CPET Year Five Home Learning Menu

Week beginning 4th May 2020

History

The 75th anniversary of Victory in Europe Day (VE Day) will

be celebrated this week. At 3pm on 8th May 1945, the Prime

Minister, Winston Churchill, made a radio speech to tell Britain

that WW2 was over. This resulted in a nation rejoicing with

people throwing parties, lighting fires and ringing bells.

Task 1: Explore the links about VE Day.

www.bbc.co.uk/teach/class-clips-video/history-ks2-ve-day/z7xtmfr

www.bbc.co.uk/newsround/48201749

www.youtube.com/watch?v=NEavcsrMoMw

Task 2: Read the extracts (see resource) from people who expe-

rienced this occasion. Identify any words/phrases which show

feelings of happiness and feelings of relief.

Task 3: Complete the quiz about VE Day. What can you re-member?

https://tinyurl.com/yc6vx69x

Extension: write a short recount of the VE celebrations from

the perspective of a child. Remember to include lots of emotions

and feelings.

Art

Bunting was used to decorate the streets and houses during the celebra-

tions. Create and decorate your own piece of bunting and hang it in

your window to mark this occasion. A template is attached as a re-

source for you to use or you may prefer to draw your own.

P.E. - Striking and Fielding

1. Complete Warm-Up Pulse Raiser and Dynamic Stretches (see resource).

2. Skill Warm-Up: a) throw ball into the air and catch b) bounce a ball

on floor and catch c) throw ball in air and clap (see how many you

can do without dropping the ball).

3. Cool Catcher Challenge https://tinyurl.com/yc2wfxn9 Scroll down for

additional example videos.

4. Target Practice

a) Make a target range (plastic pots, watering cans, water bottles, bag)

and practise throwing the ball with a straight arm action (starfish

stance with arms moving like a windmill). Try to hit them all. Exten-

sion: move further away from the targets.

b) Put the objects in a circle around you like a twelve-hour clock face.

Throw a ball/socks at each of the targets. Extension: Time yourself and

see if you can beat your personal best. Further extension: increase the

size of the circle.

5. Brilliant Bowler Challenge https://tinyurl.com/yc2wfxn9 Scroll down

for additional example videos.

6. Cool Down (see resource)

Music

Learn one of the best songs ever! A fast-paced, rockin' song

describing the reasons we love each day.

https://youtu.be/G32pHBn10fU

CPET Year Five Home Learning

History - VE Day Extracts

Extract 1

So despite all the adversity and disaster, we conquered over evil and were triumphant in the end and final-

ly the glorious day came when the war was declared over. The incredible release from fear and pain had

at last encompassed us and can only be described fully by those who experienced it. There was just sheer

unadulterated jubilation. The masses were intoxicated with Victory!

Extract 2

Later in the evening we joined the crowds dancing around Bath Abbey until the small hours. Someone sug-

gested going to London to celebrate there, so we caught the early morning train with a two-hour journey to

Paddington and somehow - tube, taxi, walking, I cannot remember - we made our way to St Paul's - the

symbol of Britain surviving the Blitz. Hundreds of people were walking around.

Extract 3

As we left school on Monday 7 May the teachers told us that if there was an announcement during the

evening that Germany had surrendered there would be a holiday for the next two days. The announcement

came - and no way were we going to school, but some children and one or two teachers obviously did

not listen to the wireless. As we went into the town where bunting was already being put up we passed the

school and there on the steps - with the doors locked - was a small queue of children and my teacher. We

quite happily passed by on the other side.

CPET Year Five Home Learning

Art - VE Day Bunting Template

CPET Year Five Home Learning

P.E.– Warm Up and Cool Down

Warm-Up Pulse Raiser: (30 seconds of activity and then 20 seconds recovery)

1. Running on the spot 2. High knees 3. Heel flicks 4. Star jumps 5. Burpies 6. Tuck jumps

Dynamic Stretches: (8 of each/each side) 1. Swing arm slowly forwards, backwards, then both in alternating directions. 2. Toe

touches (legs straight, bend forwards and alternate touching left and right toes) 3. Leg kicks (step forward and kick then step

back). 4. Side lunges 5. Heel raises (rise up onto the balls of your feet and back down) 6. Ankle rotations (balance on one leg

and rotate the ankle of your lifted leg clockwise and anti-clockwise).

