Black History Month in Year 3

We’ve learned an awful lot about Black History this month – the origins of Black History Month, why it is so important, what it means for us all as citizens of the world and how we can learn from lessons of the past. Together with Year 4, we have focused on Black sportspeople and their […]

More Chats with Ghana in Year 2

This afternoon we shared our Alma Thomas mosaics as part of our Black History celebrations. Some children also read out their Louis Armstrong inspired poems. In return our link teacher, Ms Donkor, told us an Anansi tale and the children sang a song.

The Empire Windrush

This week, as part of our Black History Month celebrations, Year 5 have been learning about The Empire Windrush. We discussed why people may have moved from the Caribbean to the UK after WW2 and talked about some of the difficulties as well as the positives. As part of our learning, we read a poem […]

Year 6: WW2 Talk with the Darby & Joan Club

Year 6 visited Kingswood Halls this afternoon to talk to members of the Darby & Joan Club. We asked them questions about growing up in the war and heard about stories and memories of the past.

A visit from a fire engine

Year 1 were very excited to discover that Blue Watch from Lee Green fire station had brought their fire engine along for us to see today. The children all got a chance to spray a hose and climb in the fire engine, as well as see some of the equipment that the fire fighters have […]

Bread Making in Year 2

We have had such a fun time pretending to be Thomas Farriner this morning in Year 2. Everybody worked very hard and learned about the key ingredients needed for making bread. We also now know the verbs kneading and proving! Luckily, the fruits of our labour in bags ready to share with families after school.

Year 5 & 6 Anderson Shelters

After learning about the importance of bomb shelters during WW2, the children were set the task to create their own versions using a range of materials. They worked in pairs to plan and make model shelters and evaluated the structural successes and failures throughout the project so they could learn different techniques from one another. […]

Naum Gabo Part 2 in Year 2

Year 2 made 3D sculptures of famous figures from the Great Fire of London using recycled materials. Thank you for your contributions!

Year 6: WW2 Newspapers

Inspired by our recent learning about WW2, we decided to create our own newspapers based on the events directly after Black Saturday (the first night of the Blitz). We learnt a range of ICT skills, shortcuts and word processing tricks.

Gruesome Justice – Anglo-Saxon and Viking style

We spent this afternoon learning about Anglo-Saxon and Viking Laws and Justice. We found out that courts and trial by jury were used by the Anglo-Saxons, fines by both Vikings and Anglo-Saxons and that we are very glad that punishments have moved on from ordeals and being outlawed! We calculated how much we’d have to […]