Spring: How can a kingdom be divided, conquered and forged?
Our Enquiry
The below enquiry overview shows the week by week learning for your child's class in English, enquiry and maths. You can use the overview to see what your child is learning in school each week.
Spring Term Overview
Our weekly enquiry questions are:
1. Scot or not?
2. Who's that coming over the sea?
3. Will here do?
4. Who named it?
5. How many kingdoms?
6. What's your trade?
7. Can we change our beliefs?
8. Is this not a step back?
9. Pay the fine or death, who decides?
10. Did the Saxons leave a legacy?
Sticky Knowledge Mat
Our Sticky Knowledge for Spring:
KKPD H5.1 - By AD 410 The Roman empire was in turmoil across Europe
KKPD H5.2 - The Scots, who lived in Ireland, began to invade northern Britain where the Picts lived
KKPD H5.3 - The Anglo Saxons invaded from the East and built settlements near rivers and coasts for food and farming
KKPD H5.3 - The Anglo-Saxon word for town is ‘burh’.
KKPD H5.3 - Many towns today still have this as part of their name e.g. Edinburgh
KKPD H5.3 - By around AD600, after much fighting, there were five important Anglo-Saxon kingdoms. They were Northumbria, Mercia, Wessex, Kent and East Anglia.
KKPD H5.4 - Anglo Saxons settled in Britain to farm
KKPD H5.4 - The Anglo Saxons devised the first laws in Britain
KKPD H5.7 - Secondary sources often include asking questions about primary sources to interpret the past.
KKPD H5.8 - Historical interpretations vary in accuracy due to a historian’s opinion over the credibility and validity of a primary or secondary source.
KKPD H5.9 - When interrogating sources, pupils should be taught to ask questions about the accuracy of the source.
KKPD H5.10 - Timelines must be represented in chronological order
KKPD H5.10 - When the Roman Occupation ended, the anglo Saxon era began
KKPD H5.10 - The Anglo Saxon era endured until the Norman Conquest of Britain
KKPD H5.10 - In 1066, the Battle of Hastings took place and the Normans took over the ruling of Britain
English
A high-quality text drives each of our enquiries and the texts are used to give knowledge and purpose to the enquiry. High quality texts can only be accessed through knowledge of vocabulary in different tiers. Explicit teaching of new vocabulary and using the classroom environment to showcase key vocabulary helps us to infuse rich and sophisticated vocabulary from EYFS to Year 6. The texts are used as a stimulus for both English and cross curricular writing, ensuring high expectations of our children. Reading is interweaved into all aspects of the enquiry to encourage reading and language development and promote reading for pleasure.
Maths
In maths we follow the Power Maths programme to support children’s learning and to build a deep understanding of maths concepts. Power Maths is a curriculum mastery programme designed to spark curiosity and excitement and nurture confidence in maths. It is built around a child‑centred lesson design that models and embeds a growth mindset approach to maths.
This term we are covering the following:
- Area
- Perimeter
- Multiplication
- Division