The children enjoyed their first history lesson this half term. We talked about transport and the children sorted transport into different groups. The children worked together as a team and decided how to sort the cards out. We then thought about how a lot of transport uses a wheel. We Read more…
Our trip to Manchester Museum was FANTASTIC! We absolutely loved looking round the museum and making our own exhibition in our workshop. The lady was brilliant and kept us all engaged with the taxidermy animals and made sure we were treating them with respect.
Thank you for all the parents that came to our shared learning and lunch.
Thank you to everyone who attended today. All children had such a good time and really enjoyed themselves. We hope adults enjoyed themselves too. We made oracle bones out of clay today! We used the equipment to engrave Chinese writing into our bones/turtle shells and then wrote our dates of Read more…
In History, we have been learning all about how Chinese people worship their ancestors. We had a go at respecting our ancestors and made our own family scrolls. Here are some pictures of our learning.
As part of our history topic, Civil Rights, we have been looking at protests and the balance between safety and freedom as our big question. We looked at global issues and how people protest to make their voice heard. We then focussed on the BLM protests and protest for equality. Read more…
In history, we have been learning about and comparing toys of past and present. Today, our classroom was set up to look like a toy museum. We used post-it notes to ask questions about the toys and discussed how we thought they were used. We then spent some time playing Read more…
Today we have honoured our fallen by learning about rememberance day. We reflected on the world wars and discussed how we can honour those that gave their lives to protect our freedom. Here are some pictures of our learning.
As part of our remembrance celebrations, Year 6 took a wreath the lay at the cenotaph in Heywood. Year 6 were joined by Mrs Farrall and Councillor Rush. After laying the wreath, 2 children shared Remembrance prayers and we had the opportunity to spend some quiet reflection time. The children Read more…
Year 6 were lucky to have a workshop with the Rochdale Pioneer Museum. We were able to build on all of our prior knowledge from our Industrial Revolution unit in History. We looked at living conditions, working conditions in factories, and how Rochdale was a key boom town during the Read more…