On Monday 6th of December, a very excited Class 1 arrived at Gawthorpe Hall for a Victorian Christmas experience. As we approached the grand old entrance, we realised that a full and exciting afternoon awaited. First we made wonderful cornucopia Christmas decorations using card and wrapping paper. They look so beautiful and we can’t wait […]
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International Women’s Day
International Women’s Day As part of International Women’s Day on Monday 8th March, Class 3 looked at influential women both in history and in our world toady. We linked our work from ‘Hidden Figures’ and the women at NACA/NASA. The children used the book ‘Women in Science’ as a basis for writing their own biography […]
It’s Christmas at St Mary’s
A Victorian Christmas This year we decided to take a Victorian Christmas as our theme. We learned a lot about how people would have celebrated Christmas in Victorian times and we had a great time making our decorations. Sometimes we go to Gawthorpe Hall to experience a Victorian Christmas but, as we couldn’t do that […]
Bayeux Tapestry
Class 3 studied the Bayeux Tapestry as part of their topic, last half term. The children re-designed a section of the tapestry which they turned into a modern day version; thinking about what would happen if the battles of 1066 took place in 2019. Find out more about the Bayeux Tapestry http://www.stmaryssabden.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/Bayeux-Tapestry.mp4
Viking Invasion
As part of their history work, Class 3 have been learning about the Vikings. They have learned all about how the Vikings invaded Anglo-Saxon Britain and in the video, Emma explains this further. They worked really hard creating Viking inspired pouches. The children had to design and make a pouch that would have been suitable […]
Keith Haring Art
Art inspired by Keith Haring This half term we have been looking at some of Keith Haring’s art work. We looked at the variety of his work – and took inspiration from some of his drawings, particularly his people. We drew our own versions in different scales and made some out of clay and painted […]
Clitheroe Castle Visit
At the end of December Class Three made a visit to Clitheroe Castle, it was an amazing day out. The children learnt a lot about castles and battles whilst they were there. As part of the day, all the children had eggs which had to be protected at all costs! They had to create armour […]
Shackleton
In October, Class 3 started their Survival topic and especially enjoyed learning about Sir Ernest Shackleton . The children created biographies all about him along with creating stunning artwork based on the ‘Ice Trap’ book we studied and images of Sir Ernest Shackleton and his crew. Previous Next
Survival Topic
In Class 3 we started our Survival topic by learning about Sir Ernest Shackleton’s adventure across Antarctica. We have been reading his book, Shackleton’s Journey along with a story version called, Ice Trap. In English lessons, we have created advertisements for crew members, written application letters to be a crew member, generated and answered questions using the text, and written […]