Welcome to Jays 5!

Teacher: Miss Jackson

Teaching assistant: Mrs Akhtar

Welcome back!! We hope you had a wonderful half term. We can't wait to hear all about it! This year will be full of excitement, new experiences and new challenges. We have some fantastic topics this half term, that we have no doubt you will love.

In Reading, we are continuing our class novel is The House with Chicken Legs by Sophie Anderson.  The The House with Chicken Legs follows Marinka, who has grown up with her grandmother, Baba, in a magical, sentient house that roams the world, settling in new, remote places. Every night, Baba cares for the spirits of people who have recently died, offering the spirits food and comfort before guiding them into the afterlife with a blessing.

In English, we will be focussing on the poem Jabberwocky by Lewis Carroll. This is a 28 - line poem that tells the story of a young hero's quest to slay a fearsome creature known as the Jabberwock. We will be using the book to create our own nonsense poem and write a persuasive letter on whether to slay the Jabberwock or not. 

In History, we will be looking at the Anglo Saxons. We will be delve into why the Anglo Saxons came to Britain, what religion they followed and what impact they had on modern day Britain. 

In Science, we will be investigating the The Human Life Cycle. We will be delving deeper into each stage and picking out the main features and we will be interpreting data at each stage of the cycle.