History/Iron Age

In Year 3 our history project has been focused on the Stone Age to the Iron Age. We have learnt how the earliest settlers transformed their way of life from hunter-gatherers to farmers and we have explored settlements such as Skara Brae to use our interpretive skills to work out what life may have been like at that time. To help us learn and understand about life in the Iron Age in Britain, we were visited by Matt Russell for a very exciting day of hands on history learning. He shared with us many interesting facts about daily life in the Iron Age. Through the handling and exploration of artefacts, we learnt how resourceful these people were. Matt explained how settlements were built on hill forts and how these were made and he shared with us how these people developed weapons and tools from iron to make their everyday life easier and to help them defend their settlements from other tribes.

Christmas Sing-Along

The year 3 Nativity Performance got Christmas off to a great start and was very well attended by year 3 parents and families. The traditional Christmas story was told through music and actions with a modern twist. Well done to everyone involved. It was a truly wonderful performance.

Autumn Term Open Afternoon

We were delighted that parents and carers were able to join us for an afternoon of history learning.  Focusing on similarity and difference, we thought about what school life would have been like when our school first opened in 1910.  We were able to look at the original school plans, photos taken at the time and other artefacts such as letters and postcards written about the school. We thought about the clothes children wore, their lessons and classrooms and of course how different punishments were in 1910!