Our topic in History this term has been ‘Black and British’. In this lesson, we placed significant events that have happened to black people in Britain over the last 60 years in chronological order and discussed the significance of these events to modern Britain today....
This week, we have continued with our WW2 topic and explored the various types of air raid shelters that were used during the Blitz in 1940. We also designed our own air shelters, using a design specification to ensure it met all the requirements....
Year 1 have been learning all about Bessie Coleman, a famous female African-American pilot from the past. We found out that she moved to France to attend Flight School. We talked about why she needed to do that and learned all about our neighbouring country...
On Tuesday, Year 5 went on a trip to the Transport Museum. We took part in workshop to enhance our learning of the Windrush Generation, which we have been learning about in our humanities lessons!...
As part of our history topic on WW2, we have been learning about Hitlers plan to achieve Lebensraum and how that triggered one of the largest wars known today....
Year 1 had a fantastic day at the Young V&A! We particularly enjoyed the giant magnetic marble run as there seemed to be endless possible arrangements. The giant building blocks were also hit and we loved building towers to topple and tunnels to burrow through!...
Year 6 visited the Black Cultural Archives which is in the Windrush Square in Brixton. We have been learning about black British history in our humanities lessons and this experience helped us to learn about the Victorian era for black Britons. During our trip, we...
Year 2 visited the Young V&A museum this week, where young minds become encouraged to explore the themes of childhood past and present and develop an appreciation of creative design through the inspirational collections. Year 2 loved looking at toys and creations from history and...
As part of our science curriculum on rocks, soil, and fossils, Year 3 had the fantastic opportunity to visit the Natural History Museum. During their visit, they participated in an engaging workshop where they learned about the significance of fossils. Acting as palaeontologists, the students...
Year 2 visited the Hackney Town Hall to learn about Hackney’s history linked to their Geography unit. The children went on a tour around the town hall and listened to councillor Ian Rathbone talk about all the hard work that happens in Hackney and what...