Humanities Blog

History

Year 4 have been having lots of fun learning about Egyptians. They recreated mummification using a banana. They then buried it on the field. 

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​In year 1, they have been focusing on the unit ‘The seaside’. They looked at the changes from the past to the present. They then looked at Southend Seafront. Using a timeline, they put key events in order. 

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​Year 3 have been learning about the Romans. They looked at the impacted the Romans had on law, society, time, language and food. ​

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Geography

​In year 5, they have been identifying rivers. They used maps of the UK and the world to do this. Additionally, they have been identifying the British Empire in WW1.

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Year 2 have been developing their map skills. They had to find where certain locations in London were, by using the grid squares. Also, they created their own map of London and made a key for the key features.