This term we are off on an adventure around the world and back in time! We are looking at famous explorers from history and where they traveled. We will also be covering geography, looking at continents, oceans, compass points and features such as the poles/equator. We will be linking this to science when we talk about weather and seasons across the globe.
In the past two weeks we have looked in detail at Sir Francis Drake as he was the first Englishman to circumnavigate the globe. We started in his home country of the UK and traveled to Morocco, North Africa. We investigated and talked in depth about the differences to where we live and how he and his crew would have felt. We know that it is hotter in North Africa than here because it is closer to the equator. The children also thought it would have been difficult to make themselves understood because they spoke Spanish in Morocco in 1577 and they don't know how to speak Spanish. Children used signs/gestures to practise communicating without language - this was lots of fun! The class said they think Drake would have been excited and worried when arriving at the ports on his journey because he wanted to attack the Spanish but would not want to lose.