This half term Team JF have started their new unit of significant people in the past. They carried out their pre unit assessment focusing on Florence Nightingale and Mary Seacole. From this they started exploring timelines. They looked at what a timeline is, why they are important and how to read dates. They also looked at their own timelines with a focus on significant events such as learning to walk, first words, first day at school etc. The children loved this!

​Next they will start exploring Florence Nightingale with a focus on who she is and why she is important to our history. 

In Y6 over the Autumn Term we looked at the chronology of some famous natural disasters and focused specifically on the eruption of Mt Vesuvius and its impact on Pompeii and Herculanium. We explored sources of evidence including letters from Pliny sent at the time.
This half term we have started our learning about the Ancient Egyptians. We completed our pre-unit assessment and carried out some independent research. We have explored the geography of where Ancient Egypt is on modern maps. We have unpicked the chronology of where Ancient Egypt fits in with other historical periods covered by the children so far and looked at similarities and differences. We have placed key events from Ancient Egypt on a timeline. Next week we will be exploring the structure of ancient Egyptian society

In Team AC we have started to look at 'life in the past' as part of our history work. We thought of what we have learnt before about life in the past and anything we would like to learn about this term. We introduced the word 'significant' and thought about what the word means - we have used this to introduce the idea of significant people in history who have been remembered for what they have achieved.
Team AC thought about any famous people they knew and talked about why they were famous. We decided we could find out about people from the past using the internet, books, photos and drawings and also by asking people. The first person we have studied is Florence Nightingale - we have watched videos about her life and read a book to find information. We really enjoyed thinking of questions to ask and drawing pictures of her. 

In Geography Team SG have been finishing off their Europe topic. They have studied Wombwell and Athens. Within this study they looked at both cities in the past and discussed the changes that have occurred over the years. They used both Digimaps and Google Maps to do this.

​In history, they have considered what they want to learn about the Anglo-Saxons and Vikings. As a hook to learning, they learnt about how they wrote and have practiced writing in runes and compared their alphabet to ours. What a fantastic legacy they left us!