This week in our history lesson, Year Five have used a series of sources to explain just why the Athenians managed to overcome a much larger Persian army during the battle of the Marathon. Once we had explored the sources, we unlevelled an existing historical explanation with greater information and detail.
The children enjoyed watching the England World Cup game against Iran this week. They came in their England colours to support the national team. On Thursday, children watched Mr Mellor’s assembly all about the World Cup and the countries competing in it. They were intrigued to learn about many of the nations and particularly astonished…
Year Four had a fantastic day immersed in everything Roman. They created shields, played Roman numeral bingo, carried out some Roman food tasting and learned about formations. They all looked fantastic in their costumes!
Working in the style of William Morris, a Victorian designer, children have experimented with press prints and monoprints. They have analysed their prints and considered their likes and dislikes about the prints.
We welcomed Mr Such in to school today to lead an assembly of remembrance. All children have helped to create a display of soldiers wearing poppies with flower bouquets, and Mr Such shared the importance of each element. All of the children observed the two minute silence at 11:00 and showed our school value of…
Throughout this Autumn term, the children in Year Five have been learning all about the Ancient Greeks and how lots of their ideas are still fundamental to our lives today. This week, the children transformed the classroom into the Agora and saw the many different people you might of met there from fishermen to people…
This week we read a beautiful story about Remembrance Day that helped us to understand why we have this special day. We learned about why we wear poppies and who it is to remember. We made our own Remembrance cards, artwork, and play dough poppies amongst lots of other exciting activities.
This week we have been learning about bonfire night and fireworks, we have found out a little bit about Guy Fawkes and that he was not a very nice man and learned a bit of the poem ‘Remember, Remember ‘. We have been using our phonics to listen to the different sounds we might hear…
This week, Reception have been learning about the history of Bonfire Night. They were fascinated to hear how Guy Fawkes plotted to kill King James over 400 years ago. But was eventually foiled and executed! The children loved acting out the story and could remember lots of the facts of the story. We also discussed…
Year Four have been using their archaeologist skills this week during their history lesson when uncovering Celtic artefacts, and using clues from them to learn about what life was like in Celtic Britain before the Roman invasion.