Blog by Tag: History

Class 13 have thoroughly enjoyed learning about how children in World War II entertained themselves by creating and playing games with limited resources. 

As part of our learning, we made our own button football games and then wrote clear instructions explaining how to play them. The children…

Class 13 have thoroughly enjoyed learning about how children in World War II entertained themselves by creating and playing games with limited resources. 

As part of our learning, we made our own button football games and then wrote clear instructions explaining how to play them. The children…

Class 6 have been learning about Leeds and the buildings within it.

They looked at some buildings, thought about what they might be and when they might have been built. They then put them into a timeline.

Good team work class 6. 

This week in history class 12 have used oracy skills to discuss who they think is responsible for World War 1. 

Class 12 enjoyed a visit today from Mr B who told them all about his journey from Jamaica after the war on the Windrush. 

The children were enthralled and amazed by his stories and throughly enjoyed their hour with him. 

This week in history Class 12 have used their oracy skills to discuss, ‘What influence did Ancient Greece have on the wider world?’. 

They had to answer individually using build on talk-tactics, then as a group decide on a consensus using persuasive devices.

Class 11 enjoyed their trip to Leeds City museum.

They particularly enjoyed seeing the Mummy and looking at the Egyptian artefacts.

Today, we used our oracy skills to discuss who was the greatest pharaoh was. 

We discussed biases that people may have such as gender, length of rule and level of fame. 

We then worked in trios to debate and Comte to our own conclusions.

On Wednesday class 8 had a brilliant time stepping back in history for our exciting Roman Day. 

Dressed in Roman costumes we spent the day discovering what life was like in Roman times. We worked together to create beautiful mosaics, became chefs, cooking and tasting Roman recipes and even…

Today in history class 12 discussed what we have found out about The Vikings from primary and secondary sources. 

They then came up with 3 main points using a consensus circle.

Children in Class 5 really enjoyed the Great Fire of London workshop. 

We met Sir William Petty who was a landlord, but lived in Ireland. He told us all about how the fire started and why it spread so quickly. We learned how they tried to put it out and completed our own experiment where we…

Class 6 really enjoyed having a visitor from the past. Sir William Petty came from 1666 to tell the children all about The Great Fire of London.

They couldn’t believe how he spoke and what he wore, let alone what he told them about the fire. They took part in experiments, learnt how the fire…