Year 3 (Class 9) - History - Armley Mills Trip

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In the afternoon we enjoyed looking around the industrial museum.

Category: Year 3

Cultural Education History

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Year 2 (Class 6) - History - Norman Castles

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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…

Category: Year 2

History

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Year 6 (Class 17) - History - The Titanic

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Excellent start to our flashback unit year 6.

We described what triggered our memories back to the Titanic.

Category: Year 6

History

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Year 5 (Class 14) - History - Author Visit

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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. 

Category: Year 5

History

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Year 3 (Class 9) - History - Victorian Housing

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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.

Category: Year 3

History

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Year 6 (Class 17) - History - Magna Carta

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done to class 17 who enjoyed learning about the Magna Carta, and debating whether the Magna Carta is a significant historical document.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


 

Category: Year 6

History

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Year 5 (Class 13) - Windrush Session

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Year 5 had some very special visitors this week that are from the Windrush generation! They learned lots about what it was like coming to England from the Caribbean and some of the challenges they faced.

The children thought it was amazing to meet real life people that had experienced what we…

Category: Year 5

History

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Year 4 (Class 11) - History - Lord Darnley Murder

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Class 11 have re-enacted the murder of Lord Darnley, Mary Queen of Scots’ husband.  

They looked at the crime scene, evidence and scrutinised the motives to identify who they thought the killer was. 

Category: Year 4

History

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Year 4 (Class 10) - History - Gladiator Schools

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Class 10 have been advertising their own gladiator schools! We learned about what ianistas (the owners of gladiators) did to make sure they got all of the sponsorship money.

We then worked in groups to come up with a sales pitch, ready to present to the Emperor. We talked about how we would…

Category: Year 4

History

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Year 3 (Class 10) - History - Gladiator Schools

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Class 10 have been advertising their own gladiator schools! We learned about what ianistas (the owners of gladiators) did to make sure they got all of the sponsorship money.

We then worked in groups to come up with a sales pitch, ready to present to the Emperor. We talked about how we would…

Category: Year 3

History

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

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Class 7 have had a visit from Sir William Petty to tell them all about The Great Fire of London.

Sir William owned a street of houses that were destroyed in the fire. He showed us maps of London before and after the fire, explained why St Paul’s Cathedral, a stone built building with a lead…

Category: Year 2

History

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

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Class 6 have had a very exciting morning! Sir William Petty came to visit us to teach us all about The Great Fire of London.

He told us all about how the fire started, how it spread and what parts of London were affected.

We were part of an experiment to show how the fire spread then created…

Category: Year 2

History

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