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?
Wowwee … what a fabulous Roman day we’ve had today in LKS2. A huge thank you to everyone who managed to dress up – your costumes looked AMAZINGGG!
Our visitors from Doncaster Heritage were fantastic and so knowledgeable … they held an assembly for us in the morning where we learned so many interesting facts. Did you know … the Romans used cobwebs to treat cuts and scrapes??? Then, children also had a chance to get hands-on with some real Roman artefacts and replicas, as well as asking lots of questions.
To finish the day off, we have enjoyed some Roman-themed arts and crafts alongside the Horrible Histories movie … what an awesome day!
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!
We always have lots of fun in our History club…one of the best things about it is that the children choose the topic every week…not necessarily themes that are normally covered in our curriculum, but subjects in which they are especially interested. However, one of the most popular talking points is World War 2 and the events that were part of it. We spent the first part of club tonight discussing the emotions felt after the announcement of the end of the conflict. We proudly gave the iconic ‘V for Victory’ sign in front of our corridor display tonight. A sign made famous by the then Prime Minister, Winston Churchill as he appeared on the balcony of Buckingham Palace with King George VI, Queen Elizabeth and the Princesses Elizabeth and Margret to commemorate the end of the fighting in Europe.
As well as having the honour to take part in the VE Day 80th anniversary service in Thorne Park last week, we were also graced with a visit from Mr and Mrs Miller of the Royal British Legion this Monday, who came to admire our wonderful corridor display. We had tried to convey the joy of that day so long ago by recreating a street party, and we tried to think about the emotions felt by the British people as they celebrated the end of the conflict in Europe.
Historic, jubilant, commemorative, celebratory, moving, triumphant, and hopeful…all of these feelings and more.
Thankfully, our children’s generation have never had the reason to feel these emotions for this reason…and hopefully learning about them will ensure that they will never have to…
But to everyone who lived through these life changing times….We thank you for your service x
In history today, we researched Rosa Parks using selection of different primary and secondary sources. We learnt all about how she fought for her rights and how her actions resulted in a year long bus boycott!
On this day 80 years ago, thousands of troops from 13 different countries took part in Operation Neptune, otherwise known as D Day. This morning, Green Top children from all year groups learned of the courageous actions of the brave men and women who played a part in the Allied operation that launched the successful defeat of Nazis in occupied Western Europe during World War II. Reception children produced Union Flag bunting, Y1 made the parachutes of the soldiers who were dropped over the enemy lines the previous evening to capture roads and bridges, cutting off the supply lines to the German defences and Y2 created silhouettes of the planes that provided air cover for the invasion and the barrage balloons that protected the Allied troops from air strikes. Years 3 and 4 produced fact files of the key facts of the operation, Y5 wrote thoughtful diary entries from the points of view of soldiers from both sides of the conflict as well as their families, and Y6 created beautiful art work depicting the sacrifices made by the soldiers.
All of this work will be collated into a display in school by the History Club, helping to ensure that we will never forget the heavy price that was paid all those years ago for our freedom.
Black history month and reading week merged beautifully this afternoon in Year 1 as Crew Rodgers and Crew Stone came together at the end of the day to listen to an event in the life of civil rights leader, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. in a powerful and beautifully illustrated book called ‘Let The Children March’ by Monica Clark-Robinson. In 1963 Birmingham, Alabama, thousands of African American children volunteered to march for their civil rights after hearing Dr. King speak. They protested the laws that kept black people separate from white people. Facing fear, hate, and danger, these children used their voices to change the world. How inspirational is that? Our children listened intently to the story and I was so proud of the mature way they discussed the children’s actions and how much they had to say about the injustice of it all.
