News: History

A sneak peak of our news broadcasts on the Battle of Marathon for Year 6's Ancient Greek Show it!

A huge well done to the class for their Viking History Show It yesterday. This was a brilliant opportunity for them to demonstrate what they've learned and understood about the Vikings. It was wonderful to see their learning in action!

Year 4's Trip to Ribchester Roman Museum.

Thank you to Year 6 for leading a meaningful and reflective Remembrance service in Church this morning. Our gratitude also goes to the parents, carers, and community members who joined us.

Year 1 History: Castles Show It!

We have been learning about Bonfire Night this morning. We loved tasting Parkin.

History Show It! We made posters this afternoon, sharing our knowledge of Mill Hill's history, including Cotton Mills and key figures. The children were great at comparing the school's past and present. ​Find out what your children's sticky knowledge is!

Year 1 Castle Challenge Success!

Today we took part in Mr Dilly’s Black History Month livestream to celebrate amazing literature and stories!

In History, we discussed what we could remember from our trip last week! We then built and labelled the different parts of our very own castle. We will be checking what we can remember next week when we are being busy bees!

Investigating The Battle of Marathon and how there are so many different interpretations.

Year 5 had a truly wonderful trip to Martin Mere yesterday! Our pupils flourished as they connected with God's world and the lessons of the past. From mastering new skills to exploring the Anglo-Saxon area, it was a fantastic day of fun and learning.

Year 3 have been learning about Stonehenge so today we looked at lots of pictures and had a go at building our own. ‘StAidanshenge’.

What a fantastic day Year 1 had on our trip to Clitheroe Castle!

In History, we went back in time looking through resource’s from our school up to 100 years ago. They recognised the similarities and differences about our school from the past to the present.

In History this term we are learning about our local area - Mill Hill. This week we used a timeline to help our understanding of the past. The children thoroughly loved this activity. Did you know our school is 100 years old?

We put our sequencing skills to the test today by working together to create a timeline of historical events. The pupils were excellent at organising everything from the prehistoric age to the present day and understanding the passage of time.

VE Day worship.

What a wonderful VE Day worship led by our incredible Worship Team! Even a projector bulb issue couldn't dampen our spirits. We simply moved our worship to Google Meet, and it was a fantastic start to our day.

What a fantastic morning for Year 3 at Blackburn Museum! Gayle brought the ancient Egyptians to life for us! We even got to see some incredible artefacts!

We have now finished our History topic so we have done our Show it! We pretended to be news reporters and share everything we know about The Great Fire of London. We did a fantastic job and used our oracy skills.

Year 4 are really enjoying making sticky knowledge in Blackburn museum. Make sure you ask us what we have learnt today. Our brains are going to be bursting.

Our History Show It! For 10 weeks we have been learning all about different explorers/significant people from the past. The children have loved this topic and enjoyed working as a team to show what they had learnt.

Using different sources to learn more about life before and during the Industrial Revolution.

In History this week, we looked at how the fire was put out in The Great Fire of London. Ask your children if they can remember?

We’ve been super busy today!

In History, we have been studying chronology, creating timelines spanning 4,000 years of British and world history. We explored past civilisations and their contemporaneous existence, recognising chronology as a crucial skill for further development.

We have started our new topic in History, The Great Fire of London! We have looked at a timeline using toilet roll, to show us how long ago it really was. We then looked at some new vocabulary that we can use throughout the topic!

Hi all. As you know we had a trip to the Roman Museum yesterday and we had a wonderful time. We got to try on Roman armour and the children loved it.

Year 4 have arrived safely at Ribchester Museum and are listening to the historian Patrick. We’re picking up lots of knowledge that we will make sticky over the next few weeks.

Here are some of the artefacts we have seen on our trip so far this morning. Grown ups at home, please ask about these to help make our knowledge sticky.

Year 2 History Show Its - 08.11.24

We have been learning about Bonfire Night today. We tried some Parkin at snack time.

Yesterday we were archaeologists! We investigated Stone Age poo. We measured it, described it, and took it apart to work out what foods were eaten in the past! We had a lot of fun, even though some of us found it disgusting.

We are celebrating Black History Month this week through our story times.

Today marks the beginning of Black History Month

We have had a great morning and mostly managed to miss the weather. We are about to start our session which is about dragons. We will post more pictures on our return.

Our day at Clitheroe Castle was fantastic. I hope the children have told you about everything they got up to. The children all behaved well and I know will have learnt lots although the lady was impressed with the knowledge they already had.

We have been learning about Ancient Greece. Today we created out our Agora which means market. We became Athenian citizens going about our days. Ask us about our roles.

Yesterday we were learning that the Stone Age lasted for approximately 3.4 billion years! We went outside with our base 10 to help us understand how long ago this actually was. The children were amazed! They had a great time exploring the concept of time.

Our History topic this term is The History of Mill Hill.

What a wonderful day at Liverpool World Museum! We began with an Ancient Greek workshop. Then we experienced a Brilliant Bugs lesson. The day continued with a dinosaur and evolution walk and an exploration of the aquarium.

Today, Mrs Greenwood shared an amazing piece of family history with us! Did you know her Great Grandad James Whitehead, actually played football for England?

We are on our way to the beach and circus! We are SO excited!!

We loved the circus!!

Enjoying our lunch!

Ice cream!

We had the best day ever!! Year 2 had exceptional behaviour. We went to the circus, the beach, went on the pier and had an ice cream.

This afternoon was our VR workshop about the Maya civilisation. It was amazing! Ask us about it :)

En route to Blackburn Cathedral

Our morning so far. Learning all about ascension and Pentecost.

Thank you to Katie and David from The Canal and River Trust

In History, we are focusing on Canals and Railways. This afternoon, we examined old photos of the nearby canal and surrounding area and then took a local walk to see how it has changed over time. Ask your children what they found out.

In History, our new topic is The Great Fire of London. We explored images from this event and discussed how the fire may have started. We also had a chance to look at some resources sent by Blackburn fire station. We had lots of fun!

How did trade get global? We have been researching globalisation and how it developed over time.

This afternoon we started our new history topic 'Ancient Egypt'. We have been fact hunting around our classroom. Ask us what we have found out.

Analysing evidence in history.

Reception- Black History Month:

Reception have been learning about Jack Leslie and Demi Stokes. We have also been enjoying lots of books that celebrate diversity.

Year 6 World War 2 visit to Blackburn Museum

This week Year 6 visited Blackburn Museum to learn about how Blackburn was impacted by World War 2. We were able to look at many artefacts and use a wide range of sources to enhance our understanding about the Homefront in Blackburn.

Holocaust Memorial Day

Live interview with author Tom Palmer and Holocaust survivor Harry Olmer.