Summer 25

In pairs, the children have been researching how rural and urban homes differ historically. They enjoyed looking at photos online and videos that described what houses were like in these different areas throughout history.

The children have been learning about different types of houses through history including materials they were made from, number of rooms etc and were tasked to create one of these types of houses using junk modelling. They worked really hard to create their houses and to problem solve along the way.

Spring 2025

Visit from Somerset Heritage Museum

We had a fantastic time investigating the lives of Florence Nightingale and Mary Seacole. The children got to dress up and pretend to be nurses and soldiers as well as look in both Mary and Florence's suitcases!

Florence Nightingale!

We had a special visit from Florence Nightingale, who answered lots of our questions about her life. The children then had some time to draw her or make her lamp out of playdough!

Autumn 2024

Exploring Toys from the 1960's

Remembrance Day

Toys from the children's parents childhood. The children spent the afternoon exploring toys from the 1990's, thinking about what the similarities and differences are with toys today and the toys from the Victorian period.

Class 2 had a visit from a lovely lady from Somerset Heritage Centre all about Toys and Games from the Past. The children had a fantastic morning exploring these toys and games as well as creating one of their own!

The children brought in their favourite toy and had to work together to sort them into groups based on what they were made of, whether they could move and many more.

Summer 24

In history this term we have been thinking about what our school was like in the past. We have investigated what Cheddon was like in the Victorian times by looking through old documents and then got to take part in a Victorian style lesson. We then explored what schools were like in the 1950's. The children put together a list of questions that they wanted to ask an ex pupil who came to Cheddon in that time. They then got to ask their questions to Mr Bradley. The children all loved the opportunity to ask someone first hand what out school used to be like.

Spring 2024

The children have been using their historical skills to work out how the Great Fire of London spread, using extracts from Samuel Pepys' diary. The children worked together to read them and then work out which part was significant to the question being asked.

The children have been really enjoying learning about The Great Fire of London in history. We have been investigating what London was like in 1666. The children were then able to make a paper house from 1666.

Autumn 2023

Medieval Banquets

In history this week, the children learnt about the types of food that King Richard III might have eaten during a medieval banquet. They compared the food eaten during this period of time with the food that we might eat now and saw how different it was. The children then got to smell all the ingredients for Pottage as I cooked it for them. After it was cooked, the children got to smell it again and decided it actually didn't look or smell that bad! The children then planned their own medieval banquet.

Time Lines

In history, we have been looking at Monarch's through the ages. We talked about how to order Monarch's by date and practiced this by putting some key Kings and Queens into a time line.

Spring 2022-2023

Fleet Air Arm Museum 02.03.2023

To support our history learning we took a trip to Yeovilton. The children continued exploring our main question ' How did the first flight change the world?' The saw and explored different navy aircrafts, and related their knowledge of materials to work out which plan was the oldest and suggest a possible timeline of aircrafts. They loved the oracy opporunties that arose - lots of questions were asked and they enjoyed faciliating their own learning to see whether they could find or suggest plausible answers.

It was lovely to hear comments from members of the public about the children's polietness, eagerness and behaviour. 

Guy Fawkes 21.09.22

This afternoon we were joined by Soutwest Heritage who delivered a brilliant and practical workshop all about Guy Fawkes. This helped us embed History learning from last week. 

Children learnt all about Guy Fawkes, and have begun seeking evidence to answer our big question 'Who Was Guy Fawkes'. We were very impressed with how many facts they could recall. 

Children all wrote using ink and quills, imitating the warning letter sent to Lord Monteagle to tell him to stay away from the House of Lords and Houses of Parliament. They also spotted descriptive features whilst playing a game of pass the explosive and create explosive fireworks using vinegar and bicbonate of soda. 

2021-2022

History Workshop 06/01/2022

Today, we welcomed Southwest Heritage in to kick start our History learning. We learned all about Florence Nightingal and Mary Seacole which will help up with this terms learning. We heard how  Florence and Mary were significant individuals from the past who are remembered for helping soldiers in and after the Crimean war. The children explored and compared the lives of both ladies using items from their suitcases. They were rather impressed that Mary Seacole made medicine out of herbs to help treat them. The children also role played as either nurses or soliders showing how Florence or Mary may have acted. We also discussed how hospital were very different and rather dirty places. The children were not impressed that soliders were given mouldy food to eat!