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Class 5 enjoyed their trip to Skipton Castle. 

We learned lots about the different rooms in the castle and even experienced what a real dungeon was like in the dark.

Class 5 enjoyed their Kings and Queens Day. 

We decorated our own crowns and shields and learned about the different foods that were eaten at…

On Monday, class 12 drew some fantastic sunset and silhouettes for Remembrance Day using oil pastels and felt-tip pens.

Today we went to the Yorkshire coal mining museum to learn more about our science topic on rocks. 

We learnt about how coal was made as well as mudstone, sandstone, limestone and ironstone and what life was like for miners years ago. 

We also learnt that children the same age as us worked…

Class 4 enjoyed learning all about Remembrance Day and making their own poppy wreaths.

Class 15 completed work on remembrance - children learnt about the meaning of remembrance and events we hold to remember those that have lost their lives in wars and conflicts.  

Children completed their own take on silhouette poppies.  

Class 6 have just visited Skipton Castle as part of their history and literacy topics.

When they arrived they met their tour guides and learnt all about the castles history. They went inside and found maker marks on the stone, learnt about murder holes, where the drawbridge would have been and…

or Remembrance Day Class 6 created a beautiful and heart felt poppy wreath. They learnt all about Remembrance Day and why it is so important.

They used a poppy petal as a template, created 4 of their own, cut and stuck them together before securing them to the wreath.

It made a striking…

On Kings and Queens day Class 6 dressed up in their finest attire.

They designed and made crowns, learnt about the reasons for the colours and animals on shields before designing and making their own, followed clues in teams to find a jewel thief and learnt what would get eaten at a Royal…

Class 6 have been learning about castles in history. In this oracy lesson the children were voting for the most effective defence using their talk tokens.

Then explaining why, using the stem sentence for support, applying all they have learnt about castles through the term.

The children…

Class 4 have enjoyed going on a local walk around Armley. 

We named the different types of houses that we could see and thought about whether they were modern or old houses. 

We then walked down Town Street and talked about the different kinds of shops that we could see.

This week in history, we studied the suffragettes. 

We discussed their activism, the approaches and extreme measures that they used, and if they were successful activists or not.

The children used their oracy skills to discuss these key questions, focusing on responding clearly to each other…