News: History

Hi all. As you know we had a trip to the Roman Museum yesterday and we had a wonderful time. We got to try on Roman armour and the children loved it.

Year 4 have arrived safely at Ribchester Museum and are listening to the historian Patrick. We’re picking up lots of knowledge that we will make sticky over the next few weeks.

Here are some of the artefacts we have seen on our trip so far this morning. Grown ups at home, please ask about these to help make our knowledge sticky.

Year 2 History Show Its - 08.11.24

We have been learning about Bonfire Night today. We tried some Parkin at snack time.

Yesterday we were archaeologists! We investigated Stone Age poo. We measured it, described it, and took it apart to work out what foods were eaten in the past! We had a lot of fun, even though some of us found it disgusting.

We are celebrating Black History Month this week through our story times.

Today marks the beginning of Black History Month

We have had a great morning and mostly managed to miss the weather. We are about to start our session which is about dragons. We will post more pictures on our return.

Our day at Clitheroe Castle was fantastic. I hope the children have told you about everything they got up to. The children all behaved well and I know will have learnt lots although the lady was impressed with the knowledge they already had.

We have been learning about Ancient Greece. Today we created out our Agora which means market. We became Athenian citizens going about our days. Ask us about our roles.

Yesterday we were learning that the Stone Age lasted for approximately 3.4 billion years! We went outside with our base 10 to help us understand how long ago this actually was. The children were amazed! They had a great time exploring the concept of time.

Our History topic this term is The History of Mill Hill.

What a wonderful day at Liverpool World Museum! We began with an Ancient Greek workshop. Then we experienced a Brilliant Bugs lesson. The day continued with a dinosaur and evolution walk and an exploration of the aquarium.

Today, Mrs Greenwood shared an amazing piece of family history with us! Did you know her Great Grandad James Whitehead, actually played football for England?

We are on our way to the beach and circus! We are SO excited!!

We loved the circus!!

Enjoying our lunch!

Ice cream!

We had the best day ever!! Year 2 had exceptional behaviour. We went to the circus, the beach, went on the pier and had an ice cream.

This afternoon was our VR workshop about the Maya civilisation. It was amazing! Ask us about it :)

En route to Blackburn Cathedral

Our morning so far. Learning all about ascension and Pentecost.

Thank you to Katie and David from The Canal and River Trust

In History, we are focusing on Canals and Railways. This afternoon, we examined old photos of the nearby canal and surrounding area and then took a local walk to see how it has changed over time. Ask your children what they found out.

In History, our new topic is The Great Fire of London. We explored images from this event and discussed how the fire may have started. We also had a chance to look at some resources sent by Blackburn fire station. We had lots of fun!

How did trade get global? We have been researching globalisation and how it developed over time.

This afternoon we started our new history topic 'Ancient Egypt'. We have been fact hunting around our classroom. Ask us what we have found out.

Analysing evidence in history.

Reception- Black History Month:

Reception have been learning about Jack Leslie and Demi Stokes. We have also been enjoying lots of books that celebrate diversity.

Year 6 World War 2 visit to Blackburn Museum

This week Year 6 visited Blackburn Museum to learn about how Blackburn was impacted by World War 2. We were able to look at many artefacts and use a wide range of sources to enhance our understanding about the Homefront in Blackburn.

Holocaust Memorial Day

Live interview with author Tom Palmer and Holocaust survivor Harry Olmer.