Shoulder stretch (repeat for both shoulders)

Triceps stretch (both sides)

Upper back stretch (hold for 10 secs)

Quadriceps stretch (both legs) Hamstring stretch (both legs)

Calf stretch (both legs)

Cool Down: (hold each

stretch for 20 seconds,

take long breaths)

Optional extra activities Trolls Cosmic Kids Yoga https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U9Q6FKF12Qs Oti Mabusi Dance Class-Harry Potter https://

www.youtube.com/watch?v=btD_HCO1FT4 Joe Wicks P.E. workout https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCAxW1XT0iEJo0TYlRfn6rYQ 5-a-day Fitness User Name: HIAc-

b249ja Password YEpuOjRr www.5-a-day.tv

French Home Learning

Year 5 — from Monsieur Hicks

Bonjour tout le monde. J’éspère que ca va aujourd’hui.

Task 1

Have a go at remembering how to introduce ourselves. Talk out aloud and tell somebody at home:

Your name / your age / where you live/ your date of birth / what brothers / sisters you have at home with a

name / if you have a pet + name / what you like to eat and drink / and finally what sports you play or like

playing.

You might like to rehearse this on your own before you talk to someone!! Here are some prompts to help you:

Je m’appelle.. J’ai (I have..) J’aime // J’adore)

Task 2

Continue working on clothing and weather as last week. Now introduce members of your family when you link

the weather with clothing.

E.g: S’il y a du soleil ma soeur porte un short bleu avec un haut (a top) jaune, un bracelet noir, un chou chou

noir et des sandales.

(Ma mère // mon père // mon frère // ma cousine // mon cousin..)

French Home Learning

Year 5 — from Monsieur Hicks

Task 3

Begin to learn the French alphabet. Listen to the ‘Alphabet Song’. Play the song many times and sing along

when you feel confident.

(Vowels can be a little tricky: A is like saying ‘Ahh’, E is like saying ‘Euh’, I is like saying ‘eeee’, O is like

saying ‘Oh’, U is like saying ‘ewe’ with your lips tight.

Have some fun spelling out boys / girls names in French.

CPET Year Five Home Learning

R.E.—The Cross as a universal symbol of the Christian Faith

Write down as many places as you can

think of where you might see a cross.

E.g. As an addition symbol

1

How many did you get? Are you a . . .

1-5 cool banana

6-10 funky chicken

11+ Roarsome tiger

The cross is the universally recognised symbol of

Christians all over the world. It represents the key

event in Jesus' life - when he was crucified on the

cross. But the sign of the cross has not always

been so widely used.

The cross started off as an execution post. The

Romans used it as an instrument of torture to pub-

licly humiliate criminals and as a warning to other

citizens not to disobey the law.

In the Old Testament, bodies of executed crimi-

nals were sometimes hung on a tree as a grim warn-

ing to others. To be hung up like that was

therefore seen as being under a curse. Early Chris-

tians saw that as being true for Jesus, whom they

believed was cursed on behalf of the whole human

race for all the wrong that we did. This view ex-

plains the description of the cross as the ‘tree’ or

‘tree of shame’. Perhaps because of its association

with shameful death, the first Christian communi-

ties tended not to use the cross as a sign of their

faith.

CPET Year Five Home Learning

Week beginning : 4th May

Monday—Reading comprehension extracts

CPET Year Five Home Learning

Monday

Reading questions

Maths

LP: To round decimals

Today, we are using White Rose Week 2 lesson 1 (Rounding

decimals) Please find the link to the lesson below:

https://whiterosemaths.com/homelearning/year-5/

It should look like this on your screen:

As you can see, there is a new warm up/starter activity

this week which links to earlier learning and there is also

an analogue clock time to read.

