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Year Five have started Remembrance Week off with a bang! We visited Western Approaches HQ in Liverpool, to learn about The Battle of the Atlantic and The Battle of Britain. We saw the famous map room, took a tour of a typical street during the blitz and handled historical artifacts. What an…

This week Year 2 loved learning about Online Safety. We talked about how it is okay to say 'no' when strangers ask for information online. We also looked at ways how we can protect ourselves online which is extremely important in the world we live in! We also talked about what information we can…

Reception have been learning all about Remembrance Day. We watched a beautiful animation, which sees war as experienced by animals. We discussed how the animals felt and learnt all about why we wear poppies, we then created our own hand print poppies and spoke about a time when we have been brave.…

Year 6 have really embraced Remembrance Week! They’ve been learning all about The Holocaust and the impact of this during WWII.

So many great discussions and questions!

#embrace #evolve

Reception have been learning all about the history of bonfire night. They have enjoyed exploring reading and writing through Halloween and Bonfire themed challenges. 

#enjoy #embrace #evolve

Our diddy Delph Siders have been learning about poppies for Remembrance Day to give them a little understanding of history. They have made salt dough poppies to place in their Victory Garden, created remembrance cards to talk about things they remember from their past, and painted Union Jack…

This week, Year 4 have been learning all about The Blutz. First, we learnt about how people would blackout their houses by covering the windows and turning off the lights to confuse German bombers. Then we learnt about how Britain needed to ration food as the German’s were bombing ships with food…

This week, in Year 1 we have been learning all about Remembrance day, WW1 and WW2. We focused specifically on how children were evacuated and sent to live with other families. The children in Y1 packed their suitcases, made their own name tags and headed on their journey. Unfortunately they were…

Some children in The Hangout enjoyed a trip to Parbold Equestrian Centre to take part in a Stable Lives program. It was an amazing experience, the children listened and engaged really well and had the chance to use different brushes to brush the ponies. 

What an amazing day we had at Herd Farm!

After a 2 hour + journey to Leeds, we had a morning immersed in the Stone Age. We visited a Mesolithic Camp, learnt how to build a shelter and got to see many of the artefacts we had learnt about in class. There was even time to be hunter gatherers and…

Year 6 had an amazing time at the Imperial War Museum! They had the opportunity to ask  war veterans questions and their answers were so insightful. It really brought the role of our armed forces to life! #evolve 
 

Year 3 were fully engrossed in learning about D-Day. They started by looking at some photos, watching videos and completing a comprehension to learn about when D-Day was, why it took place and where it happened. Then, the afternoon was all about understanding the sequence of events on that pivotal…