Blog by Tag: History

For our World War 2 Day, the children in Y56 dressed up in 1940s clothes and we had some brilliant costumes including evacuees, land girls and soldiers. We spent the day immersing ourselves in learning about life as an evacuee. The children took part in an activity where they were given various…

After our clay Mayan calendar stones dried out, we were able to paint them. We chose between gold, bronze or copper paint to make them look ancient and precious and they turned out beautifully.

In Class 3CO, we have made a fantastic start to our Topic The Mayans. We have done lots of work researching who they were and when in time the fit on the timeline. We have also made a start on making our very own Mayan masks. We can’t wait to see what they turn out…

This week Year 5 and 6 were due to hold a VE day party that was planned during our World War 2 topic in the Autumn term. As we are unable to go ahead with this, we asked the children to carry out various VE day home learning tasks and they didn't disappoint.

We would like to share their…

Mr Plater visited us from Dinostar in Hull. He bought all kinds of amazing dinosaur fossils. He showed us a triceratops leg bone, an allosaurus skull, a tyrannosaurus tooth, a brachiosaurus claw and an allosaurus footprint. We made our own fossils and made fossil rubbings of plant and animal…

This week, for Remembrance Day, we have taken part in the two minute silence and made our own poppy.

We discussed the meaning of the poppy and why we wear them. We have reflected on the feelings of soldiers and those closest to them.

Here we are showing our poppies with pride. 

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Today, a selection of year 5 and 6 children took their wreaths to Waltham’s cenotaph in order to respect and remember those that fought and lost their lives during the war. All of the children were sensible and represented the school extremely well.