Back to school this week after a lovely half term break. The children have come back with positive attitudes, ready to continue their learning and start their new history topic: The Atlantic Slave Trade. We started the week studying historical sources depicting slavery. We discussed how it makes us feel to know that Slavery existed.
In English, we have continued reading Skellig, this narrative is taking us on an emotional journey; enlightening, breathtaking moments filtered with sadness and worry. We have used the themes from the book to take our writing to our next unit: Non Fiction. We wrote a cold task this week about Owls, a pivotal reference from Skellig. We have also created a dance to represent how owls move and shared this with Robins, as well as developing our sketching technique by drawing an owl.
Our new writing unit takes us into a fascinating topic of The Origin of Species where we are using a rewritten book of Charles’ Dawin’s theories. The children were excited from the big reveal and will hopefully come home with lots of new information. We will be learning about evolution from this.
RECOMMENDED READS…
Red Kites were bursting with excitement during the reveal of the Recommended Reads we have been able to introduce. 4 new books have been handed out for children to read and then recommend, passing them through the class over the rest of the year. We have 2 more titles to share over the next few weeks. These children have kindly offered to talk about their books during our World Book Day Assembly on Thursday 2nd March. The Love of Reading in this class is inspirational! Can’t wait to hear their thoughts on the new books!
Great learning in all areas this week. Well done Red Kites! We continue to enjoy our playtimes, and have talked this week about the importance of making sure to include others or check in on each other, always showing kindness and look after school property.