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"] ...
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"]...
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...
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...
To celebrate Black History Month, our children were taken to the Hackney Museum to learn about the outstanding contribution many black people from the past have given to society. The children enjoyed the many tasks and were very well behaved. Well done Year 1. [gallery ids="10233,10234,10235,10236"]...
Last week our children did lots of work on diversity and learnt about what the word equality means. The children went on a protest around the school. They held their banners high and could be heard shouting, " We want diversity, equality and respect for all!"...
For our activism topic in Diverse Britain, Y3 created a passionate campaign on behalf of refugees. The children were passionate about a number of topics, including: deforestation, racism and the environment, but the class voted to protest in favour of refugees being treated kindly and...
This week in Year 4, the children have been learning all about the diverse world that we live in. Our focus was exploring the impact of immigration on Britain. To begin, we explored the movement of immigrants from the Caribbean and learnt all about Empire Windrush. We...
As part of our Diverse Britain topic, Year 3 had an amazing visit to Brixton. We spoke to stall holders in the market to discover lots of influences from different countries. We now know that Brixton has a diverse culture! [gallery ids="8237,8238,8239,8240,8241"]...
For Diverse Britain this half term we have looked at the difference between migration and immigration. We then learnt all about Ridley Road market and its history and why it is such a diverse part of Hackney. We then acted out what it would be...