Can you believe the start of a new school year is here and your final year at Ketton begins? 

This year is going to be super exciting; we have so many fantastic events, lessons and opportunities planned - it’s certainly going to be a year to remember. 

This Term...

In Science: 

We will be exploring evolution and inheritance. This will involve exploring how living things have changed over time, how fossils provide information about living things that inhabited the earth millions of years ago and how creatures have adapted to suit their environment and lots, lots more! There will be several exciting investigations along the way! 

In English: 

We will be using our topic as a stimulus and so our Eagles will produce a number of pieces of writing this term which link to the life of Charles Darwin - a famous face in the theme of evolution. We will be writing a discovery narrative based on his famous voyage and an explanation text linking nicely to our exploration of living things.  

In Reading: 

This term, the Eagles will be reading ‘Skellig’ - an award-winning story about love, loss and hope by the author David Almond. Additionally, they will explore the poem ‘If’ by Rudyard Kipling – a father's advice to his son about how to navigate life's challenges with strength and integrity.

In History: 

We will be working towards answering a big question “How have the Ancient Greeks influenced modern day life?”. In order to answer this big question at the end of term, we will explore what artefacts, myths and legends tell us about civilisation in the Ancient Greek era. We will also explore how the Ancient Greeks developed education, our law system, sport and architecture. 

In Maths:

We will be starting the year by revisiting our understanding of place value - looking at numbers to 10,000,000. We will then learn to order and compare these numbers later in the term. We will look at reasoning and problem-solving using all four operations: addition, subtraction, multiplication and division. 

In RE: 

We will be debating, thinking and discussing what Christians really believe about the beginning. Is it possible to be a Christian and a scientist? How did the world really begin? These are examples of the questions we will be discussing whilst we explore the Creation Story this term. 

In PE: 

We will be kickstarting the year with invasion games and in these lessons, we will be developing our tag rugby skills. This term we will also have dance lessons. PE will take place on Mondays and Fridays so please wear your school PE kit to school on both of these days. 

In PSHE and British Values:

In PSHE this term, the Eagles will be exploring the theme of ‘Me and My Relationships’. They will consider what makes a healthy and respectful friendship, develop their teamwork and communication skills and learn strategies for resolving conflict and managing peer pressure. They will also explore assertiveness, consent and personal boundaries, learning how to recognise and challenge inappropriate behaviour and how to be an ‘upstander’ when it is safe to do so. Throughout the unit, the children will continue to develop their understanding of respect, diversity, protected characteristics and the importance of treating others fairly.

A very busy term for sure! Let’s go!