Take a look at some of the exciting history enrichment activities we have been taking part in this year so far.
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Puffins Topic – Eden Camp
A good day has been had by all at Eden Camp. We have been able to consolidate our learning of World War Two by visiting different huts based on different elements of the war eg rationing, human torpedoes, women at war etc. The Blitz Experience was a particular success and gave the children a real …
Puffins Topic – The Mayan Calendar
Today in Puffins, we have been learning all about the Mayan calendar. We started our session by looking at what the Mayan calendar (the Haab and the Tzolk’in) is, it’s different components and, how we believe it worked. We then compared it to the calendar we have nowadays, highlighting similarities such as, both use/used numbers, …
Puffins – Black History Month 2023
This year’s Black History Month Theme is ‘celebrating our sisters.’ As part of this month, Puffins have spent some time researching and reading about a number of different inspirational women, both past and present, who have had a significant impact on our world. They have also looked closely at Sonia Boyce OBE RA, a British …
School Council – Black History Month 2023
This year’s Black History Month theme is ‘celebrating our sisters.’ Throughout this month, school council have been helping to promote this theme through delivering ‘person of the week’ presentations to their class. Each week, they’ve chosen an inspirational individual to talk about with the class, sharing who they are, what they do and why/how they’ve had …
Falcons – Roman Vocabulary
To help introduce our new Romans Topic, we learnt all about the different vocabulary that may crop up when we begin all of our interesting lessons. We had to match pictures, words and definitions. Not only did this keep our brains functioning (they were working very hard!), we also had to work as a team …
Black History Month
To celebrate Black History Month, we took part in some fantastic dancing with our new friends from the Ivory Coast.
UKS2 Anglo Saxons Entry Point
We looked at historical images from periods of history. The children had to search for clues to decide what the picture was showing. They had to place the dates and sort in chronological order on a timeline.
Queen Elizabeth II
Following the sad news of the death of Queen Elizabeth II, Tranmere Park pupils have paid their respects by celebrating and reflecting on her achievements and importance to the UK.
Take a look at our pictures below.
