This week we have spent lots of our lessons focusing on DT. This half term our DT unit is Food Technology. The week began with learning based around the seasonality of our food. We then looked at where our food comes from, is it grown, reared, caught or processed. It was an opportunity for lots of our children to share their experiences from home on their farms. We then discussed what we were going to produce this week, pies. The children shared pies that they had eaten and w

This morning, we left school slightly earlier and drove to Bolton Castle picking Grewelthorpe up along the way. On arrival it was like we had gone back in time and we were immersed in the Tudor times. During the day we learnt lots of information about the Tudors and were able to demonstrate confidently what we had learnt during our work in school. When we arrived we got dressed in some Tudor style clothing and we gathered outside to learn the drill the soldiers would have don

We are well into our Tudor unit now and have covered so much already. We are really looking forward to our trip to Bolton Castle nest Friday. You should have received a letter reminding you of the arrangements for our trip. This week, we have been learning about the monarchs who ruled after Henry VIII. We realised the Tudors changed monarchs as quickly as Henry changed wives. Chronology is really important to demonstrating a good understanding of history, so we spent time pla