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Diverse Britain

27 Jan

What’s happening in Year 6 – Week 4

In light of Holocaust Memorial Day, Year 6 took part in a live interview with Peter Lantos, a Holocaust survivor from Hungary. Peter was born in 1939 and explained what he remembered of the few years that led up to his family’s deportation to Bergen-Belsen...

12:07 / Diverse Britain / Humanities / news 27.01.2023 / Newsletter / Religious Education / Uncategorised / Year 6 / nbegum
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02 Dec

What’s happening in Year 6 – Week 5

Year 6 have been writing persuasive letters to Winston Churchill this week, from the perspective of Ruth Balicki, who is a character from the text they are reading in class - The Silver Sword by Ian Serallier. The Balickis are a Polish family, who had their...

12:07 / Diverse Britain / News 02.12.2022 / Newsletter / Parents / Uncategorised / Writing / Year 6 / nbegum
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02 Dec

What’s happening in Year 4 – Week 5

This week, Year 4 started studying our role model for Diverse Britain, Steve McQueen. We re-enacted parts of his life in groups. Steve McQueen created the Year 3 project, which we looked at and recreated, and gave reasons why our Year 4 class is so...

12:05 / Diverse Britain / News 02.12.2022 / Newsletter / Parents / Uncategorised / Year 4 / nbegum
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02 Dec

What’s happening in Year 3 – Week 5

As part of our Diverse Britain learning, we have been learning about Kelly Holmes, the Olympic Gold Medallist. This week, we looked at the Olympic values and how Kelly Holmes represented these in the Olympics. We also thought of some actions to help us remember...

12:04 / Diverse Britain / News 02.12.2022 / Newsletter / Parents / Uncategorised / Year 3 / nbegum
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02 Dec

What’s happening in Year 2 – Week 5

Year 2 have enjoyed learning about Nadiya Hussain in their Diverse Britain lessons. They looked at who she is, what her heritage is and discussed why she is influential. Using our our influences of our heritage, year created menu that were inspired by foods from...

12:03 / Diverse Britain / News 02.12.2022 / Newsletter / Parents / Uncategorised / Year 2 / nbegum
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21 Oct

What’s happening in Year 6 – Week 8

Over the last few weeks, as part of our Black History Month celebrations, Year 6 have been exploring the country of Sierra Leone, in West Africa. We focused our studies specifically on the capital city, Freetown. Once the children had gained some background knowledge about...

12:07 / Diverse Britain / News 21.10.2022 / Newsletter / Parents / Uncategorised / Year 6 / nbegum
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21 Oct

What’s happening in Year 4 – Week 8

This week, Year 4 studied Faith Ringgold’s painted quilts to make our own relief prints. We made mind maps about Ringgold before making our own Black History Month art. [gallery ids="10483,10484"] ...

12:05 / Art and DT / Diverse Britain / News 21.10.2022 / Newsletter / Parents / Uncategorised / Year 4 / nbegum
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21 Oct

What’s happening in Year 2 – Week 8

Year 2 have been weaving in art which have been inspired by the amazing Kente cloth from Ghana. We explored different materials and described how they felt before putting them in different categories. We also looked at different patterns used for African materials. [gallery ids="10487,10488,10489"]...

12:03 / Art and DT / Diverse Britain / News 21.10.2022 / Newsletter / Parents / Uncategorised / Year 2 / nbegum
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14 Oct

What’s happening in Year 5 – Week 7

Year 5 have loved learning about the Romans in history this half term! We recently took part in a debate all about Boudicca and discussing whether she was a good or a bad leader. We wrote our ideas down on whiteboards first and used ABC...

12:06 / Diverse Britain / News 14.10.2022 / Newsletter / Parents / Uncategorised / Year 5 / nbegum
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07 Oct

What’s happening in Year 6 – Week 6

As part of our Diverse Britain curriculum, this week Year 6 visited Hackney Museum to explore their ‘Movers, Makers and Community shakers’ exhibition, which tells a wonderful story of African heritage in Hackney. The session was led by a local artists, who provided the children with...

12:07 / Diverse Britain / News 07.10.2022 / Newsletter / Parents / School Trips / Uncategorised / Year 6 / nbegum
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