Year 6 (Class 16) - History - Vikings

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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.

Category: Year 6

History

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Year 5 (Class 13) - History / Oracy - Vikings

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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…

Category: Year 5

History Oracy

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Year 2 (Class 7) - History - Sir William Petty Visit

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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…

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Year 2 (Class 6) - History - Sir William Petty Visit

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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 fire. 

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History

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Year 3 (Class 9) - History - Artefacts from the Stone Age

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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. 

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Year 2 (Class 6) - History - GFL Fire Spread

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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.

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History

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Year 5 (Class 13) - History - Roman Britains & Anglo Saxons

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Class 13 gathering information on Roman Britains and Anglo Saxons in history this week.

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Year 4 (Class 11) - History - The Stone Age

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Class 11 have loved exploring Stone Age poo. 

They directed out and looked through and identified the items they found to better understand what Stone Age people would have eaten. 

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Year 3 (Class 9) - History - The Stone Age

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In history we are starting a topic about the Stone Age. 

We went to look at our school timeline to help us to understand when the time period took place. As the Stone Age is prehistoric we have to rely on archaeological findings to find out about how people lived. 

We become archeologists…

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History

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Year 4 (Class 10) - History - The Stone Age

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Class 10 have had a great first lesson about the Stone Age. First of all, we went to the timeline on the stairs to find out how long ago the Stone Age was, which other periods of history overlap with it (Egyptians and Greeks), and where it fits into the topics we've already covered.

Then, we…

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History

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Year 3 (Class 10) - History - The Stone Age

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Class 10 have had a great first lesson about the Stone Age. First of all, we went to the timeline on the stairs to find out how long ago the Stone Age was, which other periods of history overlap with it (Egyptians and Greeks), and where it fits into the topics we've already covered.

Then, we…

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History

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Year 2 (Class 6) - History - The Great Fire of London

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We have really enjoyed beginning our new topic in class 6. 

In history, we have learnt about the events of the Great Fire of London and created a timeline to show what happened over the week.

Category: Year 2

History

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