At Pleasant Street Primary School we stimulate children’s interest and understanding about life in the past. We help pupils gain knowledge and understanding of Britain’s past and that of the wider world. Our children will also learn about the lives and achievements of significant people from the past.
We teach children a sense of chronology, and through this they develop a sense of identity and a cultural understanding based on their historical heritage. They learn to value their own and other people’s cultures in modern multicultural Britain and celebrate their uniqueness as individuals.
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This week our NELI story is ‘Stardust’ by Jeanne Willis and Briony May Smith. As we look back at some historical figures we linked Vincent Van Gogh and his famous painting of the Starry Night with our NELI Story. The children loved learning all about Van Gogh and his famous paintings. The children then had a go at recreating Van Gogh ‘Starry Night’.
This week we have been looking back on our Nursery year at Pleasant Street. The children enjoyed looking at the pictures of themselves and their friends and what learning they have been up to this last year. They enjoyed pegging the images on to a washing line that showed our timeline of our school year.
Nursery have been learning all about lifecycles of plants this term, exploring the timeline history of how the plant changes from a seed into a plant and what the seed needs to grow. The children had a go at planting their own plants and we are so excited to see them grow in the next few weeks.
As part of Year 6 upcoming history topic on The Victorians, we visited one of the smallest Victorian gaols of its time. Now opened as a museum, we got to explore the cells, the maternity area, the governors rooms, punishment yard and learnt about the executions that took place there. As you can see by our photos, some of us weren’t happy to be locked up!
Today we had a trip down to the Albert Dock to ask members of the public about why they are visiting the Albert Dock today. We got to ask if they were from Liverpool or if they were tourists and what they were visiting for, whether it be, museums, restaurants, cafes etc… We got lots of information to make a bar chart with.
History
Class 3 had an amazing trip to the museum today, exploring fascinating Egyptian artefacts and stepping back in time to Ancient Egypt! 🏺✨ The children loved investigating real objects, asking thoughtful questions, and learning about life thousands of years ago. A fantastic hands-on learning experience for everyone!
The children enjoyed examining artefacts from Ancient Greece today, looking at how objects from the past can tell us about how people lived.
The class discussed the differences between Sparta and Athens and used reasoning skills to decide which city-state they prefer.
Ancient Egypt
Year 3 have been exploring Ancient Egypt in history this week 🏺✨
From pyramids and pharaohs to mummies and hieroglyphics, we’ve been discovering what life was like thousands of years ago. They have shown great curiosity and enthusiasm, future historians in the making!
Today we went on a trip to Faulkner Square Gardens where we learnt lots to do with our current history topic. We learnt all about Edward Faulkner and his father, Thomas and lots about the Seaman’s Memorial that is in the same area.
We learnt a lot to do with Slavery and why Liverpool was so important during the Slave Trade.
We completed a worksheet helping us to gain facts and make a timeline and we also wrote our own poem about our surroundings.
Class 2 enjoyed their trip to the Anglican Cathedral today. They looked at the design, purpose and what the building was from. They learnt some facts about Giles Gilbert Scott who was the architect and found of some significant dates related to the Cathedral. The children are looking forward to learning more throughout their topic.
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Class 6 have been learning about FEPOW-Far Eastern Prisoners Of War-this term. We have looked at the conditions of the camps through secret art hidden in bamboo. We found some secret art of our own hiding in the bamboo in our classroom…
The class used their map skills this afternoon to find some Viking settlements.
The class had the opportunity to take part in a fascinating presentation on the Vikings today, delivered by a special guest. Pupils greatly enjoyed the session and gained a deeper understanding of this important period in history.
Today, we began learning about Ibn Battuta and discussed his significance in History. We located the year of his birth on the timeline and looked to see what events were occurring around that time. We then sorted facts about him as true or false.
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Nursery had a fantastic time celebrating Chinese New Year. The children enjoyed making colourful lanterns, tasting delicious noodles, and watching exciting dragon dances. We also went to visit the beautiful Chinese arch, which helped us learn more about the traditions and celebrations. It was a wonderful opportunity to explore a different culture through creativity, food, and movement.
Today we did some research on The Mayan’s Life and how they created civilisation in their time. We researched how they built their homes and made their clothes. This was very interesting to see how different things are today.
Today we worked out with our pieces of work in what order the Mayan’s did certain activities to help their crops grow or live life in the way that they did. This helped us with our timelines.
Today we created a mini museum in our classroom to be able to look at our Artefacts and discover new information about the Mayans. This was lots of fun to be able to have our own mini museum.
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This term, Year 3 are learning about the introduction of railways and how they transformed Britain. From faster travel to connecting communities, we are discovering why railways were such an important development in British history.
Lots of great discussions, questions and curiosity along the way! 😊
Class 1 went to the museum to look at old and new toys. The children played with the old and new toys and talked about why they are old and new.
Our Nursery children have explored a collection of old items as part of our history learning. They were fascinated by objects such as a typewriter, an old radio, and a vintage camera. The children loved investigating how these items work, comparing them to the technology we use today, and asking curious questions about how people used them in the past. It was a wonderful hands-on introduction to history and how everyday objects have changed over time.
Class 6 are talking about propaganda today. We’re looking at various posters that were used by the government during the war to persuade people into thinking or acting a certain way to help with the war effort. We compare the two pictures below and talk about which one sends out the most positive message in order to encourage people.
Today Year 4 went on a trip to Chester to visit a Romans Museum! We got to do a lot of activities in the museum and learn about the food they ate and a lot of the activities they did during that time. We also got to walk down to the Roman Gardens and pretend we were Romans with shields and swords!