Watch the video as many times as you wish and have a

go at completing as much of the activity sheet as you can.

Then, use the answer sheet to check your work.

Rounding decimals

1 Showthepositionofeachnumberonthenumberline.

Usethenumberlinetoroundthesedecimalstothenearest

wholenumber.

a) 7.2

7.5

7 8

Thenearestwholenumberis

b) 14.8

14.5

14 15

Thenearestwholenumberis

c) 6.5

Thenearestwholenumberis

Explaintoapartnerhowtorounddecimalnumberstothenearest

wholenumber.

2 Usethenumberlinetoroundthesedecimalnumberstothe

nearesttenthandthenearestwholenumber.

a) 7.23

7.25

7.2 7.3

Thenearesttenthis

Thenearestwholenumberis

b) 14.56

14.55

14.5 14.6

Thenearesttenthis

Thenearestwholenumberis

c) 6.45

Thenearesttenthis

Thenearestwholenumberis

Explaintoapartnerhowtorounddecimalnumberstoone

decimalplace.

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3 a) Whenroundingtothenearesttenth,how

manydigitswilltherebeafterthedecimalpoint?

b) Roundeachnumbertoonedecimalplace.

1.33 4.03

1.34 4.04

1.35 4.05

1.36 4.06

1.37 4.07

4 Roundeachnumbertothenearesttenth.

a) 4.21 d)11.86 g) 12.92

b)8.09 e) 5.67 h) 10.65

c) 4.84 f) 0.15

5 Circleeachdecimalthatroundsto6.2

6.32 6.23 6.27 6.17 6.12 6.25

Explainyourreasoning.

6 Herearetheweightsinkilogramsofsomeparcels.

3.48kg 1.42kg 10.65kg 1.03kg

a)Roundtheweightofeachparcelto1decimalplace.

kg

kg

kg

kg

b)The weight of each parcel has been rounded to the nearest 100g.

Isthistrueorfalse?

Talkaboutitwithapartner.

7 Amiristhinkingofanumber.

Roundedtothenearestwholehisnumberis5

Roundedtothenearesttenthhisnumberis4.8

WriteatleastfourdifferentnumbersthatAmircouldbethinkingof.

8 Afarmerisbuildinganewfenceforhersheepfield.

Herearethemeasurements.

Shewantstobuildafencearoundthewholefield.

Estimatehowmuchfencingyouthinkshewillneed.

Talkaboutyourestimatewithapartner.

89.56m

125.45m

CPET Year Five Home Learning

Tuesday — Writing

Task 1: Annotate the picture with phrases about the scene.

You can use the word bank to help if you wish. Use inter-

esting vocabulary and think carefully about the image that

you want to create with your words. Try not to just use

what you see, think about the movement and sounds along-

side this. Can you include any examples of onomatopoeia

(use of words that sound like the word they represent eg.

buzz, hiss)

A hiss of steam though the air.

apprehensively reflecting teeming

immense humanoid mechanical

metallic illuminated glinting

imposing clanging rumbling

machine

Task 2: This week you are going to be producing a piece of

writing based on this picture. You can use the story start be-

low and write a narrative.

Snap…Snap…Click…The sound of a hundred cameras filled the air. Craning their necks to the skies to see the enormous specimen, the crowd all let out gasps and moans in unison as the figure took its first steps. Standing over 50 metres tall, the metal beast cast a foreboding shad-ow over the gathering, transfixed spectators. No-one knew why it was here. No-one knew where it had come from…

Or (SEE NEXT PAGE)

CPET Year Five Home Learning

Tuesday

Writing continued

Write a diary entry as if you were the robot and you had just landed on Earth. Think about what you would

think, what you might do, where you might go and things you may see. Remember this will be in the first

person.

Write the first paragraph to your writing.

Maths

LP: To order and compare decimals

We hope you are enjoying the new ‘Flashback 4’ starters.

