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Year 5 ICT and History Project on Victorian Keighley

January 31, 2013 / Pupil / No comments

Year 5 have begun a project on Victorian Keighley.

Year 5 pupils are starting a project on Victorian Keighley. They are using copies of documents, photographs, maps and original objects from the time as part of this project.

They will learn what it was like to be a child in Keighley during Victorian times and find out what  the local area was like between 1837 and 1901.

When the weather is a bit better the class will go on a history walk around the area. Mr Devlin and Mr Moorhouse will take them into town and back and talk to the class about lots of Victorian buildings that we can still see.

Last year we went on this walk. There are Victorian postboxes, a Victorian Cemetery  remains of a Victorian Slum and lots of mills and factories from the Victorian period very close to school. There was also a hospital and a reservoir near Our Lady of Victories that Year 5 will learn about in their project.

Here are some photographs from last years History trail.

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Keighley Victoria Hospital
Keighley Victoria Hospital

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Catholic Heritage Day!

November 27, 2012 / admin / No comments

On Saturday the 17th of November, a few of the Year Six pupils went to the Keighley Library to interview some of the people who went to OLV and other Catholic Schools when they were younger. They all took videos and pictures, and it was a fascinating experience.

 

“It was an amazing experience, I would definitely go there again. I learnt so much about the history of our school and we all had an amazing day.”

“We all had great fun interviewing the people there and finding out about the history of our school.”

We saw lots of photos of OLV in years gone by. This one is from the year that OLV opened:

OLV 1960 class photo

 

Here is a video of Mr Devlin Senior talking about his experiences teaching in Keighley’s Catholic Schools:

Untitled from OLV TV TEAM on Vimeo.

 

 

“It was brilliant and I enjoyed all the pictures and I looked for some of my own family. It was also fantastic to see so many pupils from all schools taking part and helping the public,” says Miss Abbott. “It was great!”

Here is an interview.

Untitled from OLV TV TEAM on Vimeo.

By Serena in Year Six.

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Gods and Goddesses

November 24, 2012 / Sport / No comments

Ancient Greece is popular for lots of things such as the battles and the Gods. This article will tell you about the Greek Gods and Goddesses.

 

The ancient greeks belived in many Gods and Goddesses. The Gods had control on a great number of things on earth. They fell in love with each other,argued with each other and even stole from each other.

Zeus was the king of all the Gods and Goddesses. He controlled the weather and he could change it when he wanted to.

Here are some God’s And Goddesses that I like:

Hera-  Goddess of marriage and children

 

         Hera was the wife of zeus and the queen of olympians. She was also a goddess of the sky and starry heavens. Hera was usually depicted as a beautiful women wearing a crown and holding a royal,lotus-tipped staff. Sometimes she held a royal loin or a cuckooo or a hawk as her familiar.

 

Poseidon- God of sea and earthquakes

 

 

Poseidon was the great Olympian. God of the sea,rivers,flood and drought,earthquakes and horses. He was depicted as a mature man of sturdy build with a dark beard, and holding a trident.

 

Artemis- Goddess of hunting and the moon

Artemis was the great Olympian goddess of hunting,wilderness and wild animals. She was also a Goddess of childbirth, and the protector of the girl child up to there married. Her twin brother Apollo was similarly the protector of the boy child. Together the two of them were also bringers of sudden death and disease- Artemis targeted women and girls, and Apollo men and boys.

 

Hades- King of the underworld

Hades was the king of the underworld, the God of the death and the dead. He presided over funeral rites and defended the right of the dead to due burial. Hades was also the God of the hidden wealth of the earth, from the fertile soil with nourished the seed-grain, to the minded wealth of gold, silver and other metals.

 

Athena- Goddess of wisdom,crafts and war

 

Athena was the great Goddess of wise counsel, war, the defence of towns, heroic endeavour, weaving, pottery and other crafts. She was depicted crowned with a crested helm, armed with shield and spear, and wearing the snake- trimmed aigis cloak wrapped around her body, adorned with the monstrous head of the gorgon.

 

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Year 3 visit Roman Chester

October 20, 2012 / admin / No comments

Yesterday Year 3 visited Chester. Chester was built by the Romans to house the 20th Legion. They chose the location as it had lots of very good building materials, was in a strong position and helped them to keep an eye on the Celts in Wales! 

