It has been a short half term for Summer 1, but we have begun by chipping away at our new Big Question: Can we unravel an Ancient Mystery? During our English lessons, we have been researching a variety of animals that were around during the ancient Maya civilisation. We have found out so much that we have organised the facts in preparation to write a non-chronological report.

This research has linked nicely with our History lessons, as we have gained further knowledge on the Maya people and what life was like for them. We have been making connections to geography when unpicking maps to see where the civilisation took place. It has been interesting to see where this part of the world is now and how it has changed over all of this time!

    

In our maths lessons, we have been exploring the concepts of time, money and shape! There has been a lot to cover but we feel pretty confident! The biggest challenges we faced were when converting time between minutes/hours into days/months! This was fun in many ways but we had to show pure determination to get to our answers.

In Science, we have been looking at ‘Light’ and finding out about how light is formed and how we are able to see it. So far, we have found out about the direction that light moves and the way it ‘bounces’ at angles to reach our eyes. We have been able to represent this in class using string. There is so much depth to this topic and we are looking forward to finding out more after the half term break.

Art is always a much loved part of the week and we have been enjoying some 3D art this half term! Our focus has been on ‘making memories’ and we have been discussing the work of varied artists before suggesting our own ways to express memories through imagery, shape and colour.

As part of our PSHE topic, Health and Well-being, we have been thinking about what relaxation feels like. We have developed our ever-growing mindset and discussed mistakes and the allowances of them, as well as the purpose of failure. We are going to be continuing to reflect on skills when identifying and responding to difficult situations and learning how to set short-term, medium-term and long-term goals.

In RE, we have been learning about the Pentecost and were able to use creative skills to retell stories.

Another much loved part of our curriculum here at Ab Kettleby is PE! We have been enjoying learning the skills of cricket and rounders before beginning our topic on athletics! This will all be in preparation for our annual Sports Day which we love every year!

We also want to give a huge shout out to our Year 6 pupils who have completed their SATs assessments this half term. They did this with incredible motivation and a positive attitude. We could not feel more proud of them and how they have carried themselves as Year 6 children who represent both our school, and who they are as people. Well done to them! 😊

We look forward to the next, and final, half term celebrating varied achievements, digging further into our Big Question and making memories before the academic year comes to a close and the summer holidays begin.