MInecraft Mania

We have started using Minecraft Edu in our term 2 History club and I think it is fair to say that it has started very well. Here is a short taster video but there will almost certainly be more to follow...

Waging WAR!

Below, you will find some presentations about the various weapons of war used in the First World War. Taking a closer look at these weapons gave us a better idea about the extraordinary lengths the different sides would employ to kill enemy soldiers.

We also looked at some of the damage these weapons caused and discussed the terrible effects they had. 

Putting together World War 1

Hello reader,

Year 6 have spent the past few weeks putting together World War 1 research packs. Please take some time to look through their research ideas and thoughts.

Japanese battle history rediscovered!

On Friday, two of our budding Year 6 Historians gave a lesson on two famous battles from Japanese history. Here is a taster of how they made the experience interactive for the participants!

Letters from Mum

Hello reader,

Imagine if Edmund and William's mother had the opportunity to send a letter to her boys. Maybe they would look a bit like this...

The Young Sassoons...

Wilfred Owen, Siegfried Sassoon...and here are some more...

Battle Blog Post

Today Year Six spent some time analysing the Battle of the Somme. We watched the following videos then decided to create some stop-motion videos about this 5 month battle. I think it is fair to say that we had very mixed success with the stop-motion videos; however, it was still a valuable learning experience and one we hope to trial again.

 

Stop-Motion videos about the aspects of the Battle of the Somme

Trench Foot Reading

Today, we spent some time in the snow trying to recreate the feeling of the soul sapping cold and gruesome mud from the trenches.

Popplets with Perspective...

Hello Reader,


Here are some Popplets with our thoughts and ideas about the book my brother's war.



One of our reading group also brought in an actual gas mask from World War 1.



Photographing Time!

Chronology is a difficult thing to understand, so we spent some time trying to identify different time periods including the era that was World War 1.

Here is a video of some of the discussions we had about the various different photopacks.



Why don't you try to have a go at guessing which time period these photographs belong to. Can you find any photographic evidence which identifies a particular period in time?