Remembrance Day Poetry

The children of Lord Scudamore have been looking at the Act of Remembrance this week. Each year group selected different groups of people or animals that are remembered during this time.  We hope you enjoy your children’s learning and how creative they have been.  To help us celebrate our poetry, Nursery and Reception children created a […]

Nelson Mandela in Year 4

In Year 4 we have been researching Nelson Mandela as part of our Black History Month. We looked at the incredible life that he had and what he went through in order to bring peace and equality to South Africa. We created some posters and thought about how we could ‘Stand Like Nelson’.

Arthur Wharton in Year 6

This week Year 6 have been inspired by Arthur Wharton during our Black History Month focus.  They have researched his incredible story and learnt about his remarkable sporting life.

Black History Month in Year 5

Year 5 were tasked with writing like Phillis Wheatley for Black History Month. They created a painting depicting slavery into freedom inspired by the Harriet Tubman picture and were given artisitc freedom of how they wanted to do this. They then developed and wrote a free speech poem to describe their emotions of being freed from […]

World War II in Year 6

This week in Year 6, we have began a new topic which we are all very excited to learn about – World War II! We created mind maps of what we already know about WWII today and we will add to these with our new knowledge as we learn more about it throughout all of […]

Florence Nightingale in Year 2

In Year 2 this week, we have learnt about Florence Nightingale as part of International Nurses Week. We researched all about Florence Nightingale and then we created information posters and designed an algorithm on Scratch to depict the life of Florence Nightingale. Next week we will be investigating the importance of hygiene and further delve […]

History of Toys in Year 1

This week In Year ,  we have been learning about the history of toys. We learned about sources of information, came up with questions to ask our relatives about toys and made these into a questionnaire.  Thank you to all of those who took the time to complete them.  We really enjoyed reading through them. […]

Ancient Greece in Year 5

As part of our topic about Ancient Greece, Year 5 have been learning the story of Medusa in English. They have started to develop their own mythical monster characters that they will create a mythological story about. Here are some examples of their monster information sheets:

Mountains in Year 4

This week Year 4 have been learning about their new geography topic, mountains! We discussed famous mountains that we were already aware of as well as introducing what features make a mountain. Next week, we look forward to developing our knowledge with the different types of mountains.  

Roman Amphitheatres in Year 3

In year 3 this week we have been learning all about Roman Amphitheatres. We were amazed by all the outrageous events that were held there during the Roman period – including gladiator battles!