Year 2 (Class 6) - History / Literacy - Skipton Castle
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…
Year 2 (Class 6) - History - Remembrance Day
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…
Year 2 (Class 6) - History - Kings and Queens Day
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…
Year 2 (Class 6) - History / Oracy - Castles and Voting
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…
Year 1 (Class 4) - History - Local Walk Around Armley
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.
Year 6 (Class 16) - History & Oracy - The Suffragettes
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…
Year 3 (Class 8) - History - Anglo Saxon Workshop
Today we took part in an Anglo Saxon workshop. We enjoyed finding out about Anglo Saxon weapons and warfare. We were shocked how heavy the chainmail was!
We got to hold real Anglo Saxon artefacts and played an Anglo Saxon game.
Year 3 (Class 7) - History - Anglo Saxon Workshop
Today class 7 took part in an Anglo Saxon workshop, we learnt about the clothes they wore and the different weapons that were used when fighting the Picts.
We also learnt about games that they liked to play and had the opportunity to play one of them and try on a helmet.
Everyone was…
Year 2 (Class 5) - History - Kirkstall Abbey
Class 5 worked in groups today to create posters all about Kirkstall Abbey.
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Year 5 (Class 13) - History - Activism
Elaine has made a fantastic poster for our history topic of activism, she even made herself a badge!
Well done Elaine.