Blog by Tag: History

Today we have been learning to dance to traditional Lancashire music played on a fiddle. 

We have started out new topic - The Magnificent Maya!  Today we thought about what we already know about the Maya.  We came up with lots of enquiry questions that we want to find out about during our topic.  

As historians, we know we need to use evidence to find out about the past.  We used…

In Y6 this week, we have become increasingly passionate about our Autumn term History topic: World War 1! After reading more of our class book in English (Stay Where You Are and Then Leave), we have become invested in the lives of Alfie Somerfield and his family, which as a result has developed…

Just a few of the fabulous pictures we created inspired by the events of the Great Fire of London.

Today we created a 3D picture of the Great Fire of London.  First we did a detailed pencil sketch using pictures of Ludgate and St Paul’s Cathedral to inspire us.  Then we created flames using coloured tissue and crepe paper and card.  Finally we combined the two to create these fabulous…

To round off our work on the Mayans, Year 6 practised their clay skills, working with sculpting tools as well as learning how to create a coil pot. over two weeks, we made Mayan tiles, steles and pots. 

Year 4 had a super Egyptian day. The children had the chance to dress up and the costumes were fabulous. During the day, we made Egyptian bread, played games, completed a quiz and made pyramids. We also wrote our names in hieroglyphics and completed some Egyptian…

We have been looking at chronology and placing key periods of history into the correct order.

Today we had a historian from the museum service who taught us all about Maya artefacts.  We got to handle and discuss the objects and tried to work out what they were, what they were used for and what they taught us about the Maya people. 

Year 6 have been working hard throughout the Autumn term, learning about World War 1 in History sessions. To tie into this learning, we have started the new term by focusing on WW1 poetry in Literacy. We have read For the Fallen by Laurence Binyon, and looked carefully at its meaning and how it…

Year 6 have been working hard throughout the Autumn term when learning about World War 1 In History sessions. To tie into this learning, we have started the new term by focusing on WW1 poetry in Literacy. We have read For the Fallen by Laurence Binyon, and looked carefully at its meaning and how…

On Friday afternoon. "Professor Tuesday" came to visit Y6 to tell us all about the Mayan civilisation of Central America. This included making a human timeline and handling lots of artefacts.