Today we explored the time frames of WW2, we looked at key moments in history and developed our own timelines to record the key facts of WW2. This further developed our understanding of the time frame of WW2 challenging our thinking around our perceptions of a World War. It was surprising to discover that Hitler had died before the war was declared to be over. Declan then deceived to deepen his understanding of some key events by researching, independently.
Time Travel education came into school today and delivered a WW2 workshop that brought events of WW2 to life. We discovered the causes of WW2 and the homefront. We really enjoyed the experience and it helped to kick start our expedition and build on some of the concepts we have already started to explore in crew together.
Time Travel education came into school today and delivered a WW2 workshop that introduced many concepts of WW2. The experience brought events of WW2 to life and children were able to handle a range of objects which we all loved. Children learnt about the causes of WW2, the homefront, The Blitz, kit, equipment and weapons, rationing and evacuees. We really enjoyed becoming shopkeepers where we learnt some of the foods that were rationed! We were shocked by some of our weekly allowances. This experience really helped to kick start our expedition and build on some of the concepts we have already started to explore in class together.
Crew Hamill was amazing today in xp outdoors. We did a bit of bug hunting where we found loads of amazing creatures and then we climbed some trees before ending our session with playing a game of 123 where are you?
In Crew MI, we came to school dressed up as evacuees and participated in a range of exciting activities. First, we learnt about the blitz. We watched clips and listened to sound effects to imagine what it was like during this awful time. We even had a go at working in mini crews to create our own Anderson Shelters. Next, we learnt what evacuation was and why some children were evacuated to the safety of the countryside. We then became evacuees ourselves and packed our suitcases with what we thought we needed, decorated our train ticket and then got on the train waving goodbye to our families. Overall, we had a great day and learnt so many more interesting facts about life in WW2.
Last week we looked at how to be kind, we did this through the rainbow fish book. We looked at how rainbow fish wasn’t kind to begin with but then ended up being kind in the end and this made him feel happy. We created our own kindness fish tank to remind us to always be kind. We looked at ordering the story and verbally answering questions about what we had read.
This week in Crew Marsh we have gone right back to basics and unpicked what a letter, word and sentence is. The children were fab at comparing these and understanding how letters make words and words make sentences.
During our book talk lesson, we have worked together to answer a range of questions. We focused on the importance of using the text to support us to answer the question. Some of our questions asked for evidence from the text and this was an area we will continue to develop as we more through this year. It was great to see the children working collaboratively and working to each other’s strengths.
KS1 were hooked into their new expedition today with an amazing trip to Lincoln Castle.
We took part in 3 different workshops including shield making, knight training and even a walk on the castle walls. We even saw 2 fierce looking dragons who live in the castle.
The children maintained great HoWLs while at the castle and as we walked through the streets on Lincoln to get back on the coach. Great work KS1! We hope you all had a great day because we certainly did!
Please watch our video to find out everything we got up to today!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wCOwwC_YfoI
Today we started to recap and consolidate our learning on hundreds, tens and ones. We used the base ten to make and explore numbers. Lots of us challenged ourselves further today, having a go at reasoning and problem solving questions.