Today, we are using White Rose Week 2 lesson 2 (Order

and compare decimals)

Please find the link to the lesson below:

https://whiterosemaths.com/homelearning/year-5/

It should look like this on your screen:

Watch the video as many times as you wish and have a

go at completing as much of the activity sheet as you can.

Then, use the answer sheet to check your work.

Steps to Success

* Past tense

* parenthesis

* Show, don’t tell sentences

* Varied sentence starts (time, place, -ly, -ed, -ing)

* Relative clause

* Expanded noun phrases

Order and compare decimals

1 Whichnumberisgreater?

Tickyouranswer.

T O Tth Hth

1 1 0.1 0.1

0.1

0.01 0.01

0.01 0.01

0.01

T O Tth Hth

1 1 1 1 1 1

0.01 0.01

Explainyouranswer.

2 Whichisthesmallernumber?

Tickyouranswer.

T O Tth Hth

10 1 1 1 1

0.1 0.1

0.1

0.01 0.01

0.01 0.01

0.01

T O Tth Hth

10 1 1

1 1

0.1 0.1

0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1

Explainyouranswer.

3 Useplacevaluecounterstomakeeachofthenumbers.

4.08 5.14.13

a) Whichisthegreatestnumber?

b) Whichisthesmallestnumber?

Howdoyouknow?

4 Herearesomenumbersinaplacevaluechart.

Ones Tenths Hundredths Thousandths

3 2 3 43 1 63 2 0 83 1 4 5

Writethenumbersinorder,startingwiththegreatest.

5 Mo,Amir,Ron,TeddyandJackaremeasuringtheirheightswith

ametrerule.

Writethenamesandheightsofthechildreninorderfromshortest

totallest.

Name Height

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Mo

1.35m

Amir

1.53m

Ron

1.32m

Teddy

1.3m

Jack

1.5m

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6 AlexandDoraarecompetinginthelongjump.

Alexjumps1.35metresandDorajumps1.4metres.

a) IsDoracorrect?

Talkaboutitwithapartner.

b) Kimjoinsinthecompetition.

Whatistheshortestdistanceshecanjumptogointothelead?

7 Writethenumbersinascendingorder.

a) 0.45 0.654 0.546 0.405

b) 7.2kg 7.212kg 7.21kg

c) 25.391 25.309 25.093 25.193

8 Dexteristhinkingofanumber.

WhatpossiblenumberscouldDexterbethinkingof?

9 Tickthenumbersthatareequalto2.5

Circlethenumbersthataregreaterthan2.5

Youwillneedtoconvertthemixednumberstodecimal

numbersfirst.

2.05 25

10 212

25

100 2.53 235

2.501 280

100 23

10

It is a decimal number with 2 decimal places that is

greater than 2.47 but less than 2.58

Alex wins because 35 is greater than 4

CPET Year Five Home Learning

Wednesday

Spelling and writing

Spelling: –ant, -ance, -ent, -ence words from the Year 5/6

spelling list.

existence

apparent

hindrance

ancient

frequently

relevant

nuisance

excellent

Task 1: Choose a strategy to help you to learn each word.

You could try more than one strategy for some of the words.

You could use:

- Pyramid words

- Drawing around the word to show the shape

- Words without vowels - write the word without vowels then

write the complete word by adding in the vowels.

- Quickwrite – how many times can you write the word correctly

in one minute?

Task 2: Check the meanings of any words that you are un-

sure about and write these in your book.

Task 3: Choose at least four words and put them in to a

sentence that you could use in your writing about the robot.

For example:

Gazing around with apparent interest, the robot’s eyes settled

on the large crowd that had gathered before him.

CPET Year Five Home Learning

Wednesday

Reading task

Imagine you are able to interview the author of the

book that you are reading. What questions would you

ask them? You need at least 5 questions.

Maths

LP: To understand percentages

How are you finding telling the time on an analogue clock in

this week’s starters?

