It's World Kindess Day and we have focused on this in school. In class circle times we discussed what well-being means to all of us and discussed how we can all conduct ourselves with kindness and respect. We talked about how our actions make a difference to those we meet and thought about who we could make a difference for today and tomorrow.

This week Year 5 went on a History trip to Celtic Harmony where we learnt about how early settlers of Britain lived in the Stone Age, Bronze Age and Iron Age. We did some interactive activities related to each period of prehistory such as making flour using a quern stone, flint knapping and making pots out of clay using a coiling technique - it was incredibly fun! 

Year 3 had such a fun and interactive experience on Monday, learning about the Ancient Egyptians from Professor Stuart Makins from 'Portals to the Past'. He invited children to act out the history of the Pharaohs from Narmer to Cleopatra, encouraging them to participate in theatrical stage directions under his instruction!

We then had the opportunity to play traditional Ancient Egyptian board games, as well as using a cubit (Ancient Egyptian measuring ruler for creating the pyramids and more) to measure objects ourselves. Later, we learnt about the fascinating (and gory!) tradition of Mummification, where children were invited to wrap a body, pull out the necessary organs and get fully immersed in the experience!

What an amazing way to kick of our history unit for this term! 

It's World Kindess Day and we have focused on this in school. In class circle times we discussed what well-being means to all of us and discussed how we can all conduct ourselves with kindness and respect. We talked about how our actions make a difference to those we meet and thought about who we could make a difference for today and tomorrow.

This week Year 5 went on a History trip to Celtic Harmony where we learnt about how early settlers of Britain lived in the Stone Age, Bronze Age and Iron Age. We did some interactive activities related to each period of prehistory such as making flour using a quern stone, flint knapping and making pots out of clay using a coiling technique - it was incredibly fun! 

Year 3 had such a fun and interactive experience on Monday, learning about the Ancient Egyptians from Professor Stuart Makins from 'Portals to the Past'. He invited children to act out the history of the Pharaohs from Narmer to Cleopatra, encouraging them to participate in theatrical stage directions under his instruction!

We then had the opportunity to play traditional Ancient Egyptian board games, as well as using a cubit (Ancient Egyptian measuring ruler for creating the pyramids and more) to measure objects ourselves. Later, we learnt about the fascinating (and gory!) tradition of Mummification, where children were invited to wrap a body, pull out the necessary organs and get fully immersed in the experience!

What an amazing way to kick of our history unit for this term!