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Category Archives: Topic (History and Geography)
Coventry Cathedral
Posted in pupils, R.E., Topic (History and Geography), Year 6
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Icelandic breakfast!
I said I would share my attempt at an Icelandic breakfast this morning: oatmeal porridge, skyr, redcurrants and blueberries. It was actually very tasty as well as filling and quite healthy. The only downside (for me!) was that the oatmeal porridge took about 25 minutes to cook (which is quite a bit longer than for ordinary porridge). However, I would probably try this again.
Posted in pupils, Topic (History and Geography), Year 6
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World Cup Football Day – Iceland
Iceland are playing in their first World Cup Finals and today we learned something about the history, geography, language and culture of Iceland and held a mini football tournament.
We discovered that the population of the whole country is about the same size as Coventry! This helps to see what an achievement qualifying for the World Cup has been.
During the day we tried some Icelandic food (including rye bread, Skyr, pickled herrings and pickled cucumbers, followed up by Kleinur (little donuts)).
If you want to try cooking these for yourselves, click on the images below to find the recipes we use
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Kleinur Donuts are quite simple to make and they went down well! They are even better slightly warm, fresh from the pan!
The rye bread is easy to mix, but takes a long time (about 8 hours) to cook on a low temperature. Some other recipes use molasses or treacle instead of syrup which would make the bread darker and maybe taste a little less sweet.
Letter from Lindisfarne by Marmoset29
My Lord Alcuin,
Please excuse this blackened paper and pen for they are all I could salvage. You see devastation struck St. Cuthbert’s this past hour: now, its nothing but ash. Most brothers were slaughtered and those who weren’t, I fear, have been taken as slaves. The few of us who remain seek your counsel and I implore you to send it as soon as possible as we fear they may return.
I am now certain that the pink and green dragons last night were omens. They had danced in fire as we watched in perplexity. That night, I fell asleep, after praying for deliverance, and awoke to see a real dragon coming toward God’s land.
Apparently, I wasn’t the only brother to see this for Brother Michael rain in from the fields claiming that he too saw a dragon. I finished my prayer and ran to the shore, believing God would protect me.
However, it was clear that God had too many people to protect. The dragon had landed and its people rushed forward in attack. Most ignored me and headed straight for the monastery, but one stayed back and cut off my finger, taking the ring with it. I then heard cries of terror and metal clashing but was too cowardly to help.
Several minutes later, Lindisfarne was aflame and the men, who I had mistakenly taken as pilgrims, rushed back to their beast with our younger brothers and treasures. Even the Gospels are gone.
Your advice would be much appreciated at this worrying time.
Brother Simon.
Posted in Literacy, Topic (History and Geography), Year 6
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NASA on global warming
If you are interested in finding out more about global warming and its consequences, this site at NASA has very interesting information including images, explanations, games and activities. If you are looking for a science project too, this site has some links to suggestions you might want to consider.
Click on the image to head to the site.
Posted in pupils, Science, Topic (History and Geography), Year 6
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Memories of Coventry Blitz by Mongoose29
It was a very calm night. I could see the full moon out of the window. The children were in bed and I was playing cards with my co-workers. Half the time, we were called out to cities like London because we had to make sure no-one got hurt when the Germans were bombing. All of a sudden, the deafening sound of the air raid siren echoed around the city…
My friends rushed to their houses to put on their uniforms and I dashed upstairs. As quickly as possible, I put on my navy warden uniform and went to wake the children up. When they were safely in the shelter, I directed lots of people to there too. Then I saw a small German plane lit up in the spotlight…
The planes were dropping things but not bombs; they were dropping flares. They were lighting the city up. We all were crowded together in the small shelter. I felt like a mole under the ground with humans stomping above us and all you could smell was death and smoke. We all just sat there hoping the next bomb you heard didn’t come through the roof; luckily, none did. The whole entire city was in flames so the next wave of German bombers could see exactly where to go. The worst part about it was we were standing in water — some of it from people’s tears but most of it from the burst copper pipes. It was so hard to see; the only light was coming from my small lamp. Lots of people were bumping into each other and falling into the thick layer of water.
Happy to be alive, we all left the shelter. The first sounds I heard were crying and gasping: the whole city was falling apart. Dust covered everything and there was no colour; the water was flowing down the roads and the ancient cathedral was destroyed. Even the parts that still stood were boiling hot…
Posted in News, pupils, Topic (History and Geography), Year 6
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Memories of Moonlight Sonata by Marmoset29
The cold winter’s evening of the 14th November 1940 is one one would never forget. It was a full moon that night and, for a change, the sky was clear — there was no mist for miles around. If it hadn’t been for the bombing, it would have been a perfect night.
When our clock read 18:00, we could make out the gentle hum of the diesel-powered planes coming from the east. In reality, it was actually 19:00 but we had never got round to putting our clock forward and it looked like we never would. Anyway, I was in my fire-warden uniform, ready for any flares. Well, I was physically ready but inside I felt as timid as a new-born rabbit.
Minutes later, I was out there, on the streets I knew and loved. As a child, I had drawn, with chalk, all over them and once I had even scratched lopsided pictures into the pavement, some of which were still visible. Near tears, I reached for a hose — I would do everything in my power to prevent my home from obliterating into pieces…
Posted in pupils, Topic (History and Geography), Year 6
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Moonlight Sonata, 14th November 1940
Today, 77 years on, we remembered the night of the Coventry Blitz on 14th November 1940, ‘Moonlight Sonata’. We thought about what happened and had previously watched some interviews with people who were in Coventry on that night. We then wrote memories of the bombing today. We will be finishing these tomorrow, but it seems fitting to post a couple of very sensitive pieces of writing today in remembrance of that night.
Posted in pupils, Topic (History and Geography), Year 6
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