Today, Class 7 have been learning about the houses that were built during the 1600s. We learned about how the Great Fire of London started and how the fire brigade has changed since this time!
We then started creating our own box model houses that will then make up our very own London!
Crew Walton ended Hook Week on an enormous high! We had so much fun creating our Roman shields whilst dressed up as real Romans! Finally, we participated in a super-informative Roman Workshop with Heritage Doncaster where everyone had the chance to handle real artefacts, solve problems, create mosaics and play a real Roman game! What a fabulous end to our week!
This week has been all about getting ourselves hooked into the learning that we are about to embark on throughout Autumn term … in particular, our exciting new expedition all about the Romans – Coming to Doncaster; Why Then, Why Now?
Children have enjoyed getting to grips with geography to find out where Rome is in the world and they have got stuck in to all of our new expedition books! In reading, we have explored the historical story book, Vlad and the Roman Triumph and we have been learning all about the Roman armies and their armour. We made our own helmets and designed our own shields, as well as making dolly peg soldiers. In maths, we learned about timelines and calendars, and we even found out about Roman numerals before linking these to the clock and having a go at making our own! We were amazed by the history of the Roman colosseum and had a go at sketching this as carefully as possible. Then, we wrapped up all our learning with an amazing dress-up and workshop day where we were able to impress our expert visitors with the knowledge we already had about the Romans and their invasions.
At home, why not ask us about the different designs on a Roman shield and what they represent? And, why was red the colour of their military?
We have had a very entertaining week so far in Class 12! We have looked at the background geography of the Romans and made our very own Dolly Peg Roman soldiers! The rest of the week is full of wonderful activities too!
We have been making placards over the last couple of days to stand up for what we think is right!
Today, we have been building our own houses that look like those from London in 1666, as we are hooked into the Great Fire of London!
Today we have been so busy! It started with orienteering this morning. The children used Electronic tags to go around the playground finding the markers, using maps of the school. It timed them to see how quick they were and the children worked with their partners brilliantly. I was tired just watching them run around the field!
After that we had our xp outdoors experience session. We moved around the 3 activities in our crews. These were reading in the teepee tents, toasting and eating marshmallows and then making musical instruments using natural wood from the field. It was so much fun!
Finally we took the cards that we made to a local care home. The residents were so pleased to see us and loved chatting to the children.
Can’t wait for Friday!!! See you in the morning!
Yesterday I worked with children from year 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 to see who could work together to build the strongest bridge out of art straws. It was lots of fun seeing the children mix with different people but I also loved us testing the bridges out at the end! Great work everyone who came to my room!
We had a go at making bridges and then tested them!
It was lovely to spend time with some of the children from other year groups today as we came together as a team to meet Mr Mumby’s bridge building challenge. We used art straws, tape, elastic bands and string to create bridges strong enough to hold a large can of beans. It was wonderful to see the children helping each other and working together to create the bridges, showing all of our character traits.
So proud of you all!
We are incredibly proud to share that three of our talented pupils represented our Engineering Club at the recent Celebration Event in Snaith — and they absolutely blew everyone away with their creativity, teamwork, and technical skills!
As part of the challenge, the children were tasked with testing their engineering builds for both load-bearing strength and their ability to move in a straight line. But the event didn’t stop there — they were also put to the test in a live interview with two employees from Siemens Rail, where they confidently explained their design choices and the reasoning behind their builds.
What happened next was nothing short of amazing…
The judges were so impressed by our pupils’ work — especially the addition of coding in their designs — that they awarded them the top grade, a level never awarded before!
Not only that, but our team secured both 1st and 2nd place, receiving their prizes from none other than Mark Speed, Manager at Siemens Rail in Goole.
