Eden Camp is a museum in North Yorkshire. It used to be a prisoner-of-war camp but is now an exciting and immersive theme museum with 29 huts where children can learn about the history and experiences of war, especially the Second World War.

We learnt about air raids by the German Air Force – the Luftwaffe. This was where Germany bombed British towns and cities and was known as the Blitz. It was interesting but shocking to see the bombed street scene as we walked through the Blitz hut.

As well as this, we learnt about why blackouts and air raid shelters were necessary during WW2. We even got to go in some air raid shelters!

This all links with our class novel, Letters from the Lighthouse, where our main characters experience an air raid in the first chapter.

A huge hello and welcome from me to all of Class 6C and their families. This blog is a space to get an insight into what we have been learning in school. I hope it inspires you to continue learning and exploring at home!

We have made a great start to the year so far. A huge highlight has been our trip to Meanwood Valley last week visiting the Seven Arches Aqueduct.

Here, we learnt about the local area for our writing lessons we began this week, we picked leaves to identify like scientists and used them to create leaf rubbings using crayons, and practised being geographers as we plotted our route on an OS map.

Our trip has inspired lots of nature related learning this week too. In PSHE, we considered how a tree belongs to nature and thought about our values, hopes, dreams and interests to discover where we belong in the world. In writing, we have been collating key information about Meanwood Valley to prepare us for writing our own non-fiction information text very soon!