It has been an amazing week in year 5, the children have been buzzing about Volkswagen week.
Yesterday, we worked in groups to research and create a timeline for the Volkswagen Beetle. We then presented our timelines to Andrew, who is a Manager at Volkswagen! He even told us some more information about the Beetle which we didn’t know already. Here are some pictures of us sharing our learning with him:
Today, we learnt that the Volkswagen Beetle was the most popular in the 1960’s! To investigate why it was so popular we compared it to the Ford Cortina, which was another family car produced in the 60’s. We soon realised how different and quirky the Beetle was and also how cheap it was compared to the other cars at the time. Finally, we looked at some Beetle adverts from the 60’s to explore how Volkswagen persuaded people to buy the Beetle, some of the adverts were quite funny!
Year 5 have had a fantastic week with some amazing learning taking place, I think it is safe to say that everyone (including the teachers) have grown in their learning this week. We hope you all have a lovely half term, but please don’t forget to do your homework! If you have lost or misplaced your homework sheets please look at the year 5 homework page on the website which will give you the details!
