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Year 4 Trip to Maiden Castle

Year 4 went on a history trip to Maiden Castle last week to explore the largest and most complex Iron Age hillfort in Britain. As well as learning how the Celts lived in roundhouses and what the hillfort would have looked like 2000 years ago, they got to explore the steep ramparts and search for […]

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4th October 2022

John Hollands’ Talk

We were privileged to welcome author and war time evacuee, John Hollands, to Perrott Hill last week for a hugely insightful talk to Year 6 about his memories of life during World War Two. John also judged the model Anderson shelters the children have been making as part of a cross-curricular art, history and DT […]

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10th July 2019

Year 6 History Trip

The week before half term, Year 6 went on a hugely insightful trip to Bovington Tank Museum to aid their learning of life on the Home Front during the Second World War. As well as exploring a replica WW2 house, pupils also got to sit in an Anderson shelter, hear the air raid siren, dress […]

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28th February 2019

Year 5 History Trip

Year 5 enjoyed a fascinating history trip to Hooke Court yesterday, where they took part in a range of hands-on activities, including Tudor cooking, scribing and dressing up in Elizabethan finery.

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1st May 2018