Each week we love our forest sessions. We explore the principle of plan-do-review where we decide what we are going to do and write a list of equipment we need to help us to prepare for our session.
Forest friends
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History
Chronology- what was happening in Britain when the Angles and Saxons arrived?
To get to grips with chronology of when the Angles and Saxons arrived in Britain. We used our main class timeline to place when they arrived among other historical events that we have already studied. The children then worked on their own timelines of events around...
What a busy week!
Planting seeds, car washing, super writing and making our own volcanoes are just some of the jobs we have been doing this week.
Heated debate!
Year 6 have been learning about what the Ancient Greek philosophers were famous for. We discussed Greek statues and questions philosophy considered. Year 6 then had their own philosophical debate and discussed questions such as; 'can kindness change the world?' and...
Ancient Greek Enquiry
In history, children have been asking their own questions and drawing their own conclusions. Children have conducted research using reliable sources and then formatted their findings into fantastic information texts. Children we not only fantastic at researching a...
What legacy did the Ancient Egyptians leave? Can we rank them?
What can artefacts teach me about the Egyptians?
4B have been very fortunate to borrow a box of ancient Egyptian artefacts from the Oriental Museum in Durham, so we spent an afternoon exploring the artefacts and asking questions about their use. When we’d all had a good look, we decided to do some research to find...
When did the Ancient Egyptian Empire end and why?
Changes in Technology
In History this half term, we have been enjoying learning about the changes in jobs and technology over the last 60 years. We asked our family members questions about the changes that they have experienced in their lifetime and found out lots of information that we...
Ask the Egyptian Experts
Today we had a virtual museum experience with the Durham Museum. The children learned how to investigate artefacts, write hieroglyphics and they saw a real live mummy. I was really impressed with the knowledge the children were able to show for our expert too. Well...