Year 5 have been learning about the ancient Greeks. In Literacy, we read 'The Tale of Troy. We learnt how the Greek army battled with the Trojans for nine long years, when Queen Helen of Greece left to be with Prince Paris of Troy.
Eventually a clever Greek soldier, called Odyssesus, came up with a cunning plan... he wanted to build a wooden horse to trick the Trojans. The plan succeeded and the Greeks conquered the Trojans with the famous Trojan Horse, returning Queen Helen to Greece once and for all.
We used the myth as a stimulus for our own newspaper reports. Over a number of days, we learnt how to write headlines, introductions, the newspaper body, quotes and conclusions.
In Topic, we used our iPods to research Greek soldiers. We used the information we collected to write information texts about the equipment Greek soldiers needed to protect themselves in battle.
We enjoyed editing our own work and reading other people's work.
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