A blast from the Historical past! Another wonderful year in History has flown past, with so many enriching and exciting learning opportunities for our children to engage in. Highlights have been many, and pupils have continued to enjoy the investigative nature of a subject that specialises in analysis and evaluation. Over the last three terms, year 3 have thrown themselves wholeheartedly into their chosen
curriculum, with the highlights being Dinosaurs, Fossils and Early Man. Many of 3H were so inspired by the topic that they brought in their own fossils. Study then turned to the Celts and the Romans, and they are currently investigating the Vikings! Activities have been interactive and varied and year 3 now have a rather knowledgeable understanding of these civilisations and the way they lived. Meanwhile, and in order to keep within chronological context, Year 4 have been fascinated by their study
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of Medieval England. The Norman Conquest and 1066 still proving as memorable and as exciting as ever, the children have enjoyed every aspect of the period. As budding historians and investigators the children have analysed and considered every detail of who would and should succeed Edward the Confessor and take the English throne. They have marvelled at the details of the Battle of Hastings and created their own Bayeux Tapestries. Domesday Book surveys have been conducted and they have even created their own cures for the Black
