Saga Performances
After learning about what a saga is and listening to the oral retelling of Leif Erikson’s voyage, Oak Class worked in groups to plan and perform their own Viking Sagas. The children performed to the class whilst the groups in the audience filled out their feedback sheets, paying careful attention…
Viking Traders
Oak Class learned some of the different trading routes that were taken by the Vikings and why trade was so important. Our classroom became a marketplace in Jorvik, which was a major manufacturing centre and trading hub for the Vikings. The children were assigned different job roles and used…
Viking Sagas
In History, Oak Class learned that a saga is an oral retelling of a story or event. The children listened to two different Viking sagas: The Greenlanders and Erik the Red. We discussed why sagas are not the most accurate sources of information as details can get left out and added over the years…
My history
We have been trying to answer the question, how am I making history? We played “Guess Who” with our baby photographs and talked about how much we have changed. Then we made our own personal timelines. Many thanks to all our families for sharing their precious photographs!
The Viking Period
Oak Class began their new unit of learning by creating Viking timelines. The children learned when the Vikings came to Britain and the main reasons believed as to why!
Egyptian Artefacts!
Willow loved looking through some real life Egyptian Artefacts!
Egyptian Day!
Willow had an amazing time at St Andrews this week for our Egyptian themed day! They took part in a variety of activities including crafting their own cartouche, making their own clay amulet, painting masks of eternity and mummy wrapping fun!
Ancient Egyptian Hieroglyphs
This half term, Willow are exploring Ancient Egypt! Lots of cross curricular links have been planned across English, History and Art! In this weeks art lesson, the children explored Ancient Egypt hieroglyphs. They used technology to research their name, transcribing it into their art books…
The Great Fire of London workshop
We had an amazing morning going back in time to 1666 to investigate what happened in Pudding Lane. We used role play and collaborative games to understand the sequence of events, bringing everything to life. It was also our first time on the minibus which was really exciting!
Whittington Barracks!
Willow have loved learning all about WW1 over the past six week! Today, they deepened their learning with real life experiences, artefacts and sources at the Whittington Barracks. The educators at Whittington Barracks were extremely impressed with Willow’s subject knowledge - huge well done…
WW2 Explorer Day!
Oak Class loved their trip to the National Memorial Arboretum, where they enjoyed participating in a World War Two explorer day! We learned about the life of an evacuee and that of a child who stayed in London during the Blitz. We also explored a ration box and 1940s menu and looked at…
Willow: History and WW1!
In history, Willow loved learning all about what Europe looked like in 1914. Through a colour key, they identified the Neutral States, Triple Entente, Triple Entente Allies, Triple Alliance and Triple Alliance Allies countries!