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As part of black history month we have looked at inspirational black females.

We created some art work of Dina Asher-Smith to celebrate her achievements.

Class 5 have enjoyed learning about Floella Benjamin and the amazing work she has done.

This week in year two we celebrated Kings and Queens day.

The children came dressed in fantastic costumes. We had so much fun, we made  crowns and shields, built castles, learnt a medieval dance and re-enacted a coronation.

We all had a great day acting like…

Year 2 and class 7 took part in a Kings and Queens day. The children dressed up as kings, queens, knights, lords and princesses.

They made and decorated crowns, designed and decorated shields and some children even made swords and fans to finish off their outfits.

They built castles in…

In the afternoon we enjoyed looking around the industrial museum.

In class 6, we have been learning all about Norman castles.

We have explored the two types of castles - motte-and-bailey and stone keep and today we have discussed who lives and works in a castle. We learnt all about the different jobs in a castle and thought about what job we would like if we…

Excellent start to our flashback unit year 6.

We described what triggered our memories back to the Titanic.

Year 5 had a great time in the library with the guest author Kate Pankhurst who talked about how she has developed her books all about great women from history who changed the world. 

In our history lesson this week we have been finding out about Victorian housing and the differences between rich and poor houses.

The children were very surprised by the conditions of the poor houses and especially the fact that they didn’t have toilets.

Well done to class 17 who enjoyed learning about the Magna Carta, and debating whether the Magna Carta is a significant historical document.

We looked at two historian’s opinions and decided who we agreed with the most by lining up in order of our opinions.