Maps, charts and globes for Year 4 at the PPMMCC

Year 4 visited the Prince Philip Maritime Museum Collections Centre on Tuesday, to learn about maps, charts and globes. This is the storage and conservation facility for the National Maritime Museum and is a state-of-the-art facility containing well over a million artefacts. We looked at a 600-year-old vellum chart, a 400-year-old globe and the first […]

Y3 investigates skaRa brAe

Year 3 have been busy historians investigating maps, artefacts and the location of Skara Brae. We have been able to find out lots about how Neolithic people may have lived from just a few pictures.

Year 6 at the Golden Hinde

We had a great day visiting the Golden Hinde to supplement our history learning. Having learned about Queen Elizabeth I and Sir Francis Drake it was interesting to learn more about his special task and what life was like aboard one of his vessels. We experienced what being a sailor/pirate on the Golden Hinde during […]

Year 4 visit Creekside Discovery Centre

Year 4 had a fantastic trip to Creekside Discovery Centre last Tuesday, on a glorious, sunny day. We spent some time in the classroom, learning about the history of Deptford Creek and showing off our Geography knowledge (cue a VERY proud teacher) before donning our waders and waterproofs and getting into the creek itself. We […]

History in lks2

Who knew that ancient civilisations loved music? Historians do and now Year 3 and 4 do. We also learnt about who invented writing, what they used to write on and how historians know all of this information!

Hunting for history clues in the sunshine.

Year 2 enjoyed a history hunt today looking for clues about two significant people- Christopher Columbus and Mae Jemison. The children worked in teams of three to find a number of colour coded clues. They then had to share their clues, work out which was linked to which significant person and discuss with the rest […]

Lee then and now

This half term, Year 6 have been learning about local history. Today we looked at maps from the 1800s, showing how railway changed Lee dramatically. It was great to be able to zoom in on the iPads to really explore the maps. We found the old school (National School) and discovered that there was also […]

Movers and shakers: significant artists.

Today year 2 dived into art history and discovered the lives and work of two significant artists who contributed to changing the story of art across the centuries and decades. The children were full of admiration and empathy for Vincent Van Gogh and Augusta Savage both of whom struggled for recognition and contentment in their […]

Year 6 -History Detectives

We’ve really been enjoying learning about our local area for our new History Topic- Lee then and now! Thanks to Rev. Tim and Amie, we are able to go up to the church and look for evidence about who used to live in Lee and when. We were lucky enough to be allowed into the […]

Technology in Ancient Civilisations

LKS2 made connections between the technology of the Ancient Sumerians, Shang Dynasty and the Indus Valley Civilisation this afternoon. We identified what artefacts can tell us about the technology of Ancient Civilisations and the children came up with some superb ideas such as: if there was communication between different civilisations; how skilled they were; what […]