History: Blog items
Date: 28th Oct 2019 @ 10:23pm
It was a great return to school, or should we say journey back in time, for our children. Our drivers for our non-core subjects this half-term are history, science and art. So, for our 'WOW' we combined the three to create our own costumes and to transform into Stone Age palaeontologists. The children have begun their next journey by digging for rocks and fossils! As well as a brief introduction into what we know as the beginning of man.
Date: 17th Oct 2019 @ 5:54pm
Year 5 had a great time during our whole school 'No Pen Day'. Pens and pencils were removed from tables and we did not write in any of our books. During our maths lesson we used counters and coins to solve addition and subtraction problems. Our history lesson was a top secret mystery about Ancient Egyptian mummification. We had to work collaboratively to work out how the Ancient Egyptians used to deal with their dead!
Date: 17th Oct 2019 @ 4:23pm
This half term on No Pen Day we explore Shakespeare's 'Merchant of Venice'. We enjoyed role playing different scenes and discussing how characters felt and acted. In Maths we investigated place value when carrying out efficient subtraction and how exchanging takes place. In History we investigated Tudors inventories and how this linked to their social class.
Date: 12th Sep 2019 @ 9:31am
Year 4 enjoyed a fantastic Wow based on our new topic 'Tudor Takeover. We got to learn about how the Tudor Rose came about after the Battle of Bosworth. We learnt about key events within this battle and the impact that decisions had on the final outcome. The children created Tudor roses containing key facts of this historic event. We also looked at Elizabeth the first and created our own Tudor portraits.
Date: 5th Sep 2019 @ 1:32pm
To introduce our new topic – Walk like an Egyptian – we had a fun day, full of all things Egyptian. We started the day with a treasure hunt, which involved finding out facts about the geography, history and culture of Ancient Egypt. We wrote our names in hieroglyphics and even got to meet Cleopatra and ask her questions about life in Ancient Egypt.
Heritage Day....The life of the Circus past and present
Date: 11th Jul 2019 @ 9:32am
Year 2 have been looking at how the Circus has changed over time. We looked at all the different acts both past and present then we wanted to create our very own Circus. The Greatest Showman was in town and they needed some help, so we made our very own persuasive advert to encourage everyone to come and see it. What a show it was!
Oh I do like to be beside the seaside...
Date: 3rd Jul 2019 @ 9:09pm
After discovering that Blackpool's first train station opened in 1846, we wanted to find out more about how Blackpool developed and where its visitors came from, so we became detectives. We used different pieces of historical evidence to try and answer three main questions; Why did people visit Blackpool after 1846?, Where did visitors to Blackpool come from? and What did people do in Blackpool in the 1890's?
We used historical evidence such as photographs, newspaper adverts, advertising posters and train timetables to answer these questions in groups. Blackpool has a fascinating history, what an interesting town we live in!
Blackpool during the war and making a video story
Date: 25th Jun 2019 @ 4:02pm
This week, we have explored how tourism in Blackpool changed during World War One. The children looked at attractions which were opened in Blackpool before and after the war. Also this week, we planned and made our own stories using Scratch Jr on the iPads. The children had to learn how to do coding and debug any issues which came up.
Date: 20th Jun 2019 @ 9:21am
This week we have been introduced to our new topic 'Dinosaur Planet'. We created our own small worlds, containing what we believed we would find in prehistoric times. We discussed what dinosaurs were, how we knew they were alive and the different types of dinosaurs we would have found! To finish, we created our own dinosaur, decided what it would have eaten and where it would have lived.
There were dinosaurs all over our classroom too!
Wheels on the Bus go round and round....
Date: 17th Jun 2019 @ 5:14pm
Year 2 had a fun afternoon visiting all the different attractions around Blackpool. Children then discussed what each attraction was and why it would be a fun experience. Children then spotted other landmarks around all the different attractions.
Date: 31st Oct 2019 @ 9:02am
Year Two were introduced to our new topic, The Great Fire of London. We researched what life was like in the 1600's and how people lived. We particularly paid attention to the type of houses people lived in and how they were packed so tightly together. We then worked together to produce some art work to depict the Great Fire of London.
Date: 16th Dec 2020 @ 10:33am
Year Two have had a busy half term, crammed with lots of learning. From calculating and finding number bonds in Maths, to appraising and creating Christmas
songs in Music. We have been Super Scientists by planning investigations about everyday materials and we really enjoyed using primary sources in History to find out more about why we remember soldiers from The First World War.
