Hola! As part of their History and Geography topics this term, Year 5 are focusing on Mexico and the Maya. Thousands of years ago, the Maya lived in an area known as Mesoamerica covering the modern day countries of Mexico, Guatemala, Belize, Honduras, and El Salvador. This ancient civilization were skilled astronomers and mathematics, inventing their own number system. They built impressive stone cities with temples, pyramids, palaces and ball courts as well as inventing chocolate!

Did you know that many people called them the Mayans but this is false? Mayans is the language, Maya is name used for the people. 

After half term, we will be looking at the geography of North America, in particular Mexico. 

On Thursday 15th May, we welcomed ‘Historic Workshops’ in for a Maya celebration day. This started with a human (pretend!) sacrifice and chanting, followed by Maya maths and writing. The children created beautiful Maya glyphs of their names and birthdays. In the afternoon, they made their own Maya pots out of clay, depicting animals and studied Maya archaeology. 

This was a fantastic day, which all the children enjoyed, and we look forward to continuing this topic after half term.