Humanities

As part of their RE topic Year 1 walked to St Mary’s Church where they looked at the different parts of the church such as the altar, the font and the pews. There was great fun dressing up in the vicar’s special clothing!  At the end the children were given the opportunity to ask their own ques

In geography Year 1 were finding north, south, east and west using compasses.

In History in Year 4 , we started our Stone age, Bronze age and Iron Age topic by looking at artefacts. We discussed what we noticed and what we wondered. these questions will help drive our learning this half term as we use a range of sources to discover the answers.

In History, we are learning about the Anglo-Saxons. We examined different artefacts, looking at what they were made from and how they were used. We recorded questions about the people who owned and made these things, and we’ll try to answer them this term.

As part of our Geography unit of work on coasts, Year 5 visited Marsden beach to explore coastal erosion. We drew field sketches to include the physical features we could see and carried out an investigation on pebble shapes and sizes at different parts of the beach. We also looked at land use in th

As part of our Geography unit on coasts, we have been comparing different coasts in the UK. This includes both physical and human features.  

Did you know there is a city in the Amazon rainforest? Year 5 have been researching Manaus and comparing it to their own city life.

Imagine what life was like in this area 150 years ago. How would you get around? What jobs would you do? How would you speak? Would the role of men and women be different? Year 4 enjoyed a lesson with visitors from Beamish this afternoon who answered all of these questions. We also learned a couple

Year 5 are learning about Ancient Greece, and we enjoyed a virtual workshop with Durham University. We explored artefacts and even performed our own version of the Greek play, ‘The Medea’. Article 29

Year 5 have been learning about land use in Whickham. We are currently discussing the site of the old school building and how it could be re developed so we walked up to see the area in question.  We are collecting opinions so you may receive a Google link to complete a survey.