Today year 6 took part in a workshop delivered by Rochdale Pioneer Museum. The workshop consolidated all their knowledge from our topic this half term. The children focused on key vocabulary such as: Victorian Era, Industrial Revolution, agriculture, trading and cotton. The children took part in games, role play and Read more…
We loved putting on our special gloves to look at these artefacts. We used the magnifying glasses to take a closer look at the detail on each piece. We were amazed at what they were made of.
Today we have been using charcoal like our ancestors would have done to create some Stone Age artwork. Here are some pictures of our learning.
This week we have been exploring our new topic Prehistoric Britain. We became archaeologists and student ancient artefacts. We have also used our arts and craft skills to create art work inspired by Stone henge. Here are some pictures of our learning.
Today we had a visit from Touchstones museum. It was a brilliant introduction to our History topic for this half term – Romans. We had a discussion about where the Romans originated from which led on to us looking at the vexillum which is a flag used by the Roman Read more…
Year 6 Rowan have started their new topic in History – Industrial Revolution. The children have been looking at the main features of a Victorian society, mainly focusing on the class system during the Victorian Era. The children used a world map to locate and label countries that were part Read more…
Year 4 Hawthorn have had a fantastic morning! Touchstones came into our school to teach us all about the Romans. We learnt facts about the Romans and we created our own veillums. Touchstones have also left an artefacts box with us to have a look at over the next few Read more…
A huge welcome back to everybody. We’ve had a busy week getting to know each other and Mrs Graham has been really impressed with how well we have all settled back into school. We have started learning about The Great Fire of London and the children have all showed fantastic Read more…
Year 3 Birch have had so much fun for our first week back. We have made woolly mammoths, read stories, wrote about our hopes and dreams, talked about what is important to us and revised over what we learnt in Year 2.
We had a fantastic day at Beeston Castle! The children learnt lots of interesting facts about the Stone Age and explored the castle, the round house and caves.