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...
History
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.
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...
What can we discover about the Stone Age?
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.
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...
What have we learned about the Anglo Saxons?
We had the best time remembering all we had learned about the Anglo Saxons and Vikings at Bede hall. What a great time we had even in the heat!
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...
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.
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...











