YEAR 5: The Bloody Battle of Worcester ESSENTIAL KNOWLEDGE: SCIENCE: History Targets – A Year 5 Historian Charles I became king of Great Britain and Ireland on 27th March 1625. He believed in the Divine Right of  To compare and group together Kings (believing he was a representative of God) so decided to rule without a Parliament. As he had no everyday materials based on their I can explain the main causes of the English Civil War, Parliament to give him money, he had to tax his people heavily and introduce unpleasant taxes like ‘ship properties such as their hardness, who the two sides were and describe some of the money’ to pay for the building of new ships for the navy – this angered many people, especially those who solubility, transparency, conductivity effects on the people of Britain. didn’t live near the coast. During 1640 and 1641, Charles also had many arguments with Parliament, who (electrical and thermal), and tried to pass new laws to give greater control of government to them and reduce his powers. response to magnets. On 4th January 1642 Charles I burst into the House of Commons with 400 soldiers to arrest five Members  To know that some materials will Science Targets - A Year 5 Scientist of Parliament he accused of treason (trying to kill him). They all escaped but Charles I was now so dissolve in liquid to form a solution,  To plan different types of scientific enquiries to unpopular that there were riots in London. and to describe how to recover a answer questions, including recognising and substance from a solution. A few months later, a civil war broke out between the Roundheads (supporters of Parliament and led by controlling variables where necessary.  To use the knowledge of solids, Oliver Cromwell) and the Cavaliers (supporters of the king). Most of the big towns, including London and  To take measurements, using a range of scientific the south-east, supported Parliament. Wales, and the north and west of the country were in favour of the liquids and gases to decide how mixtures might be separated, equipment, with increasing accuracy and precision, king. including through filtering, sieving taking repeat readings when appropriate. The Battle of Worcester and evaporating. The Battle of Worcester was the final battle of the three English Civil Wars.  To record data and results of increasing complexity  To give reasons based on evidence using scientific diagrams and labels, classification Oliver Cromwell and the Parliamentarians defeated the Royalist, mainly Scottish, forces of King Charles II from comparative and fair tests, for on September 3, 1651 at Worcester, England. The 16,000 Royalist forces were defeated by the 28,000 the particular uses of everyday keys, tables, scatter graphs, bar and line graphs. strong "New Model Army" of Cromwell. materials, including metals, wood  To use test results to make predictions to set up KEY QUESTIONS: and plastic. further comparative and fair tests. When and why did the English Civil war break out?  To identify with reasons, whether  To report and present findings from enquires, Who were the two sides? changes in materials are reversible including conclusions, casual relationships and What happened to Charles I? or not. explanations of and degree of trust in results. (Oral, Who was Oliver Cromwell?  Identify and describe what happens What was the New Model Army? when dissolving occurs in everyday written and forms such as presentations.) situations; and describe how to  To identify scientific evidence that has been used to HISTORY: ART: separate mixtures and solutions into support or refute ideas or arguments. Pupils should be taught a study of an aspect or This half term, we will be reading and studying their components. theme in British history that extends pupils’ the haunting poem, The Highwayman, by Alfred  To know that some changes result in MUSIC: chronological knowledge beyond 1066 and the Noyes and illustrated beautifully by Charles the formation of new materials, and Year 5 will be learning to play the Ukulele in music lessons this changing power of monarchs using case studies Keeping. We will be using a number of different that this kind of change is not usually half term. such as John, Anne and Victoria. mediums to recreate the haunting scenes from reversible, including changes For this topic, pupils will be taught about the the poem. associated with burning and the VISITS & ENRICHMENT causes, the battles and the effects of the English action of acid on bicarbonate soda. Civil War in Britain.  Visit to The Commandery in Worcester PE – Gymnastics/Tennis MATHS: ENGLISH:  Worcester walk to visit important monuments and ICT – Coding – Scratch Here at Pitmaston, we follow a spiral approach to Our class text for this half term is Point places of interest linked with the battle of E-Safety - Pupils learn what spam is, the forms planning. Children will be taught a variety of Blanc by Anthony Harowitz. We will Worcester. it takes, and then identify strategies for different topics throughout any given week, base our writing genres upon events allowing us to revisit key learning as the year and characters from this exciting story. dealing with it. Homework progresses. The topics covered are: The Four These pieces will include: Maths and spelling homework will be sent out on PSHEC – Right and responsibilities Calculations (x-+÷), place value and - Character Description Fridays. People, differences, places and customs number/mental maths, shape and measure, - Diary Entry FRENCH - Asking politely for food, giving opinions fractions, decimals and percentages, ratio, - Biography on food, writing instructions on how to make food. statistics and time. - Narrative