Thank you so much for everyone’s donations for our KS1 harvest festival. KS1 did a fab job presenting the assembly and all staff are so proud of their speaking skills! Especially for some of the Y1’s where it was their first time.
Today we became Gardners for our fifth castle job. We learnt about how important Gardners were as they planted fruits and vegetables for the kings, queens, lords and ladies to eat at their banquets.
We planted our very own seeds and have taken them home to look after.
Our fourth castle job was a very important one. Today we became messengers and delivered an important message from the battlefield to Carcroft Castle.
Today we became bakers for our next castle job. We were given the task of designing and making biscuits for the King and Queens Friday Night Banquet.
We took time to design our biscuits and then made them. They looked so delicious that we decided to eat them, hopefully the queen wont be too upset!
For our second case study we are exploring what life was like in a castle during medieval times. We learn about the Feudal System and how the higher up the feudal system you were the more power and money you had. We began by experiencing life as a peasant by doing lots of hard jobs such as cleaning and sweeping.
For our next job we became candle makers. We talked about how there was no iPads, phones, TVs or electricity in a castle during the 12th Century so children had to find other ways to entertain themselves. No electricity also meant no lights so candles were essential.
I wonder what jobs we will experience next!
The board for our Summer Term expedition ‘Diverse Doncaster’ was installed in school this week. The children loved going to see their artwork and photographs on display and we loved talking about what they learnt in Year 1.
We became designers in our expedition lesson. We followed Miss Marsh’s instructions carefully to make our castles, then once they were finished we tested their strength using tennis balls.
We came to the conclusion that paper is not a suitable material for a castle and that stone is better because it is much stronger to withstand an attack from an enemy.
Yesterday in our expedition lessons we became design technologists. We started by looking at different buildings around the world and shared our notices, praises and wonders. We then learnt about the architect James of St George who designed lots of castles in Wales.
Today we had a go at being an architect and designing our own castle wall. We decided it must have battlements, arrow slits and a small door so enemies will find it difficult to attack.
Tomorrow we are going to build and test our designs
Today in Crew we celebrated National Fitness Day by completing a Joe Wicks Active 8 workout!
Reuben was chosen today to receive a special magic pen for his effort and perseverance in his handwriting lessons. Great job Reuben!
