Grade 5 students acted as curators of an Artifact Museum that was set up in our classrooms. There were 'galleries' from several time periods including Roman, Viking, Tudor and Anglo-Saxon. Students catalogued a range of artifacts and displayed them for parents and the school community to see. Some groups used the artifacts that we collected during our recent ‘archeological expedition’ at the River Thames.
Please have a look at some highlights from the museum. Comments about your visit are also very welcome!

Grade 5 students spent the afternoon at Westminster yesterday. They took part in a science and humanities lessons. It was very exciting to learn about electricity and work in the science lab! In the humanities class, Mr. Barnett showed us a variety of interesting artefacts that he has collected over the years including a 5000 year old necklace from Ancient Egypt! Have a look at our video to see more!

Hi Grade 5,
Have a look at the website of the UK National Archives.

What is the National Archives?
The National Archives is the UK government's official archive, containing almost 1,000 years of history, with records ranging from parchment and paper scrolls through to digital files and archived websites.

Can you find any artifacts here that we can use in our museum?

click here to view the National Archives site

The students have been busy analysing and interpreting artefacts from a range of time periods. They have been enthusiastic about learning about these different parts of history.

Hi Grade 5, Keiko found this great website, which is a secondary source of history. Have a look to find out more about specific time periods in history in the UK and the rest of the world. Time periods include Roman, Vikings, Tudors, Aztec, Ancient Egypt etc!

Click here for the website.

and here for the BBC site 'Walk Through Time'

Tonight you will have a chance to look at some artifacts that were found at Anglo-Saxon sites. After you have spent some time observing and interpreting these objects, take some time to read what historians and archaeologists have found by going through the same process.

Click here to learn more and to have a go at an educational game called: Digging it Up: Anglo-Saxons

Grade 5 students are taking an active role in planning our units of inquiry. This is excellent preparation for the PYP Exhibition, where students will be responsible for identifying the key concepts, transdisciplinary skills, profiles and attitudes that they will focus on during their inquiry.
Have a look at our video to see some of the planning in action!

Today we had an author named Robin Price visit our school as part of Reading Week. Grade 5 students had the exciting opportunity to take place in a writing workshop with him.

Historians and archeologists use a variety of resources to learn about and gain insight into the past. Have a look at this BBC video showing an archaeological dig at a Roman site in England.
What are some of the different sources that the archeologists uncovered which gave them insight into life in Roman Britain?
What artifacts were most exciting for them?

http://www.bbc.co.uk/apps/ifl/learningzone/clips/showrecord?Id=3704

Learn more about primary and secondary resources.