Year 3 get stitching!

22nd September 2023C Whitehead

Our D.T project for this half term is to create a Stone Age pouch. We have been learning that in the Stone Age, people made clothing by hunting animals and then using their coat/fur for clothing. We were amazed to learn that near the end of the Stone Age, the needle and thread were invented. They would make pouches and bags to carry tools and even decorate them with animal bones!

We started our project by undertaking research around a famous designer called Rachel Boston. She uses the Stone Age to inspire some of her designs.

This week, we looked at examples of running stitch, overstitch and cross stitch. We discussed the pros and cons of each type of stitching and what would be best for each part of our Stone Age pouch.  As our main task, we practised the running stitch and cross stitch, it was so much fun!

 

Year 3 think like Hunter-Gathers

22nd September 2023C Whitehead

In year 3, we have been learning all about a time called Prehistory. This was a time before there was any written records! In the middle Stone Age (Mesolithic period) hunter-gatherers lived in Britain. They moved from place to place to find food and shelter. They had to constantly move around to where food was at different times of the year.

We imagined that we had been transported back millions of years to this time. We couldn’t go to the shops, so we had to think like hunter-gathers in order to survive! We explored our school grounds to look out for any assets that could help us. We had to be really quiet so we didn’t scare the animals. We spotted birds, berries and even mushrooms! When we got back to class, we had a big discussion around what things we thought would be a threat and what would be an asset!

The Great Fire of Newcastle and Gateshead

13th July 2023Rachel Wright

In history, we have learned all about The Great Fire of London which happened in 1666 but did you know there was also a great fire closer to home?

The Great Fire of Newcastle and Gateshead started on the 6th of October 1854 on Gateshead quayside and then spread to Newcastle quayside after a factory exploded sending burning debris over the River Tyne!

First, we investigated sources and artefacts from The Discovery Museum to discover what life was like in Victorian Newcastle and thought about how it was different to present day Newcastle.

Then, we heard how the fire started, spread and how it affected the people of Newcastle and Gateshead. We used different artefacts to role play the story to help us remember all of the important information then we wrote a recount.

We love being history detectives and finding out about the past!

 

 

Year 2 history detectives!

16th June 2023Rachel Wright

We are learning about The Great Fire of London which is a significant event in history. Today, we were history detectives and looked at different historical sources to find clues about the fire. We used paintings, sketches, maps and diary entries from the time to find out where, when and how the fire started and then wrote a summary of what we had discovered. We did a great job and found out lots about this key event from the past.

Northern Saints – Year 5

13th June 2023A Dawson

Last week, Year-5 had a visit from Elizabeth the RE Storyteller to tell us all about our current topic, ‘The Northern Saints’. The children had a lot of fun learning about  Aidan, Bede, Cuthbert, Hild and Oswald. It was interesting to learn how the Northern Saints helped shape our local region despite dating all the way back to Anglo-Saxon times.

Mayan reports

7th June 2023D Fawkes

In Year 5 the children have been using their knowledge of the Mayans to write reports in English.

The children have used their research and a range of layout devices such as headings, subheadings, bullet points, images and captions to compose some very informative reports.

The children are also going to use their non-chronological reports to help them to script and record their own podcasts all about the Mayans!

Stay tuned….

 

Votes for Women

19th May 2023D Fawkes

This half term, Year 6 are learning all about ‘The Changing Role of Women’. This week we have learned all about the suffragette movement. The children identified reasons for and against the suffragette movement and examined photographic sources then moved on to watching a re-enactment of one of Emmeline Pankhurst’s famous speeches from 1912 which inspired them to write their own persuasive speech, in role, as though they were a suffragette and a member of the WSPU (Women’s Social and Political Union). Some children wanted to read theirs aloud to the rest of the class.

Have a look at some of their fantastic writing!

 

Week 7- History Club

12th May 2023L Moore

This week in History club, we talked about the River Tyne and discovered why it has been significant over time. We found out about shipbuilding on Tyneside and the Jarrow Crusade. We listened to the ‘Last Ship’ by Sting and then made our ships!