History

Year 4 Travel Back in Time to Roman Chester!

Year 4 had an incredible history trip to Chester this week to experience life as real Roman soldiers!

As part of our history topic on the Romans, we took part in an amazing interactive tour of the ancient fortress of Deva Victrix. We discovered exactly how the Romans lived, the long journeys they took to get to Britain, and the fascinating (and sometimes unusual!) food they ate.

The highlight of our day was marching out into the streets of Chester just like a real Roman legion. We proudly chanted our military orders and even used our heavy shields to make defensive shapes, including the famous ‘Testudo’ (tortoise) formation!

It was a fantastic, hands-on day of learning that brought our history lessons to life.

Stone Age

Forest School

🪨🔥 Year 3 travelled back in time to the Stone Age! We explored how our ancestors collected and foraged for food and resources. We then learnt about making fire before preparing and cooking our very own Stone Age soup. To finish our adventure, we created our own cave-inspired pictures using charcoal in the garden! What a fantastic hands-on day of learning! 🎨🌿

Celtic settlement

Today in history we have been looking at the Celtic settlement, we have been comparing the differences between the Celtic and Roman settlements.

History workshop

The children enjoyed an Anglo Saxon workshop this morning at the Museum of Liverpool. The class acted as historians and archaeologists, looking at artefacts of everyday Saxon life, their weapons, materials and burials/settlements and place names.

History

The children used a map this afternoon to research places with Anglo Saxon origins.

Class 2 on their trip to the Fire station.

Class 2 went on a trip to the Fire station, to learn about Firefighters and the equipment they use. This trip also helped class 2, to identify the changes in firefighting equipment that have occurred since, the great fire of London. Which they have been learning about in History.

Looking at Great Fire of London sources.

Today we were exploring and discussing sources related to the Great Fire of London.

Imperial War Museum Trip

Class 6 visited The Imperial War Museum in Manchester today to learn all about the history of World War II as part of our history topic. We focused on the defences used to protect soldiers and cities that were being attacked. The role women played during the war, life on the home front and the holocaust. We gathered lots of information to take back to the classroom and into our books. Then finished the day listening to an emotional, inspiring poem by a poet Tony Walsh called Mightier Than War.

Persuasive report

Today we wrote a letter to Claudius persuading him not to invade Britain.

History

Stone Age

🪨 Year 3 have been stepping back in time to the Stone Age! They have been exploring the lives of hunter-gatherers and using pictures to imagine what everyday life may have been like. 🔥🏹

Julius Caesar

We have started to learn about Julius Caesar and the timeline of when he invaded Britain.

Owl Babies: Our Family Houses

This week for Literacy Nursery have been reading the story ‘Owl Babies’, we have discussed who lives in the Owl Family and who lives in our families and what type of house we live in. We then created our family houses using lolly sticks and then drew pictures of our families inside the houses.

Saying goodbye to our Butterflies🦋

Nursery have loved having Butterflies to watch and grow this term, linking with the history and science of a lifecycle. This we watched the butterflies emerge from their chrysalis and dry their wings. Then we released them in our garden to fly around the world.

Vincent Van Gogh: Starry Night

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’.

History: Timeline of our Year.

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.

Planting🌱

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.

Locked Up!

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!

Albert Dock trip for History

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.

Ancient Egypt

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! 

Ancient Greece workshop

The children enjoyed examining artefacts from Ancient Greece today, looking at how objects from the past can tell us about how people lived.

History – Ancient Greece

The class discussed the differences between Sparta and Athens and used reasoning skills to decide which city-state they prefer.

History

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!

Trip to Faulkner Square Gardens

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.

Anglican Cathedral

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.

FEPOW

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…

Viking settlements

The class used their map skills this afternoon to find some Viking settlements.

Vikings

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.

Ibn Battuta

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.

Chinese New Year Celebrations 🐴🐲

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.

Mayan Research

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.

Mayans in History

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.

Mayan Museum in Class

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.

History

All aboard! 🚆
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! 😊

Our trip

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.

History: Old items

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.

WW11 Propaganda

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.

Romans trip!

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!

History Hot Seat

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.

Sources

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.

Anglo Saxon workshop

The children enjoyed a visit to the Museum of Liverpool, to learn about the daily life of Anglo Saxons and handle artefacts.

Anglo-Saxon settlements

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.

Firefighters then and now.

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.

The great fire of London.

We started to learn about how The Great Fire of London began.

Anglo Saxons

The children worked hard this afternoon to consider reasons why the Anglo Saxons came to Britain.

History: Stone Age

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

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.

The Great Fire of London

Counting down to the year 1666 on a timeline.

Family houses

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.

Albert Docks Survey

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.

Ancient Greece workshop

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!

Significant People

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.

Viking workshop

The children enjoyed a Viking workshop today!