History | Holcombe Brook Primary School

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World War 2 Topic

12th January 2018

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The children in Niagara Falls class produced some excellent work last term and showed empathy and maturity during our World War II topic. Our English lessons were based on the powerful and moving picture book 'Rose Blanche'. In humanities children learned about the impact of war in Britain, the blitz, evacuation and rationing (which also facilitated some great maths...
Art & Design, Enrichment, History

Remembrance Day poppy wreath

14th November 2017

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We worked really hard to create individual poppies. We worked very hard and practised our fine motor skills to make patterns. We watched a PowerPoint all about Remembrance Day and we learned why we have poppies to remember the service people who have helped and currently help us to stay safe. We also learned why Remembrance Day is on the eleventh...
All Pupils, Community, Enrichment, History, Music

Staff 'flash mob' dance! (Through the decades!)

9th November 2017

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What a 50th birthday celebration we are having at school so far! The day started with a real 'wow' moment for the community, as the staff performed a 'flash mob' dance to music that was expertly created by the talented Dylan Lynchey! Mrs. Lynchey and Miss Leveridge have done a great job at whipping the staff into shape - huge thank...
Art & Design, History, Niagara Falls

Egyptian Art Attack

6th November 2017

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Children in Niagara Falls class enjoyed a creative morning working together to create an Egyptian mural and hieroglyphics.
Computing, Effective Learner, English, Enjoy and Achieve, Good Communicator, History, Niagara Falls

Animated Reports

6th November 2017

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After learning about the Egyptian Pyramids, children were given the task of creating an animated report using an iPad and our newly purchased 'phones'. In a class of 30 children, with half of them audio recording at the same time, these are an excellent tool to minimise background noise. The computing skills used and progress across the afternoon was outstanding...
Enjoy and Achieve, History, Taj Mahal

Archaeological dig in Taj Mahal

3rd November 2017

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As part of their Pharoahs topic, Taj Mahal class took on the role of archaeologists for the afternoon. The children wore safety equipment, such as helmets and gloves and were asked to go digging in search of Ancient Eqyptian artefacts. Once the children unearthed their discoveries, they dusted the artefacts down and compeleted a report on their findings. The whole...
Enjoy and Achieve, History, Music, News, Taj Mahal

Egyptian themed music in Taj Mahal

4th October 2017

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As part of our Ancient Egypt based 'Pharaohs' topic, Year 4 have been singing and dancing along to the song 'Sand Dance'. The children have also been working extremely hard to perform the musical accompaniment to this song on the glockenspiels. Well done Taj Mahal and a massive thank you to Mrs Geelan for providing such fun music lessons. https://youtu.be/IKRjig6yhuQ...
Grand Canyon, History

Grand Canyon's Egyptian Excavation

28th September 2017

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Grand Canyon began their Egyptian topic as archaeologists will chisels and hammers in their hands unearthing treasures which were hidden within. They used the IPad to log the excavation and have produced Pic Collages, some of which are displayed below...
Art & Design, Grand Canyon, History

Grand Canyon's Warhol inspired Popart

28th September 2017

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Grand Canyon have produced some amazing Popart pictures after being inspired by Andy Warhol's Campbell Soup painting. Children created some amazing sketches which were reproduced before colour was added.
Effective Learner, English, History, Niagara Falls

Days Gone By...

25th September 2017

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As part of our school wide project, celebrating 50 years of Holcombe Brook, the children in y4/5 have been looking at real sources (a school log book from the 1970s & 80s, photographs, emails and a newspaper article) to learn more about events of the past. They were shocked to discover that there was a fire in school in 1983!...
Computing, Effective Learner, Enjoy and Achieve, Golden Gate, Good Communicator, History

Golden Gate's battle cry!

13th July 2017

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The year 6 children have loved learning about The Lusitania - a boat that was sunk by a torpedoe fired by a German U-Boat. It eventually sank after 18 minutes and 1198 passengers tragically lost their lives (in 1915). The children have written diary entries, newspaper reports, poetry and flashbacks. We have also used the story by Michael Morpurgo,...
Big Ben, Community, Enrichment, Geography, History

Big Ben's school trip!

21st June 2017

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We had a great time on Monday on our school trip. We travelled down to Bury on the double-decker bus which was super exciting! Then we made our own castles and had to use our fantastic cutting and colouring skills. Later on we walked around Bury and saw where the actual Bury castle used to be. Last of all...
Art & Design, Design & Technology, Effective Learner, Enjoy and Achieve, Everest, History, Passport

Everest trip to Bury Castle & Transport museum

12th June 2017

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Great excitement on the bus to Bury! Then a very creative craft lesson making a 3D castle, followed by an interesting walk around Bury to see the castle, market place, church etc. Lots of interesting things to do
Geography, History, Outstanding Learners, Taj Mahal

New topic for Taj Mahal

1st May 2017

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Taj Mahal class have been working hard this week on the start of their new 'Gods and Mortals' topic. The class used atlases to label a map of modern day Europe and identify where modern day Greece is located. They were then asked to use the iPads to identify and label the numerous regions and city states of Ancient...
Art & Design, Geography, Golden Gate, History

Clay Totem Poles!

17th April 2017

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The year six children in Golden Gate loved designing, making and painting their Totem Poles!
Grand Canyon, History

Grand Canyon: Victorian Lives

24th March 2017

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Yesterday, Grand Canyon were learning about Victorian Life. Miss Coe set out a carousel of activities around the class. The children tried gruel and described it, pretended they were cotton twisters in the mills, had a Victorian portrait taken and learnt about the school day and wrote on slates. They really enjoyed this lesson and some even admitted to...