The Terrible Tudors – Off with their heads!
In the Autumn term the children started the year with an afternoon dedicated to learning about the Tudor Rose and the Battle of Bosworth. They also had the opportunity to do a little Tudor dancing! We began to look at Who Henry VII was and what he was like as a King. The children were also able to learn about how Henry VIII became King and how he was different from his father. Through the history lessons the children will learn all about his wives and their fates as well as the reformation and the impact it had on England. In art, the children will be looking the artist Hans Holbein and the portraits he created of Henry VIII and will then create their own self portrait. The children will also write a non-chronological report on The Tudors in the style of the horrible histories’ series. In Science, the children will be looking at sound, how it travels through different mediums what affects the pitch of sound. In French we will be introduced to days of the week along with different salutations. In PSHE we explore health and wellbeing and how to recognise emotions. This then develops into living in the wider world and rules and responsibility. In the final week the children will be undertaking an exciting Geography week investigating our local area with a walk around Southwick planned.