Today, we are using White Rose Week 2 lesson 3

(Understand percentages)

Please find the link to the lesson below: https://

whiterosemaths.com/homelearning/year-5/

It should look like this on your screen:

Watch the video as many times as you wish and have a go

at completing as much of the activity sheet as you can.

Then, use the answer sheet to check your work.

Understand percentages

1 Completethesentenceforeachdiagram.

a) Thereare partsoutofa

hundredshaded.

Thisis %.

b) Thereare partsoutofa

hundredshaded.

Thisis %.

c) Thereare partsoutofa

hundredshaded.

Thisis %.

2 Completethetable.

Hundredsquare Percentage

82%

3 Shade15%ofthehundredsquarered.

Shade32%ofthehundredsquareblue.

Whatpercentageofthehundredsquareisnotshaded? %

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4 a) Is1%ofthisbarmodelshaded?

1%

Explainyourreasoning.

b) Whatpercentageofeachbarmodelisshaded?

%

%

5 Passengersareboardingaplane.

Theplanehas100seats.

a) 10%oftheseatsarealreadyfull.

Howmanypassengersarealreadyontheplane?

b) 15%oftheseatshavenotbeenbooked.

Howmanyseatshavebeenbooked?

c) Howmanypassengersstillneedtoboardtheplane?

6 Dexterhas£1tospend.

Hebuyssomestickers.

WhatpercentageofhismoneydidDexterspend?

%

7 AishaandBretthavebeensellingticketsfortheschoolplay.

Thereare100seatsavailable.

• OnMondaytheysold34%ofthetickets.

• OnTuesdaytheysold42tickets.

• BytheendofWednesday,95%oftheticketshadbeensold.

HowmanyticketsdidtheysellonWednesday?

OnWednesdaytheysold tickets.

8 Shade85%ofthisbarmodel.

Compareanswerswithapartner.

I got 35p change.

Goo

d Work

Excellent

W

ell Done

VERY G OO

D

GREAT

W

hat a Star

WELL

DONE

CPET Year Five Home Learning

Thursday

Writing

Continue your piece of writing and try to complete it. Think

about it may end. How can you make it exciting to the read-

er? Can you include any of the sentences that you wrote yes-

terday in your spelling lesson? Make sure that you spell the

spelling words correctly!

apprehensively reflecting teeming

immense humanoid mechanical

metallic illuminated glinting

imposing clanging Rumbling

machine

Steps to Success

* Past tense

* parenthesis

* Show, don’t tell sentences

* Varied sentence starts ( -ly, ing, -ed, time, place

* Relative clause

* Expanded noun phrases

CPET Year Five Home Learning

Thursday

Maths

LP: To understand percentages as fractions and decimals

How did you finding telling the time on an analogue clock in this week’s starters? Keep on practising telling the time

when you can.

Today, we are using White Rose Week 2 lesson 4 (Percentages as fractions and decimals)

Please find the link to the lesson below:

https://whiterosemaths.com/homelearning/year-5/ It should look like this on your screen:

Watch the video as many times as you wish and have a go at completing as much of the activity sheet as you can.

Then, use the answer sheet to check your work.

Percentages as fractions and decimals

1 Herearefourhundredsquares.

A C

B D

Completethetable.

Hundredsquare

Percentage Fraction Decimal

A52

100

B

C

D

2

Provethat0.2isequalto20%.

Youmayusethehundredsquaretohelpyou.

Whydoyouthinksomepeoplethinkthat0.2isequalto2%?

3 Completethefraction,decimalandpercentageequivalents.

a) 32%=100

=

35%=100

=

48%=100

=

b) 17100

= %=

9100

= %=

90100

= %=

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c) 0.29= %=100

0.71= %=100

0.03= %=100

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4 Write<,>or=tocompletethestatements.

a) 50%5

100 d)40

100 40%

b) 25%50100 e)

70100 7%

c) 14%41100 f) 82%

82100

5 Writethevaluesinorderfromsmallesttogreatest.

a) 33%301003%

13100

b) 299%911009%

910

c) 2.52510025025%of100

251000

6 Convertthefractionstohundredths.

Completethedecimalandpercentageequivalents.

a) 150300=

100= = %

b) 25500=

100= = %

c) 48300=

100= = %

d) 1850=

100= = %

e) 1325=

100= = %

7 Circleallthefractionsthataregreaterthanorequalto50%.

1050

45

50100

3080

150

70140

8 JackandDoragoshoppingwiththesameamountofmoney.

Jackspends13ofhismoney.

