--- title: "Blog" url: "https://brookside.cheshire.sch.uk/blog/index/tag:history/page:4" school: "Brookside Primary School" --- # Blog [![](https://files.schudio.com/brooksideps/imagecache/1440x880c/blog/IMG_7670%5B1%5D.JPG)](https://brookside.cheshire.sch.uk/blog/2023-11-27-14-41-51-year-1-history) 27 Nov #### [Year 1 History](https://brookside.cheshire.sch.uk/blog/2023-11-27-14-41-51-year-1-history) Thank you to everyone for bringing in your baby, toddler and now photographs to share. We created a display discussing how we change over time. We made memory boxes to capture our own life history. [![](https://files.schudio.com/brooksideps/imagecache/1440x880c/blog/IMG_4182%5B1%5D.JPG)](https://brookside.cheshire.sch.uk/blog/2023-11-07-15-11-31-welcome-back-to-the-stone-age) 7 Nov #### [Welcome back to the Stone Age](https://brookside.cheshire.sch.uk/blog/2023-11-07-15-11-31-welcome-back-to-the-stone-age) Year 3 learn how to survive like their ancestors from the Stone Age - give or take that marshmallow tastes much better than red deer. [![](https://files.schudio.com/brooksideps/imagecache/1440x880c/blog/IMG_4181%5B1%5D.JPG)](https://brookside.cheshire.sch.uk/blog/2023-11-07-15-07-29-stone-age-morning) 7 Nov #### [Stone Age morning ](https://brookside.cheshire.sch.uk/blog/2023-11-07-15-07-29-stone-age-morning) Year 3 become archeologists for the morning as they investigate Stone Age artefacts. [![](https://files.schudio.com/brooksideps/imagecache/1440x880c/blog/IMG_1883.JPG)](https://brookside.cheshire.sch.uk/blog/2023-10-20-07-25-02-year-2-history) 20 Oct #### [Year 2 - History](https://brookside.cheshire.sch.uk/blog/2023-10-20-07-25-02-year-2-history) We have begun to investigate the similarities and differences between what it was like in Victorian schools and the schools of today. Knowledge: to compare three periods of time Skills: to say what is different or the same about the three periods Vocab: periods, Victorian, modern [![](https://files.schudio.com/brooksideps/imagecache/1440x880c/blog/IMG_20231003_140200%5B1%5D.jpg)](https://brookside.cheshire.sch.uk/blog/2023-10-03-15-55-33-roman-chester-day-2023-year-4) 3 Oct #### [Roman Chester Day 2023 - Year 4](https://brookside.cheshire.sch.uk/blog/2023-10-03-15-55-33-roman-chester-day-2023-year-4) The children in Year 4 have had a fantastic day in Chester. The children have become Roman Solider apprentices learning how to march and attack and defend in battle; they have looked at sources and artefacts to look for clues about the past and explored why the Romans invaded Britain and built… [![](https://files.schudio.com/brooksideps/imagecache/1440x880c/blog/IMG_20230914_112942.jpg)](https://brookside.cheshire.sch.uk/blog/2023-09-14-16-30-19-y6-port-sunlight-trip) 14 Sep #### [Y6 Port Sunlight Trip](https://brookside.cheshire.sch.uk/blog/2023-09-14-16-30-19-y6-port-sunlight-trip) Well done Y6. We had a really great educational trip to the historic Port Sunlight Village today. We even learned about the 'census' - can you believe that an ex Port Sunlight resident was actually on the Titanic and survived (we proved it using the census information). Have a… [![](https://files.schudio.com/brooksideps/imagecache/1440x880c/blog/IMG_3838%5B1%5D.JPG)](https://brookside.cheshire.sch.uk/blog/2023-07-13-11-25-46-designing-a-pyramid) 13 Jul #### [Designing a pyramid ](https://brookside.cheshire.sch.uk/blog/2023-07-13-11-25-46-designing-a-pyramid) Year 3 take their sewing to a new level as they create scenes of ancient Egypt. [![](https://files.schudio.com/brooksideps/imagecache/1440x880c/blog/IMG_3817%5B1%5D.JPG)](https://brookside.cheshire.sch.uk/blog/2023-07-06-12-48-11-year-3-egyptians) 6 Jul #### [Year 3 Egyptians](https://brookside.cheshire.sch.uk/blog/2023-07-06-12-48-11-year-3-egyptians) We don't use hieroglyphics anymore , but we have produced some wonderful factual writing about the Ancient Egyptians. Now where did I put that papyrus paper? [![](https://files.schudio.com/brooksideps/imagecache/1440x880c/blog/IMG_1318.JPG)](https://brookside.cheshire.sch.uk/blog/2023-07-01-20-36-32-looking-at-the-similarities-and-differences-of-the-seaside-from-the-past-and-now) 1 Jul #### [Looking at the similarities and differences of the seaside from the past and now. ](https://brookside.cheshire.sch.uk/blog/2023-07-01-20-36-32-looking-at-the-similarities-and-differences-of-the-seaside-from-the-past-and-now) [![](https://files.schudio.com/brooksideps/imagecache/1440x880c/blog/IMG_3765%5B1%5D.JPG)](https://brookside.cheshire.sch.uk/blog/2023-06-27-14-01-53-walk-like-an-egyptian) 27 Jun #### [Walk like an Egyptian](https://brookside.cheshire.sch.uk/blog/2023-06-27-14-01-53-walk-like-an-egyptian) As part of learning about the Egyptians we are designing scrolls. [![](https://files.schudio.com/brooksideps/imagecache/1440x880c/blog/IMG_3729%5B1%5D.JPG)](https://brookside.cheshire.sch.uk/blog/2023-06-19-14-56-38-year-3-history) 19 Jun #### [Year 3 History](https://brookside.cheshire.sch.uk/blog/2023-06-19-14-56-38-year-3-history) Who is the mummy? Year 3 have been learning about mummification in history. [![](https://files.schudio.com/brooksideps/imagecache/1440x880c/blog/advanced_search.png)](https://brookside.cheshire.sch.uk/blog/2023-05-18-15-33-04-mastering-advanced-google-searches-a-journey-of-discovery-for-year-5) 18 May #### [Mastering Advanced Google Searches: A Journey of Discovery for Year 5](https://brookside.cheshire.sch.uk/blog/2023-05-18-15-33-04-mastering-advanced-google-searches-a-journey-of-discovery-for-year-5) Year 5 recently embarked on a journey to master advanced Google searches using keywords and explore the wonders of Boolean operators. This newfound knowledge proved to be invaluable, especially when conducting research on the remarkable explorer, Ernest Shackleton. 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