Category: Humanities

4th April 22

Year 6 pupils thoroughly enjoyed a trip to the Singers Hill Orthodox Synagogue last week. Singers Hill synagogue has been home to the Birmingham Hebrew congregation for the last 159 years. Pupils of Year 6 welcomed the opportunity to put their learning of the Jewish faith into context, immersing themselves with the assistance of the…

21st January 22

As the children arrived at the Year 3 house on Monday, a fearsome Roman legion began to form and the excitement began to grow! In the morning there were three activities. The first, about Roman everyday life, saw the children get the chance to hold items such as a strigil, used for cleaning yourself when…

14th January 22

As part of their Humanities topic on ‘India’, on Wednesday Year 5 had the wonderful job of recreating the Taj Mahal using only sticks and rubber bands. Recreating the structure of the Taj Mahal gave the children an opportunity to reinforce their understanding of famous Indian landmarks and culture. The children looked at how to build different…

26th November 21

On Monday, Year 4 enjoyed a wonderful Tudor Day. The children arrived at school in some fantastic costumes ready for an exciting day ahead. They were invited to the manor of Lord North to carry out a variety of tasks. These included everyday tasks such as ink making and writing, scent bag making (to keep…

19th November 21

At the end of last week, Year 5 were visited by Erik Eriksson, a fearsome Viking warrior who delivered a wonderful day for the children to complement their learning on the Vikings for this term. The children had the opportunity to try on Viking clothing, jewellery and accessories to experience what it would have been…

8th October 21

On Monday, Year 3 were transported back to the Stone Age to learn how about how Stone Age people lived and survived. The children got to feel and wear the type of clothes worn in the Stone Age and were able to see for themselves stone tools, such as axes and hammers, along with other…

23rd April 21

On Wednesday the Year 2 children had a fantastic introduction to their new topic all about The Great Fire of London. Led virtually by Sir John Wilkins, an eyewitness to the Great Fire, the children were told about the key events that happened in September 1666 and learned several skills to help the people whose…

26th March 21

Year 1’s topic work this half term focused on the fictional tales of Katie Morag, written by Mairi Hedderwick. The children engaged well with the stories and enjoyed finding out about her adventures on the fictional Isle of Struay. As part of their English lessons, they worked across a range of genres including writing postcards…

19th March 21

Year 3 arrived at school looking magnificent in their Roman outfits with everything from slaves to senators, soldiers to generals. Throughout the day the children got to create four things from the Roman era. With Mr Martin everyone got to create a Roman mosaic looking at examples that have been preserved from across the Roman…

19th March 21

The year is 776BC in the city of Olympia, Ancient Greece where boys and girls have travelled from the depths of Harborne to explore what it is really like to be an Athenian in Ancient Greece. Would they leave the day as the next Olympian, a Greek Linguist or maybe even a Greek storyteller? With some armed…