Spring Term- What are we learning?

History: Exploring the Ancient Maya

This term, we will delve into the fascinating world of The Ancient Maya. Taking on the role of historians, we will develop our chronological understanding to learn when this remarkable civilization existed. Using a range of historical sources, we will investigate evidence from the past to uncover how the Maya people lived and built their civilization.

Geography: Exploration of North and South America

To deepen our understanding, we will work as geographers, using atlases to explore the continents of North and South America, where the Maya culture thrived. Through this, we will develop our skills, including locating key geographical features, identifying physical and human characteristics of places, and understanding how location influenced the development of the Maya civilization.

Writing Engaging Stories

This year, we have an exciting variety of writing opportunities that will help us grow as confident authors. To begin, we will focus on narrative writing inspired by the short film ‘Dangle’. After watching the beginning of the film, we will use our creativity to craft our own unique and engaging endings to the story. Along the way, we will experiment with a variety of sentence structures and enhance our writing with ambitious vocabulary to captivate our readers.

Exploring Inspiring Stories Through Reading

This term, we will be diving into two captivating books, which will inspire and engage us as we explore themes of courage, determination, and adventure.

Malala by Malala Yousafzai

This illustrated adaptation introduces readers to a remarkable story of a teenage girl who risked her life for the right to go to school.
Raised in a changing Pakistan by an enlightened father from a poor background and a beautiful, illiterate mother, Malala was taught to stand up for her beliefs.

Holes by Louis Sachar

Stanley Yelnats’ family has a history of bad luck, so when a miscarriage of justice sends him to Camp Green Lake Juvenile Detention Centre (which isn’t green and doesn’t have a lake), it’s not exactly a surprise.