Year 4 (Class 11) - History - Leeds City Museum Trip
Class 11 had a great day at Leeds City Museum.
We explored the different eras of Leeds from modern day, right back to the Stone Age such as 1000 year old stone crosses found in a garden.
We also took part in an Ancient Egypt workshop, looking at how mums were made and even having a go at…
Year 2 (Class 6) - History - Grace O'Malley
In history, we have begun our new topic - we are going to be learning all about Grace O'Malley.
Today we have looked at pictures of lots of different pirates and discussed what we think makes them a pirate.
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Year 4 (Class 11) - Oracy - Stone Age Artefacts
Class 11 have used their oracy skills to explore different real life Stone Age artefacts.
They thought about what they were, what it was used for and what it was made from. We discovered there was a spindle Whorl to help when twisting fibres together to make cloth, a flint hand axe from over a…
Year 2 (Class 5) - Oracy - Toby and The Great Fire of London
In year 2 we are reading the story Toby and The Great Fire of London.
Today we ordered the story so far and retold it in our own words.
We worked on the social and emotional strand of the Oracy framework and made sure we took turns and worked together.
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Year 6 (Class 16) - History - Vikings
In history this week, class 16 have enjoyed working together to present information to each other about areas of Viking life.
They were thinking about working together and how best to present their ideas with confidence to their audience.
Year 5 (Class 13) - History / Oracy - Vikings
This week class 13 have worked in groups to produce a presentation to inform others about Viking Life.
They worked in circular groups focusing on the oracy strand: social and emotional, specifically working with others.
They also used the cognitive strand of summary in their…
Year 2 (Class 7) - History - Sir William Petty Visit
Class 7 and year 2 had a visit from Sir William Petty all the way from 1666.
He came and told the children all about his friends in London and how their houses were burnt in the Great Fire of London. He used tools from the past to explore what happened and why.
The children loved taking part…
Year 2 (Class 6) - History - Sir William Petty Visit
Class 6 loved the workshop with Sir William Petty!
He came and told us all about the Great Fire of London.
We really enjoyed pretending we were a London street that set on fire and creating a bucket chain to try and put out the…
Year 3 (Class 9) - History - Artefacts from the Stone Age
In history this week we were looking at artefacts from the Stone Age. We predicted what some objects excavated from Star Carr might have been used for.
We were also very lucky as we got to handle and have a close up look at Stone Age artefacts from Leeds Museum.
Year 2 (Class 6) - History - GFL Fire Spread
In history, class 6 have been thinking about why the Great Fire of London spread so rapidly.
We looked at some of the different reasons, then ordered them from most to least important.
Year 5 (Class 13) - History - Roman Britains & Anglo Saxons
Class 13 gathering information on Roman Britains and Anglo Saxons in history this week.