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• Researching Victorian Inventors

  Wed 30 Jan 2019

  This week the children in class7 have been finding out about the people who created some of the great Victorian inventions. They studied Rowland Hill, Isambard Kingdom Brunel, Thomas Edison, Thomas Twyford, Alexander Graham Bell, and James Starley.

  Here are two examples of the research discoveries made by the groups of children;

  

• Another week to celebrate!

  Sat 26 Jan 2019
  

• Role Models of the week!

  Fri 25 Jan 2019
  

• Good Work Awards

  Sun 20 Jan 2019

  Lots of certificates this week....

  

• "Consider yourself..."

  Fri 18 Jan 2019

  We really have been delving back into the times of Oliver Twist again this week in lower school. Following on from our awesome trip to Perlethorpe last week, we have been exploring the daily life of Victorian children. 

  We discussed jobs the children might want to do if they weren't at school and had responses such as vet, police officer, dancer, football player, teacher (of course) and lawyer. These suggestions were far from the reality for many children during the Victorian period. Chimney sweep, mine worker, scarecrow, factory worker or street child were some of the options in the 19th century. 

  Also, we have been exploring the work of Victorian artist, William Morris. Thanks to Morris's work, we now have wallpaper!. We had a go in class at carving patterns into polystyrene tiles and then printing them to design our own wallpaper...

  

• A Victorian Adventure

  Tue 08 Jan 2019

  What a wonderful day Year 3 and 4 had today when they visited Perlethorpe to learn about life in Victorian Times. From looking at artefacts, exploring the local church and discovering all about Victorian school lessons the children were immersed in this terms topic.

• Discussing events in the Victorian Times

  Mon 07 Jan 2019

  This afternoon, as part of our new topic, we were looking at a range of events from the reign of Queen Victoria. After sorting all the events into a correct timeline, the class held a debate about which they thought were the three most important events of the Victorian age.

  After lots of discussion they decided on four events*, and then reduced it to these three;

   

  The police force was chosen because it helped keep people safe from crime.

  Electric lighting was chosen because it made dark areas lighter and safer to visit.

  The Education Act because it meant that children did not have to work, and could instead go to school and learn important information to help them become knowledgeable.

  *The fourth event was the building of the Houses of Parliament. In the end the class decided that the building wasn't critical, as laws and rules could still be made in other buildings if necessary.