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This week Team CH travelled back in time to the Crimean War of 1853. They listened carefully to the story of how Mary, born in Jamaica on the 23rd November wanted to help treat wounded soldiers there but was turned away due to the colour of her skin. Mary saved up her own money to be able to travel there and opened her 'British Hotel' - a hospital for the soldiers of the war. Mary even travelled where the fighting was happening to treat soldiers under fire. Mary Seacole was awarded military medals for her service during the war. After listening to the story of Mary Seacole the children began to act out the key events from the story. They used this as an opportunity to develop their Oracy skills and use key vocabulary such as, equality, female, male, past, present, Jamaica, Britain.
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During their PSHE lesson today, and in preparation for the Autumn school holiday, Team LF focussed on the history of Bonfire Night and why it is celebrated within the UK. They discussed who Guy Fawkes was and how his Gunpowder Plot in 1605 failed to blow up the Houses of Parliament in London.
They then looked at the importance of being safe on Bonfire Night and discussed what they can do in order to keep themselves and others safe. As part of our history topic, a very excited Team AC visited Barnsley Museum to find out about the similarities and differences between the Stone Age, Bronze Age and Iron Age. The children were able to find out answers to our key questions through hands on experiences and workshops. They had many questions and were able to talk about their day by means of a recount. Children learned new vocabulary to help with their understanding and could see how ‘The Stone and Metal Ages’ followed chronologically. The children also had chance to explore the other historical eras throughout the museum and see how Barnsley had changed throughout history. They enjoyed finding out about Barnsley’s rich mining history and how children as young as eight would be sent down the mines through small, dark tunnels in very dangerous conditions. They linked this to the life of children in the bronze age, who had to collect the copper from the mines. The children had a very interesting and informative day to extend their understanding of life through history. This week Team CH have been celebrating the life of Rosa Parks. They recognised Rosa Parks as a significant person from history and revisited her story of how she helped change the rules, and the lives of so many people.
Prior to introducing Rosa Parks, we introduced the story 'Tusk Tusk' Written by David McKee - Once elephants came in two colours: black or white. They loved all other creatures - but each set wanted to get rid of the elephants that were not the same as them. Peace-loving individuals ran and hid in the deepest jungle, and battle commenced. The war-mongers all succeeded. For a long time, it seemed that there were no elephants in the world at all, not of any colour. But then the descendants of the peace-loving ones emerged from the jungle, and by now they were all grey. This lead into a conversation about equality. Next, they introduced Rosa Parks and spend time talking about who Rosa Parks was, why she is a significant person and the changes that happened thanks to people like her. Finally, the children wrote down some information about Rosa Parks and discussed the key vocabulary: equal, justice, segregation and significant. Today Team SG went to visit Barnsley Museum and Cooper Art Gallery. They have been learning about how archaeologists learn about the past by excavating sites and analysing artefacts and other physical remains. Today, children in Team SG got to become archaeologists, analysing artefacts and producing observational sketches of their favourite finds! They unearthed an enormous number of tools that assisted them in making predictions about how people lived. They examined each artefact's appearance, what it was made from and what it might be used for. Based on their findings, they analysed how life was in the past and compared it to the present. The children then tried their hand at creating their own stone age-inspired cave drawings. They are really amazing! This week Team AC have talked about why we have bonfire night. They looked at the history of bonfire night and why we celebrate every year. The children then acted out the gunpowder plot to retell in their own words. They used vocabulary including, history, parliament, plotters, evidence, treason and torture. Children were asked the key question
Children watched a video of the events surrounding the Gunpowder Plot. They were given chance to make notes and discuss further key question
Children acted out the different parts of the story showing their ability to recount the gunpowder plot. Park Street focused a lot in assembly and collective worship time on Armistice Day this week and reflecting on the significance of soldiers who have braved their lives for us today. The children had a wonderful knowledge of this and enjoyed reflecting on Major John McRae's poem 'In Flanders Fields'. Mrs Fitchett has launched a Poppy Art competition this week - get your entries in ASAP! We also have a large amount of entries to Barnsley Rockley Rotary Club Art Exhibition - details on the attached, but please go and visit the Metrodome this next weekend to offer your support and to see the masterpieces! The whole school took part in two minutes silence at 11 o'clock on Friday to remember the fallen and those currently affected by conflict. The photo below shows our beautiful Remembrance display that all classes contributed too within their art lesson.  Team DB have been learning about Remembrance. The children have been busily sorting a timeline of events since the end of the First World War and the history of the Cenotaph and Britain’s War Memorials. This really highlighted the importance of remembering those who have, and are, fighting in wars. The children learnt about the meaning of Cenotaph - empty tomb - and they also read the poem Flanders Fields, taking a copy home to practise as part of our oracy development. Team DB's history this half term is linked to the Geography topic about Wombwell in WW1. They will continue to learn about this so keep checking the blog for updates! Rainbows have been learning about Remembrance Day. They know that this is to remember soldiers and they know that some soldiers fought in the past. They know we wear poppies to show we remember the soldiers. Their activities this week have included developing their cutting skills to create a poppy to wear, exploring and describing different textures to create a giant poppy picture to display in school, looking at remembrance pictures and identifying the initial sounds and tracing patterns on poppy petals. Rainbows also created a collage using different materials to make poppies to display in school. They made photo frames to help remember special people and special events that had happened. The Rainbows watched a video from CBeebies that helped them to understand remembrance day. A family of rabbits are effected by soldiers fighting and they talked about the different emotions the rabbits and other animals might feel and what happened to where they lived. The Rainbows identified emotions including happy, excited, frightened, worried, scared and sad. Year 6 have been learning about Remembrance. The children spoke today about the sacrifice made by soldiers in the world wars and those still defending us today. They were posed the question;
"World War 1 was called the war to end all wars. Why do you think people called it that at the time?" This opened up a very interesting debate and the children were keen to engage. It opened up some questions about the current wars in Ukraine and Gaza and the children were very respectful. The children took part in 2 minutes silence at 11 o' clock to remember the fallen and those who suffered. |
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