Reception
Reception children undertook activities linked to bonfire night at the beginning of November. Activities included discussing experiences of bonfire night, watching videos of the celebration, finding out about firework safety, and creating firework pictures.
Reception children learnt about Remembrance Day. They made their own poppies in class and had a class assembly where they observed a two minute silence. They watched a video showing how the poppies grew in the field after all the grass had turned to mud.
Year 1
Prior to lessons in school, year one children discussed with their grown ups their own favourite toys, and their grown ups favourite toys from the past. The children began sessions in school with talking about the pictures sent in from home and made comparisons between toys from the past and toys that they buy today. They discussed similarities and differences about what the toys were made of, how they move and work and safety of toys now and in the past. They also discussed how toys had changed and evolved, including cars.
Year 2
Year 2 children have been learning about life in Norwich in the past by studying the cathedral and castle. They looked at the significant person William the Conqueror and his links to Norwich Castle, then created a timeline for his life. They found out about the famous nurse Edith Cavell, who was born in Swardeston, near Norwich. The year 2 children compared the lives of Edith Cavell with Mary Seacole (famous nurses).
