Boudicca’s Timeline

Balmoral class have listened and explored the timeline of Queen Boudicca, planning and designing their own freeze frames. We recreated her timeline from when her husband died, meaning the Romans wanted to rule her land, to the destruction of Colchester and London, then to a great battle. The Celts may have overwhelmed the Romans but … Read more

School Trip with Windsor Class!!

This week, Windsor Class went on a very exciting trip! First we went to Ice Sheffield to have a curling lesson, thinking about the forces that are applied to the curling stones as part of our Science topic. Next, we got on a tram, asking politely for tickets and paying the lovely staff for them, … Read more

Windsor Trip to Meadowhall!!

This week some of the students in our class visited Meadowhall as part of our Money topic in Maths and Transport topic in History. They travelled there and back on the train, chose something fun for them to buy and then either paid for it with cash or card! All three of them enjoyed the … Read more

Oh We Do Like to be Beside the Seaside!

We have been exploring exciting things to learn about the Victorian Seaside. We have looked at different activities that people would do on the promenade, we tasted different food and drinks and we have loved everything we have tried!

Absorbency and Durability

Balmoral carried out experiments to test the absorbency and durability of toilet roll. They learnt how to measure and record their own results, analysing them to find out which was the best.

The Roman Toilet

Balmoral reenacted a visit to the Roman toilet. They explored how and why they were built that way, including discussing Roman inventions including aqueducts and sewer systems. They were surprised that people would go the the Roman toilets to socialise, and also by their lack of privacy.

Roman Toilet Roll

Balmoral were pretty disgusted to discover that Romans did not have toilet roll. We explored further looking at things they may have used including: twigs, pebbles, leaves and moss. They discussed the properties of the materials and even came up with ideas to make their own inventions. Balmoral are still horrified by this, but had … Read more