, Year 5 created some persuasive letters addressed to the women of Salisbury in 1940, to encourage them to join the war effort in Spitfire construction, as well as using all their knowledge to write an informative non-chronological report on the Battle of Britain.

Year 5 have loved creating their own water-colour sunset paintings set in WWII, using acrylic paint to add a Spitfire or two on the horizon. 

We also used our teamwork and communication skills to play hockey matches against one another, having learned all about open-stick tackles, attacking, and defending in PE. 

Finally, the children thoroughly enjoyed their time manning their own Christmassy activities at the Christmas Fayre, whilst sneaking a sweet or two for all their hard work!