Welcome to Squirrels with Mrs Howard and Mrs Johnstone.  

Mrs Howard loves teaching English, Geography, History, Art and Music, and also loves singing and being outside doing activities in the woods.  Mrs Howard loves teaching Year 4, especially around Christmas when we put on our version of the Nativity, and also in the terms when we get to spend even more time in the woods, putting our woods skills to use to make a toy for a tribal child and learning how to cook an Anglo-Saxon stew over a fire.

Mrs Johnstone loves teaching English and art. She likes drawing, making things and being active outside. She is looking forward to teaching Spanish and PE. Mrs Johnstone loves teaching Science to Year 4 children and seeing the awe and wonder on their faces when we do investigations.

We have a superb year planned for you with lots of exciting work. We are going to start by exploring what Anglo Saxon Britain was really like.  In the run up to Christmas, we will be learning how to put on a performance which we will then show to all of our wonderful families!  We'll be learning how our world is being affected by weather and climate change in the Spring term and considering how climate makes life different in Canada and Sicily. In the summer term, we will be looking at what life was like in pre-historic Britain before finishing off the year by learning about the differences between our forests and rainforests.  Throughout the year, we will also be learning art and DT skills which link to our topics, as well as improving our Science, Computing, Music and Spanish skills, and learning some skills for life. 

We are hoping to enrich your learning experience with an Anglo-Saxon Day (costumes at the ready!), an investigating Weather and Climate Day, a trip to Creswell Crags, a visit from the Partake History company to find out more about the Mayans, and a residential to Castleton.

We hope you are all ready to drive into our wonderful learning. We can’t wait and we know you are going to be filled with excitement.