As part of our Civil Rights topic, Year 6 looked at examples of artwork that promotes diversity and equality. After discussing different pieces, we decided to recreate Pop Art portraits of Rosa Parks. We used watercolours for the portrait and oil pastels to blend colours for a vibrant background.
During the Spring term, Year 6 have been studying the history of civil rights and civil rights movements in America, in particular from 1950 onwards. We looked at famous events, rules, laws, attitudes and people. We learnt that America was very different during the 1950s, and that it took Read more…
To fiinish off our topic of the Shang Dynasty we celebrated Chinese New year by creating paper lantens and making Xiaolongbao (soup dumplings) Here are some pictures of our learning.
This half-term we have been learning about life as an Anglo-Saxon. During this lesson our focus was ‘What do the Anglo-Saxons believe?’ We learnt that the Anglo-Saxons were originally pagans, which means they believed in many gods and that they were later converted to Christianity with help from a monk Read more…
This week, we went into the immersive room to emplore the wonders of ancient China. We went to visit the Imperial palace, met a Chinese emperor and explored the Great Wall of China. Here are some pictures of our adventures.
In History, Year 5 are studying the Benin Kingdom. So far we have learnt about how the Benin Kingdom began, what life was like for the Edo people in the Benin Kingdom and how trade links established and what goods were traded. As part of these lessons we have sketched Read more…
For the last 2 weeks, in History, we have been learning about Queen Elizabeth II and her coronation. We have been amazing at remembering facts and recalling them when quizzed by Miss Horrocks… you could even test us at home! Here are some questions we were asked: How old was Read more…
As part of our history unit ‘Movers and Shakers’ and Black History month, we have been learning about Rosa Parks. We have learned about the impact she has had. She was arrested when she refused to give up her seat for a white passenger on a bus.
In history, we have been leaving about Christopher Columbus. We had to ‘explore’ the playground to find out facts about his life. We had to search for pictures of his ship to help answer questions. We worked really well together to find all of the answers.
Maple have spent this half term learning about ‘Raiders and Traders’. They have thoroughly enjoyed our Viking Day today. We began by making some Viking oatcakes, which we enjoyed later on in the day while watching our Viking Tale show. We also made some Viking jewellery, writing our names using Read more…