Children from our Nursery had a fantastic time celebrating VE day with their families!
Last week our Year 3 children completed lots of research at home to learn all about VE Day and what this day means to Britain. They wrote poems and designed posters to share their pride in our country and honour the men and women of WW2.
They even made fabulous decorations to help celebrate the 75th anniversary of VE Day on Friday. We are sad that we could not celebrate this important day together in school but we love seeing all your hard work at home! Thank you to everyone who has shared their fantastic work with us, it really does put a big smile on our faces to see it!
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Our Reception children had lots of fun celebrating the 75th anniversary of VE Day. They worked hard making their own decorations and had a picnic with their families.
On Thursday, the children from Nursery and Reception learned all about VE day. They made special decorations and flags.
Friday the 8th of May is the 75th Anniversary of the end of World War 2 in Europe.
To celebrate, the staff wanted to send a message to both celebrate this event and send a message to the children in the current situation, set to the classic song “We’ll Meet Again” by Vera Lynn.
So sit back, and enjoy!
We are all living through history, right now. Yesterday’s challenge was to make a time capsule to capture this moment and make something that will remind the children of this strange time.
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All of our local museums have added fantastic content to their websites to support home learning. We’d love to see what you have been doing at home!
https://greatnorthmuseum.org.uk/learning
https://discoverymuseum.org.uk/learning
https://segedunumromanfort.org.uk/learning
https://southshieldsmuseum.org.uk/learning
The Royal Armouries have fantastic home learning resources on their website on many different topics including the Romans, Greeks, Vikings and Saxons. This links to topics taught at Harton in Year 3, 4 and 5. It is well worth a look!
https://royalarmouries.org/royal-armouries-from-home/
The 4Schools team at Durham University have been hard at work developing new resources for teachers and pupils alike. From Ancient Egyptian board games, to Ancient Greek plays. From a Norman architecture guide to a pack unearthing the mystery of the skeletons buried beneath a cafe! To find out more please visit the online resources section at:
https://www.dur.ac.uk/4schools/learningonline/primaryonline/
| This week we will have a History focus leading up to a very special celebration on Friday. Britain will be commemorating the 75th anniversary of VE Day when the guns fell silent at the end of war in Europe. You could undertake some research to find all about VE day and creative to present what learn. Maybe you could draw a significant event. You may want to create an information booklet or a poster!
Why not make your own Great British Bunting to display in your window at home? The link below has some great ideas and a template to help! https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/articles/4TrqYDyf4PMdLypxzyTwGDg/great-british-bunting Here are some further useful links with resources you might like to use: This is the official VE Day website, there is lots of information on here and resources that you can download: This website has learning resources tailored to KS1 and KS2, including a video lesson: |
ARTventurers have created a free Festival pack so that people can make their own VE decorations and props in time for the anniversary on May 8.
Poppy Scotland have some online learning resources that could be used for home learning. Download the pack here:
VE day clip on BBC teach:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/teach/class-clips-video/history-ks2-ve-day/z7xtmfr
Some free downloadable resources from Primary Treasure Chest:
