Burning cardboard houses in Year 2 has become an annual event. In class the children have been learning about The Great Fires of London and Gateshead, during these lessons they have built their own street of houses using cardboard, paper, sticks and straw. They learned how the fire ripped through th
Today, on the eleventh day of the eleventh month of 2023 our school’s head boy and head girl attended Low Fell’s Remembrance Service which was held at The Boer War Memorial. The Mayor of Gateshead, community members and children from schools in our area attended the service to pay their respects
In Reception, we have had a great time talking about Bonfire Night. First, we were keen to share our experiences of fireworks events with some children showing us videos and photos they had taken with their families on Bonfire Night. During the week we then took part in a variety of bonfire inspir
Yesterday, Year Two visited St Mary’s Heritage Centre in Gateshead. This was linked to their History topic – The Great Fire of Gateshead. To begin, the children learned about the building they were visiting. Just from looking around, the children quickly identified that the building used be a church
Today, the children in Year 3 enjoyed an amazing visit to the Great North Museum. They spent some time in the Egyptian gallery looking at the exhibits about Egyptian life and in particular the Afterlife section. Here they explored mummified people and were fascinated by the two women, Bakt en Ho
As Year 4 had a historian in school this week to teach them about Anglo Saxon and Viking battles, Miss Rowe thought they might like to try their hand at some mock battling before their Forest School session started. During the session, they had a clear grasp of battle formations, organised themsel
Over the last couple of weeks, we have been studying the history part of our topic focusing on World War Two. To begin our learning, the children considered the causes of the war and were surprised to learn that there were several different causes not just Hitler and Germany. After this, the childre
Over the past two weeks, the children have been exploring the Ancient Egyptians and learning about some of the advances they made. First, we started with an introduction to the Ancient Egyptians and the children became archaeologists and studied different artefacts and images to piece together who t
This week, Year 4 enjoyed a workshop with Bjorn, our visiting Viking, during which we learned about their weaponry, battle formations, how they debated and made decisions and also about some artefacts and traditional Viking games. Over the day, the children had the opportunity to hear about the Viki
Everyone in Year One enjoyed our history lessons this week during which they have been learning about Mary Anning, the first person in England to excavate dinosaur fossils. They firstly listened to the story ‘Dinosaur Lady’. They then became artists and drew a detailed portrait of Mary Anning.
