This week the children in Year 6 came to school dressed as Victorians and they spent the morning in a Victorian school room with a Victorian teacher named Master Grey. The children were fully engaged in their learning and they had to greet their teacher by either bowing or curtsying as they entered the room and […]
Read MoreYear 6 – Maya Workshop
This week Year 6 took part in a Maya Workshop which gave the children a firsthand exploration of what life was like during the Maya Civilisation. Sally Spade, our Mayan enthusiast, helped the children to re-create the story of ‘The Hero Twins’ and they enjoyed taking part in a game of ‘Pok to Pok,’ a ball game where you have […]
Read MoreYear 4 – Castles
Year 4 made Norman motte and Bailey castles. They had to select materials that would make each part of their castle as realistic as possible and used teamwork to share responsibilities. They then made comparisons between these Norman castles and the Saxon castles they learnt about in their previous topic, considered the legacy these Norman […]
Read MoreYear 3’s Historical Narratives
In Year 3 the children have been working so hard to produce some wonderful historical narratives. They have been using the Alan Peat sentence types to improve their writing and trying their best to use interesting, descriptive vocabulary to describe the eruption of Mount Vesuvius. Thank you to Maria, Lewis, Alexandra, George and Ava for these examples of […]
Read MoreYear 4 Norman Day
Year 4 took part in a Norman Day where they participated in activities to help them see what life would have really been like at the time. They sat down at a medieval banquet and ate pottage served on ‘stale’ bread served with ‘wine’ and honey. They learned about the different members of society such as lords […]
Read MoreYear 3 Virtual British Museum Lesson
Year 3 were very excited today to join the Museum of London live on Tuesday for a virtual workshop, where they showed us the findings of some archaeological digs from the Stone Age, Bronze Age and the Iron Age. We were shown many things, such as the real jaw of a woolly mammoth, a handaxe, the […]
Read MoreBlack History Month 2020
To celebrate Black History Month this year each year group learnt about the following people: Ella Fitzgerald (EYFS), Walter Tull (Year One), Rosa Parks (Year Two), Martin Luther King (Year Three), Sarah Parker Remond (Year Four), Chadwick Boseman (Year Five) and Baroness Lawrence (Year Six). Each year group created a video to share their Black History Month learning with their […]
Read MoreYear 5 – Canopic Jars
Year 4 – Romans
Milites, ut parati! Year 4 received a very special letter from Claudius, Emperor of Rome and General of the Roman army, inviting them to become one of his noble soldiers. After writing him a response detailing their strengths and skills, the children were accepted in to his legions and participated in a range of actvities […]
Read MoreYear 4’s Anglo-Saxon Village
The children first designed their houses and thought carefully about the measurements. They had to create nets of 3D shapes- cuboids and prisms, carefully measuring the lengths to make sure they would match up. They then cut and folded these together to make their houses, before selecting materials to decorate them with.
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