13 Jul

Designing a pyramid

Year 3 take their sewing to a new level as they create scenes of ancient Egypt.

6 Jul

Year 3 Egyptians

We don't use hieroglyphics anymore , but we have produced some wonderful factual writing about the Ancient Egyptians. Now where did I put that papyrus paper?

27 Jun

Walk like an Egyptian

As part of learning about the Egyptians

we are designing scrolls.

19 Jun

Year 3 History

Who is the mummy?

 

Year 3 have been learning about mummification in history.

18 May

Mastering Advanced Google Searches: A Journey of Discovery for Year 5

Year 5 recently embarked on a journey to master advanced Google searches using keywords and explore the wonders of Boolean operators. This newfound knowledge proved to be invaluable, especially when conducting research on the remarkable explorer, Ernest Shackleton. 

Year 5 learned that…

23 Apr

Year 1 History and Science

In Year 1 Science we have been looking at plants in our school grounds. We are beginning to name the different plants and use a checklist to find out which plants we have in our school gardens. In History we have been finding out about the plant explorer George Forrest who was born in 1873. He…

13 Feb

The Romans Learning Logs

Another set of outstanding Learning Logs.

 

This Learning Log focussed on extending our learning of 'The Romans'.  Children have baked biscuits and cheesecakes, moulded silver coins and made 3D shields, swords and even constructed a 3 Colosseum structure.

Great home learning, Year…

7 Feb

Year 5 - The Dark Ages - Norton Priory Visit

Year 5 had a great day visiting Norton Priory and growing their knowledge of the Anglo-Saxons.

The class had the opportunity to be archaeologists excavating to find ancient remains from the area, trying to work out what they were and used for. They then had the chance to work out what the names…

7 Feb

Archaeology and the Stone Age

Year 3 had a wonderful day at Norton Priory learning how archaeologists find out about the past.

We also learnt some Stone Age skills such as how to make fire and cook woolly mammoths (or marshmallows in our case) around an open fire. 

31 Jan

Spot the Difference

Children have been playing 'Spot the Difference'. 

Can you spot any similarities and differences between Roman Chester (Deva) 2000years ago and Chester now?