Blog by Tag: History

Ancient Egypt comes to Brookside as year 3 discover

the ancient art of making papyrus paper.

Year 3 used their ICT skills to demonstrate

what they know about the Ancient Egyptian Pyramids.

We went on a plant hunt just like the famous plant explorer George Forrest. He was born in 1873 in Scotland. He went to lots of countries to find new plants. He brought 1200 plants and seeds back to the UK.  

Writing facts about the Great fire of London.

Year 3 recreate Stone Age cave drawings.

Story time in Year 3 and 5

In Y6, we have been using "Google Earth" to search exciting places around the world. We have been tracing the voyage Charles Darwin made on the HMS Beagle in 1832. We have explored the Galapagos, Tierra del Fuego and other interesting places on his 5 year expedition which helped formulate his…

Year 3 have been building dens to protect their Lego (stone Age) man from the elements.

Year 3 have also been using Scratch to create their own Stone Age game.

All in all we dig the Stone Age!

Happy New Year

Year 3 prepare for the Stone Age by classifying different types of rocks.

Y5 have applied their knowledge of the Mayan Civilisation to develop skills of internet research.

We used search technologies effectively, appreciating how results are selected and ranked.

We know that key words help to refine our searches.  

Year 6 have created some marvellous powerpoints all about the history and evolution/revolution of computers.

We have learnt knowledge as to who invented the first computers, how computers helped in World War 2, the rapid recent developments in technology and we have also speculated as to the…

Year 3 have been learning about both local artists and more established artists from long previous Centuries.

Here is some work about French artist Henri Matisse.