Blog by Tag: History

On Friday 9th November, Year 6 visited Clitheroe Castle to learn more about World War 1 and to take part in an act of remembrance. We heard poems written about the Great War and developed some ideas for our own which we wrote later. We also made a poppy wreath and took part in an army drill led by…

Throughout the day we did lots of exciting activities.  We designed and made Roman shields which we then used in our 'battle' at the end of the day; we followed two different recipes to make honey cakes; we made laurel wreaths; learnt about Roman numerals and designed our own Roman Gods and…

Look at our fabulous Roman costumes!

On Friday, year three went to the Museum for a Romans workshop.  Whilst there we met a Roman called Marcus who told us all about life as a Roman soldier. 

Year 4 have been visited by an Egyptologist today. We have learnt lots of interesting facts and even had a go at mummification! 

Year 4 had a fantastic Egyptian day. We made Egyptian bread and played lots of games. We had fun wrapping each other up! 

Year 6 led our Remembrance Assembly today. They recited the poem "For the Fallen", which was written during WW1 by Robert Binyon, who was originally from Lancaster.

When we arrived at Clitheroe Castle, we were met by Sargeant Maddocks, who taught us how to become soldiers. We practised our drill and learnt how to survive in the trenches. We also spent some time reflecting on different people's perspectives on war, including writing some poetry. We finished…