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The last Roman soldiers left Britain by AD410. New people came to Britain in ships across the North Sea – the Anglo-Saxons. The Anglo-Saxon age in Britain was from around AD410 to 1066.

• The Anglo-Saxons were a mix of tribes from?Germany, Denmark and the Netherlands.
• The three biggest were the Angles, the Saxons and the Jutes.
• The land they settled in became known as 'Angle-land', or England.
• They brought Germanic languages and new customs and dress.

If we use the modern names for the countries they came from, the Saxons were German-Dutch, the Angles were Southern Danish, and the Jutes were Northern Danish. They arrived over a number of decades.

This week the children have been looking at Alfred The Great.

Alfred the Great was King of the West Saxons from 871 to 886, and King of the Anglo-Saxons from 886 until his death in 899. He was the youngest son of King Æthelwulf and his first wife Osburh, who both died when Alfred was young.

Alfred the Great (849-899) was the most famous of the Anglo-Saxon kings. Despite overwhelming odds he successfuge.lly defended his kingdom, Wessex, against the Vikings. He also introduced wide-ranging reforms including defence measures, reform of the law and of coina

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The children continued their learning with finding out about The King of House Wessex, Edward the Confessor.

Edward the Confessor was an Anglo-Saxon English king and saint. Usually considered the last king of the House of Wessex, he ruled from 1042 until his death in 1066. Edward was the son of Æthelred the Unready and Emma of Normandy. He succeeded Cnut the Great's son – and his own half-brother. 

17th October

The children had an amazing time at Clitheroe Castle. The children applied all they knowledge at school and got involved in some drama through out the day. They learned about the three main battles and got their hands really dirty when they had to made their own motte and bailey.

Below are some of the days highlights:

Spring 1

This term is all about Space!!!

The children are learning about the planets, the galaxy and imagining what could be out there. They will be  reading different science fiction books, Aquila, Cosmic and discussing how authors use of vocabulary and illistrations in books appeal to the readers. 

Spring 2 

                                                    The Golden Age of Islam            

This term, the children have been learning about Islam. They have been able to looking at different artifacts from the Early Islamic period.

This term, the children have been learning all about Early Islamic Civilsation.

The children will be looking at the Islamic civilisation from CE 900 and work in groups to compare it to Western Europe using ancient and modern maps. They will do plenty of research the life  of Prophet Muhammad ( PBUH), look at key events and explore reasons for the spread of Islam.

                                                   The Spread of Islam.

Just how amazing was everyday day life like for the rich in Islamic cities such as Baghdad and Cordoba?

Baghdad with its dazzling culture and its advanced ideas about science and medicine - thought to be the perfect city, but it was not the only Islamic city to impress visitors with is brilliance. There was also Cordoba in Spain.

This is the Corboda Mosque.

What do you think is special?

• It had over 1200 columns
• It could hold over 10,000 people

Corboda.

• Was bigger than Cairo in Egypt
• Richer than Rome.
• Over 80,000 shops.
• half a million inhabitants, living in 113,000 houses, (when London had just 10,000)
• 700 mosques and 300 public baths spread throughout the city and its twenty-one suburbs
• streets which were paved and even lit...
• had many bookshops and more than seventy libraries.

The streets of Corboda were:

• papermakers,
• glass makers,
• silkworm breeders,
• craftsmen working with wood, ivory, jade and leather and
• farmers bringing oranges, grapefruit, grapes and figs to market.

Leisure time for the rich.

Leisure time might also be spent listening to poets and story-tellers reciting their work. Lavish banquets gave rulers and courtiers an important opportunity to relax from the pressures of life.  They played chess, watched snake charmers and visited barbers and masseurs. 

The day to day life of a Muslim ruler was based around the court.  Rulers spent much of their time receiving visitors and listening to their requests. Important meetings were held with those who helped run the government.  Guests were often entertained with music.  People sat on cushions on a rug on the floor, while listening to tales of Arabian Nights.