Today in History we have been creating our very own questions to ask our partners about the Stone Age. We sat opposite our partners interviewing them as if we had created our own podcast.
We looked at different sources and thought about what information each source gave us about The Great Fire of London. We discussed each source and enjoyed learning about how they were used in the past.
The children enjoyed a visit to the Museum of Liverpool, to learn about the daily life of Anglo Saxons and handle artefacts.
The class worked hard this afternoon to find places of Anglo-Saxon origin. They located places on a map and thought about the meanings of these place names.
Today we was very lucky and had a chance to go visit our local fire station.We looked at all the different equipment on a fire engine and what they are used for . We also looked at the difference of what they had during the Great fire of London compared to now.
We started to learn about how The Great Fire of London began.
The children worked hard this afternoon to consider reasons why the Anglo Saxons came to Britain.
This term Year 3 are looking at The Stone Age. The Stone Age is a period of time when humans used stone to make tools. It covers a huge period of time, over 3 million years. Stone Age people were hunter- gatherers. They followed and killed animals and gathered seasonal food. They made clothes from animal skins and created cave art. We have enjoyed creating our own timeline plotting different key points throughout history
Stone Age
This term our class will be looking at the Stone Age. We created our own timeline and discussing the time span across an enormous period of time. We have looked at the large timeline in our school trying to locate past history topics we have covered.
This week we’ve been exploring our own family histories, inspired by the story Owl Babies, which celebrates the comfort of family and belonging. The nursery children talked about the people who are important to them and how families can be the same or different over time.
Using lolly sticks, they carefully built little houses and then drew their families inside, sharing stories about parents, grandparents, and siblings. It was a lovely way to connect our learning about families in the past and present while celebrating what makes each home special.
Yesterday, as part of our history topic, we visited the Albert Dock to conduct a survey with the people we came across there. We wanted to find out why they were at the docks and if they were local or had travelled further to visit. After looking over all of our collected data and discussing it as a class we concluded that, in contrast to the past, when most people would have been at the docks to work, it is now more of a destination for tourists.
The children enjoyed looking at artefacts from Ancient Greece – sculptures of Gods, pottery, objects of daily life and weapons. The museum workshop was full of information about the past!
Over the past few weeks class 2 have been focusing on historical significant people. We have been looking at Ibn Battuta the famous explorer, Neil Armstrong the first American to walk on the moon and Amelia Earhart who was the first female pilot to fly across the Pacific Ocean. We have really enjoyed plotting these three historians within our own timeline, learning all about their achievements and why we remember them.
Reception have been exploring old and new items through history, the children had a go at trying out the items and explaining why they were old and what the new version of the item could be.
We worked in teams to research and create a presentation about Mayans’ life. We shared our work with the rest of the class.
We are finding the Mayans fascinating.
Today, we worked in groups to determine how did the Maya manage to become so important.
The class produced some wonderfully detailed and illustrated information leaflets this afternoon, to demonstrate their learning of our Anglo Saxon topic!
The children became history detectives, looking at images of objects found at a mysterious burial site at Sutton Hoo. They came to the conclusion that they belonged to a King or an important person.
We have looked at different artefacts and we have discussed the relation with the Romans.
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What a fantastic trip to the fire station this week! We were able to compare what we have learned about The Great Fire of London to the equipment they use today.
This week Reception have been exploring old and new toys in history , the class discussed what they think are old and new toys and what toys they play with now and what they’re families might have played with when they were younger. Reception then used their knowledge of old and new toys to cut and stick which toys were from the past or present.
The children tasted what life was like for the Anglo Saxons, with a visit to Mere Tun, at Martin Mere. The class experienced settlement life – practising weapons skills, thatching, weaving and foraging.
In History this afternoon, the children examined a variety of statements describing reasons why the Anglo Saxons came to Britain. They had to think carefully about whether each reason was likely or unlikely!
Lots of interesting items have arrived on Class 5 topic table! There are lots of clues to what our topic is!
Class 5 have been looking at timelines in preparation of our Anglo Saxon topic
In History the children worked really hard looking at old and new images. We looked at bikes, boats, cars, prams and buses. We spoke about the features of the old items and how they may be similar or different to modern day.
Class three enjoyed a trip to the museum for their Egyptian topic. We mummified a mummy and looked at all the tools used in the process.
As part of their History topic ‘Changes in our city’ the children visited Liverpool Cathedral today to learn more about this famous landmark and its history.
Today we worked in two teams to gather information about Democracy and The Olympics. We presented it to the rest of the class.
Y1 enjoyed visiting Strawberry Field, John Lennon’s childhood home and Penny Lane as part of their History topic based on The Beatles. They viewed artefacts and information, took part in a sing-a-long with a musician and had the chance to ask the expert guide, Chris, lots of questions along the way.
During our visit to Anglesey, we went to Beaumaris and took the opportunity to experience what a Victorian Jail was like for the inmates. We were shocked to see some of the punishments given to inmates, discovered interesting facts about how water was filtered in the jail grounds and were a little spooked by some of the ghostly tales!
Today we enjoyed looking at all the ancient artefacts related to the Mayans. We particularly enjoyed learning how they created chocolate using the cacao plant and also the Large Triple Death Mask which represents the vital cycle of life.
Mayans
We are enjoying being introduced to our new history topic ‘ The Mayans’. We first refreshed our memories on some past events on our school timeline before we dive into our topic.
We are looking forward to learning more about the Mayans and their civilisation.
We enjoyed a trip to the museum to take part in a workshop about toys. We compared toys from the past with modern day versions and spoke about the difference in materials and design.
Some exciting household objects from the past arrived in class today. We looked at the items and discussed how we know they are from the past.
