Year 5 - anglo-saxons, vikings and scots - Spring 1

Key VocabularyThings you Already KnowRomans (Year 4)

● when they arrived and left Britain● how they changed Britain

Ancient greek society (year 5)● Political systems and conflict● Ancient civilization and citizenship

Stone age/ Bronze Age/ Iron age (year 3)● people travelling across Britain and across Europe

New History Skills● Historical enquiry Looking at significant primary sources e.g sutton

hoo, settlements, written accounts. ● Communicating ideas about the differences between the anglo saxons,

vikings and scots.● Chronological knowledge - Timeline of events up to 1066.● continuity and change - e.g. periods of english and viking dominance ● significance of events and people - Initial Anglo Saxon invasion,

First Viking invasion, Alfred the great,

Invasion Danegeld

Social Class Danelaw

Legacy Anglo-Saxons

archaeology Jutes

Settlement Vikings

Enrichment Opportunities● Visit to the british museum to see the sutton hoo

treasures as a primary source of historical evidence of the ways in which the anglo-saxons lived

New History Knowledge● To know What Britain was like after the romans left in 410ad.● To know How and why the Anglo Saxons, Vikings and scots

arrived and Where the new settlers came from.● To know What archeological evidence the Anglo Saxons and

Vikings left behind (e.g. Sutton hoo) and what this tells us about their society.

● To know How the anglo-saxons settled into Britain and set up the first kingdoms.

● To know about significant Viking raids (e.g. Lindisfarne)● To know about the daily lives of the Saxons and Vikings and the

different social classes that existed in their societies. ● To know about The conflict between the Anglo Saxons and the

Vikings.

History Skills you Already Have● Historical enquiry using and interpreting primary and

secondary sources ● Communicating ideas and making connections between

different time periods.● Chronological knowledge and understanding - Building

timelines.● Using and understanding historical themes and concepts e.g.

continuity and change, significance of events and people and cause and change.

Year 5Curriculum leaflet

Spring 1

The Anglo Saxons, Vikings and scots

ReadingWe will be learning about:● Growing our understanding of root

words, prefixes and suffixes● Continuing to read and discuss a wide

range of Fiction and non fiction texts● Developing our ability to infer deeper

meanings in texts.

MathsWe will be learning about:● Fractions and decimals - Understand and use

numbers with up to 3 decimal places; read and write decimals as fractions; solve problems involving measure with all four operators.

● Angles - Estimate and compare acute, obtuse and reflex angles; draw given angles, measuring in degrees; identify totals of angles at a point and on a straight line.

Writing

We will be learning about:● Non-chronological reports

-Using expanded noun phrases to convey complicated information concisely.

● Discursive texts - Noting and developing initial ideas, drawing on reading and research where necessary.

Religious EducationWe will be learning about: ● The values of Sikhism. ● Beliefs and values in Sikhism.● Sikh beliefs and values in our

society.

Physical EducationPupils will need their PE kits every thursday for their pe lesson with the coaches.

In our pe sessions we will be learning about Gymnastics and how to improve our balance and agility.

Home LearningYou can help me at home by:● Helping me with my Maker Mat, weekly

spellings and times tables.● Reading books and watching documentaries

about the anglo saxons, Vikings and the Scots.

● Listening to me read regularly, encouraging me to write entries in my reading album and asking comprehension questions.

ComputingWe will be learning about:

● Be able to decide whether digital content is reliable and unbiased (DL).

● Be able to use the built-in search tools to filter results when using a common search engine (IT).