Foxfield Humanities

History and Geography @ Foxfield Primary School

[Foxfield - Year 5 @FoxfieldYear5]

Deepening our understanding of human geography in Year 5 today! We unleashed our creativity by crafting concept maps, diving deep into the landscapes of Awra Amba and Ethiopia. 🇪🇹 @foxfield @FFHumanities

[Foxfield - Year 4 @FoxfieldYear4]

Year 4 have loved applying our knowledge about the Ancient Greeks in a creative and free way! Applying our learning to answer ‘how the Ancient Greeks legacy impacted us today?’ @foxfield @FFHumanities

[Yew Class @yew_class]

To end our history topic, we created double page spreads on the Anglo-Saxons and Vikings. We included key facts and dates that we learnt throughout the term. Here are some of our examples! @FFHumanities @foxfield

[Foxfield Palm @FoxfldPalm1]

Get ready for some #Kagan Tweets from Palm class! Hoping our new area will inspire lots of shared learning and collaboration… @foxfield @IPAT_Edu

[Acer Class @FoxfldAcer]

We started of with an amazing Geography lesson this week. We recapped our prior learning of continents and oceans to locate The UK and Greece. @foxfield @FFHumanities

[Foxfield Palm @FoxfldPalm1]

Palm class enjoyed their first Geography lesson, learning how to identify 4-figure grid references…#battleshipsgame
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[Foxfield Palm @FoxfldPalm1]

Today we conducted fieldwork to identify the human and physical features of Greenwich Park. We also recapped the eight points on a compass and described the location of different objects. @foxfield @FFHumanities

[Foxfield Palm @FoxfldPalm1]

To end our Tudor topic, we examined a range of sources, extracted key information and created a fact file about John Blanke. @foxfield @FFHumanities

[Foxfield Palm @FoxfldPalm1]

We had such a great day visiting Queen’s house in Greenwich! @foxfield @FFHumanities

[Foxfield Year 3 Cherry @FoxfldCherry]

Retrieval basket ready for tomorrow’s lesson. Full of key words & their definitions from past and current topics, we’ll refer to this each week. I hope the children enjoy writing, drawing and acting out these concepts to aid their recall and retention. @foxfield @FFHumanities

[Foxfield Palm @FoxfldPalm1]

This morning we discussed the importance of Earth Day and reflected on how we have the power to make a difference and protect our planet. @FFHumanities @foxfield #EarthDay2022 🌎💙

[Foxfield Palm @FoxfldPalm1]

This afternoon, we used globes and atlas’ to locate different countries and cities around the world. We found China and Italy and reflected on how these countries linked with the Silk Road. @foxfield @FFHumanities

[Foxfield Palm @FoxfldPalm1]

This afternoon we joined the Roman live stream with the @MuseumofLondon. Experts showed us an ancient human skeleton and revealed what this told us about Roman lives. @FFHumanities @foxfield

[Oak Class @FoxfldOak3]

The children had a lot of fun this afternoon being immersed in their ‘Victorian’ classroom. We had black boards and chalk, rows of boys and girls, and even a (makeshift) Dunce hat! ⁦@foxfield⁩ ⁦@FFHumanities⁩

[Foxfield Year 3 Cherry @FoxfldCherry]

We delved into our History knowledge organisers today. First we made notes of key facts, then we shared them using a Cops and Robbers activity. Finally, we thought ahead to what we’d like to learn next. @foxfield @FFHumanities

[Foxfield Year 3 Cherry @FoxfldCherry]

Cherry has enjoyed using Purple Mash to create leaflets using all of the sticky knowledge that we’ve learned in our geography lessons this term. @foxfield @FFHumanities

[Foxfield Palm @FoxfldPalm1]

To begin our history lesson we played a retrieval board game. We used our knowledge organisers to recall sticky knowledge and key vocabulary relating to our topic of the Romans. @foxfield @FFHumanities

[Foxfield Palm @FoxfldPalm1]

This afternoon we researched key information about Boudicca. We worked collaboratively to organise our findings into a tree map and shared this with the rest of the class. #Conceptmaps @foxfield @FFHumanities

[Foxfield Year 1 Hazel @FoxfldHazel]

In our History lesson we used the double bubble concept map to identify similarities and differences between old and new toys. @FoxfldHazel @foxfield @FFHumanities

[Oak Class @FoxfldOak3]

Oak class have created a Tree Map using the information they researched about rivers around the world. Each group researched rivers in a different continent the shared what they had learnt…⁦@foxfield⁩ ⁦@FFHumanities⁩