Well what a wet and soggy day we had but we also had so much fun and learnt lots of things about the stone age. We found out about the use of fire in the stone age and how they would have made fires using flint, sticks and dried grass. Read more…
This term in history, we are learning about the stone age to the iron age. We have been learning about what life was like in the early stone age and what people did to survive. We looked at how they made weapons for hunting using sticks and stones and tried Read more…
Today we have had the most amazing day at Rochdale Fireground Museum! We loved getting the bus there.. The staff were brilliant and we revisited the Great Fire of London unit from our history curriculum.. We became fire fighters for the day! The children behaved excellently and were all proud Read more…
Wow, what a day we have had! Today we had a visit from Queen Boudicca of the Iceni tribe who taught us all about Roman life and the invasion of Britain and the celts. All the children looked fabulous in their costumes and got so much enjoyment and knowledge out Read more…
Today we have all loved celebrating King Charles 111, Year 2 created some King and Queen rules.. We are learning about clay sculptures in our art lessons at the moment so today we made crowns using techniques based on the artist Pippa Hill.. After our delicious picnic lunch made my Read more…
This term Year 2 have been learning all about significant nurses form the past and how nursing has changed over the years. On Wednesday we had the pleasure of Mica coming in and answering all our questions about nursing. She gave us lots of interesting facts and we are now Read more…
This half term, Year 1 have enjoyed learning all about toys from the past. The children experienced playing with these toys, children have interviewed elder members of their family and learnt lots of new information!
Thank you to everyone who came to watch our class assembly on prehistoric life. I’m sure you will all agree that the children were amazing and I am extremely proud of them all. Well done Year 3. A fantastic assembly, full of facts, showcasing just how much you have learnt Read more…
This term year one have been learning all about the local area, their homework task was to make a model of a structure from the local area. The work they produced has blown Miss Morris away. To celebrate their hard work, we held an exhibition for all classes and teachers Read more…
Today, Year 6 explored Anglo-Saxon crimes and punishments. We used role play to recreate crimes and punishments, we then discussed as a class wether they were guilty or innocent of their crime.We also decided what the punishment would be in the past and in the present day. Take a look Read more…
This week in history we have been finding out about how humans survived in the early stone age. The children explored “Stone Age Poo” to draw conclusions about what people ate as part of their diet and what this told us about their lifestyle. We created some graphs to show Read more…
This term we are learning all about the Stone Age through to the Iron Age. To kick start our unit of work we had to explore the idea of just how long ago this period of history was. What better way to do this than with a roll of toilet Read more…
Today we celebrated the Queen’s jubilee with a range of activities. We found out all about Queen Elizabeth 11 and completed some fact files. We also looked at the chronology of her life and ordered some of the key events within it. We completed some jubilee themed french work by Read more…
Today we held our Roman themed day with the help of historic workshops. A Roman soldier came to visit to tell the children all about life in Roman times. He began by introducing the children to the equipment and armour used by Roman soldiers before teaching them all about battle Read more…
Yesterday Year 2 had a fantastic day at Rochdale Fireground Museum, this trip consolidated our knowledge of The Great Fire of London and gave us an amazing insight to the life of a firefighter in the 1600’s compared to today! James and Bob were wonderful with the children, making us Read more…