History
Shared learning
Thank you to all the parents/ carers that came to our shared learning and lunch. We hope you had a great time, we certainly did 😃😃😃
History
Pocahontas
We have been learning about Pocahontas this week and have been putting events in order on a timeline. We then discussed how she helped others or changed lives and what she did that was unusual or remarkable.
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Shang dynasty
This half term we will be learning about the Shang Dynasty. We started our learning by going on an adventure to ancient China. We saw an ancient home, the ancient palace of the Emperor and the ancient barracks of the Great Wall of China. Here are some pictures of our Read more
History
Remembrance day
This week we have been learning about Remembrance Day and we created some lovely acrositc poems. The children also took part in the 2 minute silence to show our respect.
History
Yummy Stonehenge
Today we recreated Stonehenge. We looked at the different types of stones that make up Stonehenge and discussed how prehistoric man could have moved them without the invention of the wheel. Here are some pictures of our yummy recreations
History
Biscuit-henge
As part of our History topic, we have been learning about the famous monument Stonehenge. We thought about why it would have been so hard to build all those years ago and what it could have been used for. We then worked in teams to build our own Stonehenge and Read more
History
Firefighters visit Year 2
As part of our topic ‘The Great Fire of London’ the children have been learning about fire safety and why The Great Fire of London spread so quickly. This week we had some special visitors come to school to help us with our learning. Some came into our classroom to Read more
History
Co-operative museum visit
Year 6 are starting a new topic all about Industrial Revolution. Today, we had a visitor from Rochdale Pioneer Museum (Cat), who delivered a workshop all about our new topic. The children were fully immersed in Rochdale during the Industrial Revolution. They focused on working conditions, food and living conditions. Read more
History
The Great Fire Of London
This week, Year 2 began their History topic ‘The Great Fire Of London’. Our first lesson was all about fire safety. We began the lesson by talking about and spotting dangers around fire and thinking about where would and wouldn’t be a good place to start a camp fire. As Read more
History
Roman Workshop
We were very lucky today as Touchstones came into our school and delivered a workshop all about the Romans. We learnt facts, tried on armour and togas and made our own Roman banners. We also put on special gloves and handled some Roman coins.