Doraspends30%ofhermoney.

a) Whospendsmoremoney?

Usefractionandpercentageequivalencetoexplain

youranswer.

b) JackandDoraeachstartedwith£300

Howmuchmoneydotheyeachhaveleft?

Jack Dora

Victory in Europe Day (VE Day) This Friday, 8th May 2020, marks 75 years since VE Day. It is important that we take time to think about all of the people that fought, died and contributed to the war effort. They made enormous sacrifices. To understand more about what VE Day is and why we recognise it, please read this information sheet and / or watch the clip by following the link below. You can complete as many of the suggested activities from the menu of learning in this document related to VE Day as you would like. https://www.bbc.co.uk/teach/class-clips-video/history-ks2-ve-day/z7xtmfr The Second World War ended in Europe on 8th May 1945 when the German Army surrendered to the Allied Forces. This was the end of the war in Europe. For the people of Britain, the war had lasted for 6 years and had affected the lives of every person. It will have impacted your community and changed the lives of all people who were in your family and alive at the time. Many people had died fighting in the war and finally, Germany (ruled by the Nazis) had been stopped from invading and conquering many other countries. It was an emotional day that millions of people had hoped for. There were big celebrations and street parties. People dressed up in red, white and blue, the colours of the Union Jack Flag, they made and hung bunting and waved flags. In London people danced in the streets and, in local communities, people set up tables outside their houses and had a big party altogether.

8th May 2020 marks 75 years since VE Day, which means there are still people alive today who experienced it first-hand. Unlike a lot of our history, VE Day occurred during living memory. Not your living memory, but the memories of some people who were alive at the time. If you know someone who was alive in May 1945, you may be able to talk to them and ask them to tell you what that day was like for them. Their first-hand account of the day will give you a very special type of primary source. On 8th May 1945 at 3pm Winston Churchill gave a very famous speech which was broadcast to the whole country on the radio, announcing the end of the war in Europe. You can listen to some of the recording here: https://winstonchurchill.org/resources/speeches/1941-1945-war-leader/to-v-e-crowds/ It is important to remember that the day was a positive time as the war had finally ended. Many people were very happy and excited and there were huge street parties to celebrate. However, many people had lost family members who had died fighting in the war, and others were still worried as, although the German Army had surrendered, the soldiers who had been fighting had still not come home. Many of the children who had been evacuated during the war, were still not back with their families. Although there was a lot to celebrate, for many people, the victory was tinged with great sadness.

Photograph 49414 Ministry of Information WWII Press Photographer: Unknown

Date: 8th May 1945 Two girls waving flags in the rubble of

Battersea

Photographer: Unknown Date: 8th May 1945

Prime Minister and the Royal Family celebrating on the balcony of

Buckingham Palace

Photographer: Unknown Date: 8th May 1945

A local street party celebration

Look at the photograph. I thought of the following questions and annotated it with them. Can you answer any of them before reading my answers?

ANSWERS: Who? From left: Princess Elizabeth (our current Queen), Queen (Consort) Elizabeth (our Queen’s mother),

Winston Churchill (Prime Minister), King George VI, Princess Margaret (the sister of our current Queen) When? VE Day 1945 (8th May 1945) Where? On the Balcony of Buckingham Palace. Why? They are waving at the crowds gathered below in celebration of the surrender of the German army in

Europe. The King and Queen made eight appearances on the balcony to wave at the celebrating crowds lining The Mall.

