We have seen some amazing Great Fire of London home learning come in this term.
We love seeing and sharing these in class. Well done to everyone who has completed home learning this term.
Home Learning
Category : History
We are Historians.
2P have been History detectives as we explored the events of the Great Fire of London. We pieced together evidence to see if we could work out who or what was to blame for the fire starting and spreading. We discussed the evidence from different sources and concluded that it was the result of several factors, including the weather, Thomas Farriner, the Lord Mayor of London, and the way houses were built. We followed that up by looking at evidence from different artefacts that archaeologists have discovered, along with diary evidence from Samuel Pepys, to work out what we could learn about London in 1666. We are getting really good at identifying the cause and effects of events at the time!
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Family Learning Fun!
What a busy morning! Thank you to all of our parents who joined us this morning to hook your children into their new expedition. Special shout out to Sienna’s mum who helped us to build our Roman centurions. They were much trickier for children’s small fingers to manipulate and build than I had anticipated. Everyone had so much fun and had learnt so much that moans and groans could be heard when it was time to pack away – so we didn’t – we extended the session instead. I hope you had a great day 4H, I know Miss Carter loved her morning with you and I have thoroughly enjoyed the afternoon too!
Mrs Haycock
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Roman expert visitor!
Thank you Claire from Want2B workshops. We had a fantastic experience with you yesterday. Our favourite activity was using the role play shields to march in line as Roman soldiers using the correct Latin terms and stereotypical Roman army formations.
Looking at the genuine Roman artefacts was really interesting. Although, it felt weird to know we were holding buttons from the uniforms of actual Roman soldiers. Building aqueducts was great fun too. This really challenged many of us, so we had to be courageous to give the task a go and resilient when things went a little wrong and our aqueducts collapsed.
Special shout out to Zara who was the first to successfully build her aqueduct! You superstar, well done!
What an amazing day!
Mrs Haycock
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LKS2’s Roman Quest Day
We have had a great day hooking into our new expedition ‘Coming to Doncaster: why then, why now?’
It was lovely to see all the imaginative Roman costumes and I was so proud to watch the crews working together to crack the puzzles and complete the quest. Well done Crew Graves for breaking the code and opening the treasure chest.
Through our Quest Day, we have learnt facts about the Romans in Britain, used our problem solving skills and shown great teamwork and cooperation.
We are excited to continue our learning this term.
Mrs Graves
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Yorkshire Air Museum
Today we visited the Yorkshire Air Museum in Elvington! We had learned a lot about the early advances of flight and we impressed our guides with our previous knowledge! We learned about some local Yorkshire heroes in the aviation industry such as Amy Johnson (our very own Amelia Earhart) and Sir George Cayley. We have seen and sat on some very cool planes.
Should the pits be closed?
Today, we learned about the miners strike of 1984-5 and debated the reasons for and against the pits being closed.
We learned about the impact of the strike action on families and the steadfast resistance that was presented from Thatcher’s government.
Children were provided a ‘side’ of the debate – that of Thatcher and the National Coal Board vs that of Arthur Scargill and the National Union of Miners.
It was great to see the children articulate both sides of the argument so clearly and build on their knowledge that there always two (or more!) sides to a debate.
Year 5 are on strike!
(Not really!)
Today, Year 5 learnt about the reasons workforces take strike action, what happens on a picket line and why it can be a difficult decision for employees to work without pay when they feel their rewards or conditions are unacceptable.
The children were challenged to consider a reason they might want to strike then take part in a peaceful demonstration and picket to illicit support for their cause. Well done all!
Year 5 Family Learning at Markham Main (Armthorpe)
Year 5 showed great determination on this afternoon’s hike from school to the historic Markham Main (Armthorpe) colliery pit top. We ventured through the woods and were pleased to find the now defunct spoil tips had been made into a beautiful nature reserve for the public of Doncaster to enjoy. We explored onward to the new housing estate where we discovered the monument and stones marking the two mine shafts, also being surprised to learn that the nearby street names were named after those who had lost their lives underground.
We spent some time to reflect on the miners’ of Doncaster hard work through the years, working on our sketching skills by drawing the monuments.
Next, we ventured up high to the very top of the area, resting around the cairn to complete some beautiful sketching of the panoramic views of the city.
It was a long walk and we were very impressed at the resilience and engagement shown from everyone.
A huge thank you, also, to the family members who attended to help make this a really special learning opportunity out in the field.
Well done everybody!
Year 5 Crew
Our Mining Expert
Today, Years 5 and 6 were visited by Rob, a local expert in mining with over forty years’ experience in the industry. We felt truly immersed in the life of a miner in Doncaster as he answered all the children’s brilliant questions and showed us through the range of artefacts he had gathered over his exciting career. It was great how he and the children made connections between our recent visit to Caphouse colliery and the vast number of coal mines in our home city of Doncaster.
This experience really helped to tee up our afternoon of family learning, keep an eye out for the next blog!
