As part of our History learning journey The Great Fire of London we have been thinking about how the fire spread so auickly and why it lasted for so long. This week, the children made models of houses in 1666, and houses we see now. They used Lego for bricks, Read more…
In History, we had a debate! We looked at the statement, “The Stone Age man was just a simple hunter gatherer only interested in food” and split into a proposition team (for) and an opposition team (against). We had to argue our point that the statement was either true or Read more…
In history this term we are learning all about The Great fire of London. So far we have looked at when and where the Great Fire of London started, compared old and modern London and sequenced the events using a story map. This week we have been focusing on why Read more…
Thank you to everyone who brought pictures in for our History topic ‘Ourselves’. The children really enjoyed looking at the photos from when they were younger. Sharing the photos allowed us to find out more about each other. We have added them to our display showing the timeline of our Read more…
During history this half term, Class 7 have continued to learn about pre-historic Britain dating from the Stone Age to the Iron Age. As written history only developed 5,000 years ago, much of what is known to have happened 3.5 million years ago during the Stone Age is a result Read more…
Year 6 designed poppies for Remembrance day and thought of a touching message to send their thoughts to everyone affected in the war. Due to their efforts, we had a visit from War Veterans who brought the child chocolates and a gift voucher to school. They also sent a fantastic Read more…
As part of our History topic and for Remembrance day, Year 6 created a piece of World War One Art. Children designed a unique backdrop using powder paints and sketched silhouette soldiers to contrast the colours. They then used a range of resources to create poppies including felt, paper, wool Read more…
The community of Heywood gathered this morning to remember those who had lost their lives at war in an effort to secure our futures. They will not be forgotten by Harwood Park or the wider community. They shall not grow old, as we that are left grow old. Age shall Read more…
The children have been learning all about Diwali; the festival of light. They listened to the story of Rama and Sita and made diya lamps from clay and sequins, decorated mehndi patterns and rangoli patterns using coloured sand. Then they learnt the story of Guy Fawkes and listened to how Read more…
This week in Class 9, we have been learning about Remembrance Day ahead of next Monday’s commemorations. We watched a video by PoppyScotland about how and why we mark Remembrance Day and why we wear poppies. Then, we coded short animations to explain what we had learnt. We had to Read more…