What? They were probably very happy and relieved and thinking what an amazing moment they were experiencing. They might also have been very worried still about the soldiers who had not yet returned home. I think they would have felt joy, relief and pride. At one point the princesses (Elizabeth and Margaret) were allowed down to join the celebrations with the people, anonymously. Later the Queen recalled, “We stood outside and shouted, “We want the King”… I think it was one of the most memorable nights of my life.”

Annotate this photograph with questions you would like to know the answer to. How many of them can you try to answer?

Two girls waving flags in the rubble of Battersea, London. Photograph 49414 Ministry of Information WWII Press Photographer: Unknown Date: 8th May 1945

Decorate at least 3 bunting flags using the template. You can draw anything that inspires you, for example:

a soldier from WWII

a Union Jack Flag

a dove of peace Underneath or around it, write a message of thanks. Follow the instructions to create bunting to hang. Can you display it in your window?

1. Cut out and decorate the card template. 2. Pierce two holes as indicated by the circles. 3. Cut a length of ribbon or string (allow extra for tying

knots between flags) 4. Carefully thread your first triangle flag. Hold the decorated side facing

You and thread through the right hand hole from back to front, then through the second hole, front to back.

TOP TIP: Tying knots behind each flag hole keeps them in place! 5. Tie a knot in the ribbon / string at the back of the second hole 6. Thread on the next flag and repeat

If it is safe to do so, take a walk and look at our local war memorial. Look closely at the names—they all had families that they left behind.

Write a list of possible interview questions to ask someone who lived through VE Day. Think like an historian as you devise your list of questions. Think of at least one of each type of question, ‘Who? What? Where? Why? When?’, and try to cover a variety of different aspects of the day. Here are some examples: What was the atmosphere like in your household? How did you find out that the war in Europe had ended? Who did you celebrate with? Challenge: Think about whether it would have been a positive day for everyone. Although Germany had surrendered, many soldiers had not yet returned home, meaning dads, brothers and sons were not there to join the celebrations. Many people had been killed during the war and would never come home again. Think about how can you ask sensitive questions which explore these more difficult memories. Find out if any of your relatives or their friends remember it happening. If it is possible, then ask them about what it felt like and what they did.

Imagine you were alive and celebrating VE Day. You listened to Winston Churchill’s victory speech, danced in the streets, waved your flag and celebrated with your friends by having a street party with bunting. Write a postcard to your uncle who has not yet returned from the war, telling him all about how you celebrated the victory in Europe.

Bunting Template

Victory in Europe Day (VE Day)

There were many celebrations planned for Friday 8th May 2020 to celebrate 75 years since

Victory in Europe Day. Most of these celebrations cannot take place at the moment because of

coronavirus, but there are still some things we can do.

You may want to sing along to the song, ‘We’ll Meet Again’. You can see the lyrics below and

you can click on the link to hear it https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OJKMji2688M Please

use the link with an adult and hopefully you can quickly ‘skip the ad’ to listen to the song and see the words.

Vera Lynn is the lady who is singing. She is now aged 103, but during the Second World War, she sang songs to

help people feel connected and try to stay positive. Because of coronavirus, at the moment, we are all being

asked to stay at home and stay safe, but remember we will all meet again our families and friends.

Enjoy singing along.

We'll meet again,

Don't know where,

Don't know when

But I know we'll meet again some sunny day.

Keep smiling through,

Just like you always do

'Til the blue skies drive the dark clouds far away.

So will you please say "Hello"

To the folks that I know?

Tell them I won't be long.

They'll be happy to know

That as you saw me go

I was singing this song.

We'll meet again,

Don't know where,

Don't know when

But I know we'll meet again some sunny day.

We'll meet again,

Don't know where

Don't know when.

But I know we'll meet again some sunny day.

Keep smiling through

Just like you always do,

'Til the blue skies drive the dark clouds far away.

So will you please say "Hello"

To the folks that I know?

Tell them I won't be long.

They'll be happy to know

That as you saw me go,

I was singin' this song.

We'll meet again,

Don't know where,

Don't know when

But I know we'll meet again some sunny day.