Blog by Tag: History

Year 3 become archeologists for the morning as they investigate Stone Age artefacts.

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

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…

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…

Year 3 take their sewing to a new level as they create scenes of ancient Egypt.

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?

As part of learning about the Egyptians

we are designing scrolls.

Who is the mummy?

Year 3 have been learning about mummification in history.

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. 

Year 5 learned that…

In Year 1 Science we have been looking at plants in our school grounds. We are beginning to name the different plants and use a checklist to find out which plants we have in our school gardens. In History we have been finding out about the plant explorer George Forrest who was born in 1873. He…