Class News
March 2020
How many of these questions can you answer? Ask us, to see what we now know about this time in history.
February - A local artist came into school to support our work with charcoal during the annual Arts Week
February - We have finished a term full of Space!
December 2019
We have just finished studying the Year 1066 and these are some of the things we now know...
- Who had a claim to the English throne following the death of Edward the Confessor, and why.
- The events and stories that are shown on the Bayeux Tapestry
- How and why the Anglo-Saxon and Viking era ended.
- What the daily life of a child could have been like in 1066
- How the Normans influenced/changed England
- Why William the Conquerer introduced the Doomsday Book.
Take a look at our display in the office foyer to see some of the photos of our Express Event Play (1066!) and our writing.
The Play '1066' by the not-so-famous playwright - Miss Wiscombe!
Here we are acting out freeze-frames for scenes shown in the Bayeux Tapesty.
October 2019
We have just finished studying the Ancient Egyptians and these are some of the things we now know...
- Where Egypt is using geographical language ("Egypt is a country in the continent of Africa - on the North-East Coast").
- Why the River Nile was so important to the Ancient Egyptians ("Water and nutrients for farming, transport and transporting goods, fishing and for burial rituals").
- Why the Ancient Egyptians mummified Pharaohs and Kings ("They wanted to preserve the bodies so they could be with them in the after-life which they believed in).
- Why Pyramids have caused many questions (There are many different conspiracies about how the Pyramids were built because of the limited resources and machinery at this time).
- Why Tutankhamen's Tomb was such an important discovery (most of his belongings were not stolen therefore Archeologists could learn much from them).
'Pharaohs' - The Ancient Egyptians.
