Yesterday the children got to experience what school was like for Victorian children.
March 20, 2019
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Category Archives: Social Studies
March 15, 2018
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We Can Do It!
On International Women’s Day we were learning about gender equality and how there is no such thing as ‘girls jobs’ and ‘boys jobs’. You can be anything you want to be if you work hard and persevere. We re-enacted this … Continue reading
March 1, 2018
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Continents and Oceans
We’ve been having fun learning where the continents and oceans are…twister style! 🙂Â
March 23, 2017
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Film Making
We have been learning all about the Space Race with Miss Morrison. We worked in groups to create our own film about the first landing on the moon. We had different roles including directing, filming and acting.Â
August 25, 2016
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The Wild West!
We have started our new topic, the WILD WEST! We are going to be learning all about Westward Expansion in North America and how the Native Americans and Pioneers lived.
June 27, 2016
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Wild about Scotland
Jamie came into school to talk to us about conservation. He told us that beavers became extinct in Scotland but they got 4 families of Beavers from Norway and have introduced them back into Scotland. We had to work in … Continue reading
June 21, 2016
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V is for Victory!
John and Vaila used the internet to research the life of British Prime Minister Sir Winston Churchill. They presented lots of interesting facts about how Churchill successfully led Britain to VICTORY in WWII! 🙂
June 21, 2016
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WWII research
Thomas and Scott worked together using the internet to research Adolf Hitler. They presented the information they gathered to the rest of the class.
June 13, 2016
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London in WW2
Mrs French came into school today to talk to us about living in London during WWII. Mrs French was a little girl living with her mum and dad in London when the war started. She was not evacuated to the … Continue reading
May 20, 2016
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WWII air raid!
We have been learning about gas masks. We made boxes for our gas masks to go in, inside the lid we glued on the instructions gas masks came with in WWII. Gas Masks during the war By September 1939 some … Continue reading
May 20, 2016
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WWII Evacuees
We have been learning all about children being evacuated during WWII. Evacuation tried to ensure the safety of young children from the cities that were considered to be in danger of German bombing. We tried to imagine how evacuees must have … Continue reading
May 4, 2016
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Dig for Victory!
Primary 2 and 3 chose WWII as their topic this term. They have been learning about the home front during the war and how food in Britain was rationed. This was because Germany was torpedoing the ships that brought food … Continue reading
May 2, 2016
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Flag Counter
Today we added a flag counter to our blog. It counts how many people have viewed our blog and tells you what country they viewed the blog from. So far today our blog has had 4 views, all from within … Continue reading
May 2, 2016
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Northmavine Schools Project
On Thursday we had all the children from Ollaberry and Urafirth Primary School here at North Roe School as part of our joint project ‘Around the World’. We were learning all about South Africa, France and the Netherlands. We had … Continue reading
May 2, 2016
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The Netherlands
Nynke’s mum Saskia came into school to tell us all about the Netherlands. Saskia is from a village in the Netherlands called Hallum, she brought in lots of beautiful pictures of the Netherlands to show us. The children loved seeing the pictures … Continue reading
