CopthornePrimary School
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Pupils stepped back in time to experience Wartime Britain:
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In this hands-on and fun workshop, pupils help to prepare for an animal dinner party. Pupils must find out the names of guests, what they eat, where they live. Once they have gathered the information, they will introduce the guest.
The workshop uses a wide range of natural history specimens to help pupils explore and closely examine some of the plants and animals found in the local environment.
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Pupils attended a workshop at Cartwright Hall to learn about the early history of the Islamic civilisation. This included learning about Baghdad from CE 900 and comparing it to Western Europe at around the same time. Baghdad at the time was the largest city in the world, with a population of about 1 million. It was a perfectly round city, with all the important buildings in the centre. Situated between two rivers, it was also at the centre of the world’s great trade routes.
Using artwork and artefacts pupils explored the historic origins of early Islamic civilisation and its influences and contribution to world culture. Pupils also tried their hand at some Islamic geometric patterns and Arabic calligraphy. Our pupils visited the new gallery exhibition, to observe the intricate beauty of calligraphy of some early and unique Quranic scripts, these have been loaned by the British Library.
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Pupils learn about the Second World War. When Britain and France declared war on Germany after Hitler had refused to stop his invasion of Poland. World War II was fought between the Axis Powers (Germany, Italy, Japan) and the Allied Powers (Britain, United States, Soviet Union, France). Most of the countries in the world were involved in some way. It was the deadliest war in all of human history with around 70 million people killed. Our pupils learned that even Bradford was bombed during the war.
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Pupils learn about the Fire of London and tour one of Bradford’s oldest buildings, Bolling Hall.
The Fire of London happening in September 1666 in a bakery near Pudding Lane. A spark from one of his ovens probably started the fire. The fire swept through London for four days. It destroyed 13,200 houses, 87 churches, and even St Paul’s Cathedral. Although many homes were destroyed, not many people died. The Tower of London survived the Great Fire.
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Ghyll Head Outdoor Education and Activity Centre is based in the heart of the Lake District National Park.
Pupils enjoyed in a 3 day residential at Ghyll Head. They participated in many activities such as; climbing wall, zip wire, canoeing, ghyll scrambling, hill walking, ropes course, team building, fire tent and many more fun activities.
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Pupils visited Beardsworths Garden Centre to learn about different types of plants and trees. They learned how plants grow and looked at the different parts including the leaves, flowers, seeds, roots, bulb, trunk, and branches. After touring the garden centre they planted their own seeds and will see their plants grow in school.
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As local mill working children, pupils experienced lessons at Moorside Board School (1875) which included copywriting with dip pens, using slates and singing period songs.
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Pupils visited Cartwright Hall to learn about the Bradford born artist David Hockney and put their art skills into action using a variety of newly learned techniques.
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Pupils from Reception classes visited Cartwright Hall to learn about different artists and art styles.
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Year 4 pupils visited the City of York to explore the world of Vikings. They visited the Jorvik Viking Centre, the DIG and the Shambles.
The word York (Old Norse: Jórvík) is derived from the Brittonic name Eburākon.
JORVIK Viking Centre:
On arrival at JORVIK Viking Centre visitors are invited to board a specially commissioned time machine where you are hurtled backwards through time, creating the very real sensation of high-speed time travel! In-flight entertainment consists of a film showing the changing style and appearance of York’s streets and residents, as passengers are taken backwards in time through the centuries. With a sudden jolt the time machine malfunctions and speeds back too far, to the year 866AD, the year when Vikings invaded the city of York! The latest technology greets time-travellers as they board the suspended, six-seater, time capsules. Starting at the year 866AD, the capsules transports visitors through the war-like early Viking era and forward more than 100 years to the city of York, or JORVIK as it was known, in AD975.
What is DIG?
DIG is a hands-on archaeological adventure giving children the chance to become trainee ‘diggers’ and discover the most exciting artefacts from 2000 years of York’s history. With four special in-door excavation pits, all based on real-life digs in the city and filled with replica Roman, Viking, medieval and Victorian finds, children grab a trowel and explore how people lived in these times. Children can get hands on with history and actually touch finds from previous YAT digs, including pottery, bone and even antlers. They can discover what these artefacts tell us about the lives of people who used them.
Shambles
During the visit to York our pupils also visited the Shambles. The Shambles is one of York’s most famous landmarks and one of the best-preserved medieval shopping streets in Europe. With its cobbled streets and overhanging buildings, it is believed to have been the inspiration behind Diagon Alley from the movie adaptation of the Harry Potter series.
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