I have just watched your performance of Oliver – wow you were all fantastic! Great singing, acting, instrument playing and dancing! What a talented bunch you all are. I’m not going to lie, it brought a few tears to my eyes!
Even though we didn’t get our full time together, I’m going to miss you all so much. You were such a lovely bunch and always made me smile. Sorry I didn’t get to see you before you left. I wish you all the best of luck in whatever you do in the future!
Hi Year 6!
Hope you’re all ok.
You all looked like you had a great last day of term! Your costumes looked great and the piñata was brutal lol! Hope you all enjoyed it and are having a lovely half term.
I promised I’d send you some pictures as soon as my baby arrived. So here he is! He was born on Saturday (even earlier than planned!) We have decided to call him Toby. Hope to see you all again as soon as it’s possible. Take care, love Mrs Ekins. X
Hi Year 6
I just wanted to wish you all well on your last day! Hope you all have a great day and good luck at secondary school. You have been such a lovely class and you will be missed. Come back and see us sometime!
Lots of love
Mrs Ekins xx
Now you know all about conquerors, why not create your own conqueror’s armour or helmet?
What clothing would be fit for a conqueror?
Can you design a new set of armour or a helmet for a conqueror of your choice? You could even make the helmet if you really want to go for it – don’t forget to post pictures of what you have designed/made!
Here are a few examples I’ve pinched from the internet but I’m sure you could come up with much better ideas!
Choose your favourite conqueror from the ones you researched. Write a detailed biography of them, include as much information about them as you can.
Why have you chosen them as your favourite conqueror?
Were they a hero or a villain & why do you think this?
Use your best writing skills including interesting vocabulary and a range of punctuation.
Here is a writing checklist to use to check you have included all the necessary writing elements and an example of a biography so you can see what you are aiming for:
Using your research about conquerors, can you create fact files to show each conqueror’s greatest and worst achievements in History?
The categories could include:
1) Years they were alive, age they were conquerors, how long they lived.
2) Number of countries they conquered.
3) How many people they killed.
4) Greatest achievement.
5) Worst thing they did. Etc…
You could add or draw a picture of the different conquerors to each fact file.
Here’s an example of a fact file to give you an idea of how to present your work, but you can come up with your own way of presenting if you want to.
Now you know all about the history of these great conquerors, can you use your geography skills and mark the countries where your researched conquerors lived on a map? Use an atlas or device to help you locate the countries.
Colour in the countries that they conquered. Use different colours for different conquerors and create a key to show who/what the colours represent.
Can you also mark on any significant physical land marks in the area e.g. mountains, rivers, deserts etc…
Here is a link to a blank map to print off:
Timeline task!
Now you have found out about some of the most famous conquerors, can you create a timeline?
What is a timeline?
One method used in KS2 to help understand history is the timeline. Timelines are a listing of events, such as historical periods, which can make history much easier to understand.
When we make a listing of events in order we are creating a timeline. Timelines are used to show the time relationships between different events and different periods in history. They help us to understand the time frame between events. It can be difficult to imagine the length of time between the Ancient Egyptians and the Middle Ages but a timeline makes it easier. But its not just really old events and historical periods that can be put on a timeline. You might make a personal timeline listing important things that have happened in your life or a family timeline showing your own family’s history.
Here is an example of a timeline to help you:
Lesson 1 – Research.
What is a conqueror?
Have you heard of any of these people?
Genghis Khan
Alexander the Great
Boudicca
These are a few of the world’s most famous conquerors!
What is a conqueror?
Here are a few resources to help you:
https://www.ducksters.com/biography/world_leaders/genghis_khan.php
https://kids.britannica.com/kids/article/Boudicca/442493
Have you ever wondered why it is cold in some parts of the world but hot in others? Or why it is warm and sunny or cold and snowy at certain times of the year? It’s all to do with seasons.
What are seasons?
Here is a video to help you understand why we have seasons. Can you use it to answer some of these question below? Use illustrations and diagrams to help you.