Category Archives: History

Year 2 Castle Finale!

Sewing in a medieval style

To mark the end of our Castle, Knights and Dragons topic, Year 2 celebrated with a Castle themed day. The children cameRead the Rest »

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Year 2 visit Christchurch Castle!

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To start our ‘Castle’ topic off with a bang, Year 2 were lucky enough to visit our local castle! We walked all the wayRead the Rest »

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Mummy Mayhem!

The mummies were a little scary looking!

On Friday 14th February, Year 3 travelled by coach to Dorchester museum to see the very exciting Tutankhamun exhibition!

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Year 2 trip to Christchurch

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Last Friday Year 2 had a wonderful trip into Christchurch as part of our ‘Christchurch’ topic this half term. We were allRead the Rest »

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Electricity day Year 6

Human circuit!

As part of our Victorian topic,we spent an exciting day researching all about electricity and putting our skills and knowledge to practicalRead the Rest »

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Guy Fawkes Day

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In year one we are learning about Guy Fawkes and the Gun Powder Plot. We had a special day on the 5thRead the Rest »

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Our Great Fire of London Workshop

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On Monday 15th October Mr Stone came into school and carried out a drama workshop where Year 2 acted out The Great Fire of London!Read the Rest »

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Great Fire Of London

Putting the fire on using 'leather buckets' of water

Year Two’s first topic of the year is The Great Fire of London! The children have been reading Samuel Pepys’ diary andRead the Rest »

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Leeson House Trip Departs!

Carrying baggage to the coach!

It is a busy week for the pupils and staff in Key Stage 2!  Year 4 leave for Leeson House today andRead the Rest »

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Opals’ Class Assembly

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On Wednesday 9th May Opals produced a fantastic class assembly about the discovery of Tutankhamun’s tomb by Howard Carter and his excavation group.  Read the Rest »

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Shhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!

Our officer being blindfolded. Can we sneak past him?

If you were to go down to the Drama room last week you would have discovered lots of illegal activity! As ourRead the Rest »

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The Day We Met Henry VIII

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Today, courtesy of Dr Who, Year 3 met Henry VIII! We were whisked through a time vortex by Dr Who and Amy toRead the Rest »

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