Our Y6 designers brought their Anderson Shelter designs to life this week. Our knowledge of what shelters needed, ideal materials to build from and ways to camouflage them was impressive! We will be evaluating our decisions and choices next week. #DTatWelbeck #HistoryatWelbeck

UKS2 investigated what would be the best material to use in order to adhere to blackout rules during the blitz. They used torches to test which materials were opaque, translucent and transparent
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Alan Turing, The Enigma Machine, and secret Nazi plans- our WW2 Evacuees relished the chance to apply their reasoning and problem solving skills to crack indecipherable codes and help win the Battle of Britain! #HistoryatWelbeck #MathatWelbeck #EnrichmentatWelbeck

After a fantastic day experiencing what life was like for children evacuated to the countryside during WW2, UKS2 heard the announcement that Britain had won the war, and celebrated with a VE Day street party with home baked cakes, music and flags. #HistoryatWelbeck Look out for more pics of the day!

More pictures from our LKS2 Stone Age Fire pit sessions. Pupils showed fantastic resilience, team work and perseverance to create their fires using ‘Fuel, Heat and Oxygen’ #50ThingsatWelbeck #PersonalDevelopmentatWelbeck #HistoryatWelbeck #ScienceatWelbeck

We then returned to the classroom to create a Stone Age fruit salad by chopping and mixing fruits and berries that were gathered in the Stone Age! #DTatWelbeck #HistoryatWelbeck

As part of their Stone Age experience day, LKS2 completed a scavenger hunt, while foraging in our forest garden, to understand the role of hunter-gatherers. #HistoryatWelbeck #OutdoorLearningatWelbeck

LKS2 had a brilliant Stone Age Experience day today! In the Y3 classroom we were creating Stone Age Jewellery by shaping and moulding clay and then threading our shapes onto twine. It was fun ! #HistoryatWelbeck #ArtatWelbeck

As part of our Stone Age Experience Day, the children had the opportunity to create their own cave paintings. They painted handprints and mammals, just like people did during the Stone Age #HistoryatWelbeck

Foraging for fruit and nuts, our Stone Age pupils are learning about what foods are best for them to eat and what animals are best to hunt (and which ones to avoid!) #OutdoorlearningatWelbeck #50ThingsatWelbeck #HistoryatWelbeck

LKS2 Stone Age Day is underway- the cave painting session is all prepped, as too is the Stone Age fire pit! #50ThingsatWelbeck #Outdoorlearning #HistoryatWelbeck

Year 3 became historical detectives today! They investigated historical evidence, asked thoughtful questions and made careful observations to uncover clues about life in the Stone Age 🕵️🔍 #HistoryatWelbeck #OutdoorlearningatWelbeck

To understand the role of Mary Anning, Year 4K became fossil hunters completing a chocolate chip cookie excavation to separate ‘fossils’ from ‘rock’! #ScienceatWelbeck #HistoryatWelbeck

In history, Year 6/5 looked at a timeline of events and various sources to understand Hitler’s rise to power and how World War 2 began. They used sources such as propaganda, photographs, maps and newspaper clippings.
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Year 4/3T have started their Stone Age topic! They enjoyed putting key dates and events in chronological order, beginning to build their understanding of this fascinating period in history #HistoryatWelbeck