During the Autumn term, Year Four were given a design brief to create a small cushion for a passenger of the Titanic; students had to first look at designs relevant to the 1910s era, then create their own design using no more than four colours. From there, children first practised sewing using hessian strips, [...]
This half-term, Year Four have been looking at Food & Nutrition within their Design Technology lessons. We undertook a series of activities before creating our Ancient Egyptian feast, which included: food tasting as market research, using laptops to uncover common foods eaten in Ancient Egypt, and researching an Ancient Egyptian honey-cakes recipe. It was [...]
Well done to all the children and parents who have been busy learning at home. It was lovely to see their work on Class Dojo and how hard they have been working during their lockdown period. Here is a selection of some of their work and activities they have been doing. Thank you to [...]
Year 5 pupils recently visited York Castle Museum to deepen their knowledge about Crime and Punishment during the Victorian Period. They made links to past learning, drawing on their knowledge of crime and punishment during other periods in history. Our children enjoyed investigating the Castle Jail and discovered just how harsh the conditions were [...]
The children in Year 3 have been visiting Murton Park this week, learning to live like Stone Age Man. They have been taught how to hunt and forage for their food. Tend their crops and protect their tribe from outsiders. They created their own thumb pots and practised their art work. All the children [...]
On Monday we had a visit from Mrs Singh who held an assembly on Hinduism. She asked the children questions to find out what they knew about religions and beliefs and then explained about Hinduism, how old it is, where it originates and the gods that they believe in. After the assembly the children [...]
On Thursday 28th and Friday 29th of November, Year Four attended a Roman experience day at Murton Park, York. While there, they took part in a variety of activities, from writing in Latin, to creating Roman oil lamps. In the afternoon, they took part in Roman weapons training, applying tactics they have learnt about [...]
Today we have had some visitors to school as part of our careers initiative. We had separate assemblies for all the year groups and the children had to try and identify the jobs that our guests do by asking closed questions with only a yes/no answer. The children did very well and managed to [...]
Pupils from Year 6 visited The Priory Church yesterday as part of their History lesson on The Great Gale. The children learnt about the devastating storm of 1871 where many local people lost their lives. They visited the monument erected in honour of some of those people at The Priory Church and heard about [...]
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