Week beginning 26th September

This week has been very exciting as we were visited by the courtier Jed. He had travelled in time to 2022 from the court of Henry VIII. Imagine our surprise when he popped out of the P.E. cupboard! He told us about Henry VIII and his amazing life. We discovered that Henry had been married six times and could be extremely grumpy! We acted out different parts, held a joust and learned a Tudor dance. It was all great fun with lots of laughter. Thank you, Jed for bringing the reign of Henry VIII alive and for making our Wow Day such fun.

During our enquiry, we also spent time learning more about the War of the Roses when two royal families were fighting one another for the throne of England. We discovered that the Lancastrians had a red rose as their symbol and the Yorkists can a white rose. After Henry VII defeated Richard III at the Battle of Bosworth, Henry married Elizabeth of York and the red and white roses combined to make the Tudor rose.  Henry VII and Elizabeth of York were the parents of Henry VIII.

This week we have certainly been busy being historians!

Year fours have been learning how many hundreds, tens and ones are in 1000 whilst the Year Threes have been working adding two-digit numbers to one digit numbers.

Taking part in a mini marathon, was great fun if very exhausting.

In French this week, we continued learning how  to greet one another and listened to the story, ‘Le Petit Chaperon Rouge’.