History is who we are and why we are the way we are.
A high-quality history education will help pupils gain a coherent knowledge and understanding of Britain’s past and that of the wider world. It should inspire pupils’ curiosity to know more about the past. Teaching should equip pupils to ask perceptive questions, think critically, weigh evidence, sift arguments, and develop perspective and judgement. History helps pupils to understand the complexity of people’s lives, the process of change, the diversity of societies and relationships between different groups, as well as their own identity and the challenges of their time. National Curriculum for History, purpose of study
Raiding and Trading – Riley Class Vikings Trip
Today, we had a wonderful time at the National Maritime Museum. These are some of the artefact replicas that we investigated. What do these tell you about the Vikings? Here are some pictures of us deciding what to trade in Baghdad. Finally, we explored the big map...
Trip to The Imperial War Museum!
By Fabiha and Michael James Trip! This week our class and Hadid class went on a trip to the Imperial War Museum we got there by DLR and the Tube it was a good experience. We learnt what the soldiers used and what they went through. We did a worksheet where we had to...
Week of War
by Mariam and Mohammed Hiding in our 'Air Raid Shelters' This week we have been learning about the Blitz and above are some photos of when we played an air raid siren and hid in our underground bunkers [tables].We have also been writing stories set in World War 2 but...
Why were the Ancient Egyptians so significant?
This term year 5 have been learning about the Ancient Egyptians and wondering - why were the significant? We learnt that the word significant can also mean - remarkable, important, of interest, note worth or worthy of attention. So, why were the Ancient Egyptians...
What a Great Livestream!
Today year 2 joined a livestream which was hosted by The Museum of London. It was on the topic of The Great Fire of London which was what we have been learning about this term. The pupils really enjoyed interacting with the livestream hosts and got involved by asking...
British Museum: Exploring Ancient Egypt
Today, Year 5 had a wonderful time at the British Museum looking at all the artefacts, mummies and hieroglyphs! King Rameses II Kahlo Class on the steps of the British Museum A gigantic heart scarab amulet beetle! Kahlo Class learnt about heart scarab amulets during...
“I wonder why most of these animals are extinct . . . .”
On a wet, chilly Monday, Year 3 enjoyed venturing out of the classroom to the Natural History Museum. As we are focusing on rocks and prehistory, the children explored Mary Anning's fantastic fossils, Earth's Treasury gallery and the megafauna exhibits. It was a great...
Hadid: Trip to the British Museum
Today we travelled to the British Museum as part of our learning about Islamic Civilisation. For many of us, it was our first time at the museum and on the new Elizabeth Line. Inside the museum, we went straight to the rooms housing Islamic civilisation artefacts and...
Our trip to the British museum
By Meliha and Dawud We went to the British museum and looked at many different ancient Islamic artefacts.As part of one of our activities we did a treasure hunt looking for items and then writing where they came from and when they were made. Did you know that the...
Our prehistoric week
by Shafaat and Maryam A In our first week back from the holidays, we found out that our new topic is Stone Age - Iron Age. We will be learning about three parts of history: Stone Age, Bronze Age and the Iron Age, and we have started by drawing a timeline to show which...
