6Birch 2023-24

6 Birch

6 Birch Team

Mrs Birchard Mrs V. Thomas Ms J. Thomas Mrs Jarman Mrs Pullinger

Please feel free to contact me at the following address if you have any queries or concerns:

lbirchard@ashdown.e-sussex.sch.uk

Class Information

PPA (Planning, preparation and assessment) time will be on Monday afternoons this term. Mrs Jarman will be teaching PE and Mrs Pullinger will be teaching Music.

PE times will be on Mondays and Wednesdays. Could I please ask that your child's kit is fully labelled.

Times tables will be tested every Thursday. Please make use of:

https://ttrockstars.com/

Home learning for this term will focus exclusively on practising times tables and regular reading at home. Please make use of:

https://readtheory.org/

Current Learning

Our topic for term 2 will start with the Ancient Maya civilisations where we will be comparing and contrasting our knowledge of the Egyptians with the Maya civilisation of Mesoamerica. We will also be studying the physical geography of South America and the Amazon basin, exploring this resource-rich environment. We will also be linking our art studies to this topic, where we will be 3d modelling and sculpting with clay to create pinch and coil pots in the Maya style.

If you would like to do some of your own research about Ancient Maya, then please feel free to use the following links: