As part of our celebrations on World Book Day, parents and carers were invited into school to share stories with their children. The children enjoyed having their adults read with them.

Class 3 had a fantastic day on Monday to the National Museum in Liverpool, attending the Discover Egyptians workshop, and looking around the museums Egyptian exhibition. They were able to handle Ancient Egyptian artefacts, solve puzzles and decode the Rosetta Stone!

Class 2 spent the afternoon observing chopping, slicing, grating, squeezing and peeling of a variety of fruits and vegetables before they planned their own creation of a fruit salad. They then washed their hands carefully before having a go at the different skills of preparing fruit and vegetables. Some of the children had a taste of fruits they hadn’t tried before – well done Class 2!

Class 2 have investigated the importance of hand washing as part of our work on Florence Nightingale, which also linked to our Science work on Animals and their needs.

The children all passed around a slice of fresh bread before putting it into a sandwich bag. They then went and washed their hands with soap and water. After that, they were given another slice of bread to pass around before it went into the sandwich bag. Another slice of bread was put straight into a sandwich bag without being handled.

We left the bread for several days and after a week or so, we looked to see what had happened. We talked about the importance of good hand washing to in order to help stop bacteria growing.

In Class 3 over the past few weeks, the pupils of class 3 have been working really hard on creating a sarcophagus in the style of Tutankhamun’s! We have used some beautiful metallic paint to decorate, using our research to help us design and use specific colours. We will update this again when it is complete!

Class 2 are enjoying learning about a significant person in history. Their knowledge of her life and work is fantastic and they have been able to write diaries, instructions, biographies and recounts. This week, we investigated how Florence Nightingale improved hygiene in hospitals through keeping clean and ensuring hands were clean. To demonstrate how important hand washing is to cleanliness, all the children handled a slice a bread, before washing their hands and then handling a second slice of bread. We will be observing what happens to the bread over the coming days.

Class 2 began their history topic on Florence Nightingale with a visit to Brampton Museum. They were greeted by Florence, who explained her early life and then took the children on her journey to Scutari hospital, where she became known as the ‘Lady with the Lamp’. Children had opportunities to help clean the hospital and see how she made life better for the wounded soldiers.