Category : History

To start our new topic in Year 3, we have spent time looking at events and new items that were introduced between the Stone Age and the end of the Iron Age. We used the dates to help us put these things into chronological order. It got a little bit confusing as the dates we were looking at were BCE dates and we talked about how these count in a different way.

Year 3 enjoyed our trip to Hull city center to discover all about the fishing industry and how it shaped Hull as a city.

We were very excited before we even arrived at the KCOM learning zone as we saw a portrait of Big Lil and could say why she was important. We spent some time at the beginning of the day recalling all the facts we already knew about the fishing industry. We knew lots of facts such as Hull’s first dock was built for whaling ships and was called The Dock but we were all surprised when we discovered this is now Queen’s Gardens..

We found out lots more information from our session with Children’s University. We were all very shocked when we discovered that Hull was once the worlds largest port.

Once we had discovered these facts we had the opportunity to go and ask members of the public the same information. We found out that older people knew lots of facts about the fishing industry in Hull however younger people did not know as much.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

We spent some time finding out even more information about the fishing industry by conducting our own research. We got to find out what life was like onboard a trawler and and that fishermen only spent 3 days at home between fishing trips. This helped to give them the name ‘3 day millionaires’. We also discussed how important the Headscarf Revolutionaries were in preventing  many deaths at sea.

After our morning of research we got to see the influence of the fishing industry around the city. We visited many important sites including ‘The Last Trip’ memorial, the fishing gate where fish was taken to the markets from the trawlers and we saw one of the fish shops where lots of fish was sold in Hull.

Year 1 stepped back in time into the 1960’s today as part of our topic: My local area.

We started our day by exploring how life has changed within living memory, looking at how furniture, electrical equipment, music, fashion and education has evolved since the 1960’s..

The children loved looking at the household electrical equipment and were shocked to find out that the television only had 3 channels in the 1960’s and that there wasn’t any internet!

The children then spent some time drawing some of the objects/equipment that we had looked at and wrote down some of the facts they had learnt about it.

We then had a circle time and the children shared some photographs that they had brought in of their grandparents back in the 60’s. It was lovely to share special memories of our loved ones.

We discussed how the buildings and cars had changed over time and how the population had grown and we are looking forward to investigating this further!

We ended the day by learning some 1960’s dance moves which we then showcased to each other in groups. Overall it was a fantastic day and the children loved experiencing what life was like back in the ‘swinging sixties’.

 

 

Today was our last history enquiry of the term which was all about the end of Roman Britain. After looking why and when the Romans came to Britain, children today learned about the numerous contributing factors which brought this important period of British history to an end.

Children worked in groups to present their information, centred around a map of Britain. 

Iinvasions from the Picts, Scots, Saxons, Irish. Retreat of the Roman Army. Emperor Honorious telling Britons “You’re on your own!” – all of these eventually brought the Romans’ time to and end. 

 

This week, Year 3 have been learning all about The Cheddar Man.

We discovered that this was a skeleton of human remain that were found in Cheddar Gorge, in Somerset. The remains are believed to be those of a Neolithic cave man who lived during the Stone Age.

We discussed the difference between primary and secondary sources and how we trust each of these. we decided that Cheddar Man is a primary source but all the information we know about him is a secondary source.

We found out about Cheddar Man’s diet, where he lived and the types of activities he may have done during the day.

Year 1 enjoyed visiting Hessle Square today as part of their current topic ‘My Local Area‘.

The children have been learning all about their local area over the last term, and in history lessons they have been exploring how it has changed over the years.

The children travelled to Hessle Square in small groups and had several images of what the area used to look like. The children were able to identify key landmarks such as the church and some of the shops such as Innes as places which had remained the same since the 60’s (however some eagle eyed children were quick to point out that Innes was much bigger now than it was back then).

They also identified many things that had changed over the years such as supermarkets, zebra crossings and the bus stops.

It was a lovely day and some of the local shopkeepers even came out to talk to the children about how their businesses had changed over the years.