The Stone Age in Year 3

In Year 3 we have finished our topic of the Stone Age. We had so much fun learning about how people lived during the Stone Age times and we have created our own information pages so that others can learn all about it too!

Great Fire of London in Year 2

In Year 2 the children have begun learning about the Great Fire of London. They sequenced timelines of the fire and used them to find information and answer questions.

Remembrance Day

At Lord Scudamore we have spent a lot of time thinking about Remembrance Day and all that it means for us. Each year group made their own pieces of work to remember those who sacrificed so much and we have displayed them around our school for all to see. At 11am today, we held a […]

Pyramids and Heiroglyphics in Year 5

This week Year 5 have been learning all about Ancient Egyptian pyramids, their locations, how they built them and what Pharoahs were buried with in order to get to the afterlife. As well as learning about pyramids, we also learnt all about heiroglyphics and how the Ancient Egyptians communicated. The Egyptians used to write the […]

Year 6 Remembrance Poetry

This week Year 6 were looking closely at Remembrance Day and created their own beautiful Remembrance poems.

Phillis Wheatley – Year 5

In Year 5 we have been learning about the life and works of Phillis Wheatley. As a result, we have created some art and poetry based on her magnificent poetry. 

Stone Age Art in Year 3

This week we created a group painting in a prehistoric style. We created a positive handprint by covering our palm in rustic colours and leaning on our background.  We created a second image without adding more paint. We created a negative handprint by laying down our hand on the background and sponging around, on some […]

Ancient Egypt in Year 5

Year 5 have been carrying on their Ancient Egyptian history topic this week learning all about mummification. They have been writing instructions on how to mummify within their English, but, they also got to put this into practice in their History lesson. We talked all about the preserving process, and used chemical reactions to try […]

Katherine Johnston – Year 3

As a year group we have talked about the importance of Black History Month and then we found out about Katherine Johnston. We worked in pairs to read the text and highlight the important information about her. We shared our ideas and talked about why she had made a difference in history. Some of our […]

Bessie Coleman – Year 4

This week in Year 4, we have learnt about Bessie Coleman. Bessie Coleman was born in 1896, and raised in Texas by an African American mother and a father of both African and Native American heritage. After hearing her brothers’ war time tales of women in France being allowed to fly airplanes, her interest in […]