Year 3 Local History Week

By Geography, History, Year 3

This week in school is local history week. Year 3’s focus this week is looking at schools in Wickersley over the years.

Yesterday, we went on a short walk around the village.  We plotted our route on maps of the area and jotted down any human/physical features that we saw.

Our walk included a stop off at the old Dame school. The story goes that the larger door was for the teacher and the smaller door for the children. When a child was too tall to enter through the small door, standing upright, then they were deemed ‘big enough’ for work.

We discussed whether we thought this was fair or not and thought about how schooling has changed in Wickersley.

Even the shortest children in Year 3 are too tall to pass through the small door. So parents, feel free to make your children work at home!

 

18/05/2022
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Local History Week in Year 5

By History, Uncategorized, Year 5

This morning, Year 5 launched our Local History Week with a walk to Wickersley Woods. As historians, we looked for evidence to help us compare the ages of different buildings.

   

We discussed the name ‘Wickersley’ and how the settlement was given the name VIKARRS-LEY by the Saxon settlers. LEY is a Saxon word meaning a clearing in the woods. Sometime before 870 AD, a clearing was made in the woodland that covered the area and farming began.

   

17/05/2022
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Y3 Compass Directions

By Geography, Year 3

In geography, Year 3 have been learning the main cardinal points. We applied our knew knowledge by using compass directions to locate features on a variety of different maps. Finally, we practised using real compasses outside. Children had to follow written instructions using compass directions.

08/05/2022
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