History

Beamish Working Museum

Beamish Working Museum

We had an excellent time at Beamish Working Museum, seeing how people lived in the past and the types of toys they played with. We were able to play with and make different toys that our grandparents may have played with and we compared them to the types of toys we...

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KS1 Trip to Beamish

KS1 Trip to Beamish

We visited Beamish Museum today and took part in a workshop that gave us the opportunity to learn about toys of the past. We even got to play some of the games! We also enjoyed exploring the houses and schools and comparing them to life as we know it today.

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Toys from the past

Toys from the past

This week we have enjoyed learning about toys from the past. We received a Box of Delight from the Discovery Museum which was filled with 20th century toys and we thoroughly enjoyed finding out what was inside. We found out lots of facts about the toys and then we...

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Timeline of our lives

Timeline of our lives

We worked hard to order different events in our lives, thinking about what happened the longest time ago, and what we remember happening more recently.

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Tudor houses

Tudor houses

This half term, we have been learning about the Great Fire of London in our History lessons. We learned that many houses were made of wood which led to the fire spreading so quickly. In Design Technology, we then researched the design, structure and materials that...

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Queen’s Platinum Jubilee Celebrations

Queen’s Platinum Jubilee Celebrations

The children in nursery have had a lovely week learning all about the Queen and celebrating the platinum jubilee. We have decorated crowns for our own parade, decorated flags and bunting for our classroom and made some delicious cakes for our Jubilee celebration with...

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Happy Platinum Jubilee Her Majesty

Happy Platinum Jubilee Her Majesty

This week we made cards for the Queen, explored money in Maths and learnt all about the United Kingdom including using the colours of our flag in baking cakes. To celebrate such a monumental event in British History we learnt a song about the Queens likes and jobs.  

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Lady of the Lamp

Lady of the Lamp

In our History lessons this half term, we have enjoyed learning about Florence Nightingale and why she is still remembered today. We have taken part in hot seating activities where we answered questions in the role of the Lady of the Lamp. We have also researched...

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