Here’s a video of things they did during the day:

After quite a long journey the class arrived at Chester. The first thing they did was have a guided tour of some Roman sites. The tour guide was a Roman!!!

Roman Soldier

Roman Soldier

He told the class about all sorts of things. They heard about a Hypocaust, Ampitheatres, the army and the kinds of weapons they had.

The Roman also told them about the way the Romans went to the toilet. They all sat together and used a sponge instead of toilet paper! They even had to share the sponge!

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Toilet Sponge

After our tour the class had a workshop. This looked at artefacts and replicas. Artefacts are things that archaeologists have dug up that were made years ago. A replica is something made to recreate the original.

They got to look at things from the kitchen and practice grinding herbs, looked at stones from an old hypocaust and had a go at making a mini Roman roof.

Making a Roman Roof

Making a Roman Roof

Mr Devlin knows lots about Roman stones. He studied them at university. He could tell the class lots about the stones and what they meant.

Mr Devlin talking about Artefacts

Mr Devlin talking about Artefacts

There were lots of big tombs outside Chester. Some of the remains of these are in the museum. You could read what was on the stones. Some of the people buried there were just 10 years old!

Year 3 in front of a tombstone

Year 3 in front of a tombstone

After the museum the class went for a walk around the walls. They could see why the river made it easy to get food to the fort. It was also a good way of keeping the Celts away!

River Dee in Chester

River Dee in Chester

The class had a great time on the visit. We asked some of the children what they enjoyed the most. Here’s what they had to say:

“We got to do some Roman singing and marching songs. It was very funny.”

“There was a band in Chester. We clapped our hands and Faiza started to dance.”

“Mrs bailey’s group got lost!” (Editor: So did Mr Devlin…)

“It was great in Chester.”

 

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Year 2 work on the Great Fire of London

July 20, 2012 / admin / No comments

Year 2 have been working on the Great Fire of London in their creative curriculum lessons this term. As part of their work they have made models of lots of the buildings that were destroyed in the fire.

To finish off their project they decided that it would be interesting to see how the fire spread. To do this the decision was made to reenact the fire! The buildings were placed a safe distance away from the children in an order that represented how close the buildings were to each other at the time. Once our fire extinguishers were ready and all of the children were at a safe distance from their model city of London, the fire began.

Unlike the real fire of London, ours lasted just a few minutes and was easily put out. Even on a damp day it was very clear to the children just how easily a fire can spread through lots of dry buildings if they are very close together.

Here’s a video of our model of London in 1666 going up in flames!

20080525160833 from OLV TV TEAM on Vimeo.

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Historical images

July 2, 2012 / History / No comments

This week the History team have been very busy. We wrote the article about the Olympic Torch and have been researching the story of Robert the Bruce so that we can write you a great article about him for next week. As we also went to see Gary the Clown it was suggested that this weeks History post could be as simple as a few old photographs.

These pictures are all connected to school in some way…

Who is this beautiful 'young' lady???

Who is this beautiful 'young(ish)' lady???

Who is it?

Clue: likes Ancient History and can remember a lot of it!

The next image is a copy of a Keighley News article about the school opening.

Article about the school opening

 

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We love sharks.

June 25, 2012 / History / No comments

      THE GREAT WHITE SHARK

 

 

The great white is one of most fearsome creatures in all the sea. Sharks can grow up to 6 meters [20ft]in length and in weight 2.268 kiliogram. They can live to over 30 years.

But the great white really eats or attacks humans in water because they get startled. The great white shark has been on the earth for 16 million years, but the biggest was the Megladon.

what the shark eats ?

Tuna,rays,dolphins,seals,sealions,whales,other sharks,many more.

The only creatures in the world that can kill a great white shark are orcas and humans, but for millions of years the megladon ruled the seas.

An adult shark can have up to 46 teeth,24-26 teeth position in the top jaw.

 

 

 

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OLV take the lead at Keighley History Day

May 11, 2012 / admin / No comments
The OLV stand at the School History event

Over 1000 old Our Lady Of Victories photographs have been digitised by members of the local history society. These are now on display in Keighley Town Library, following an event on April 21st.

This is the first time that the schools archives have been put on public display. Mr Devlin was asked to give a brief talk about the history of the school. He also took the school log book and the schools first ever registers! He also brought some old books about our school.

Four pupils went to the event with Mr Devlin and Mr Moorhouse. They recorded interviews with lots of the visitors. These will be added to the local history societies archives.

One of the people we interviewed said, “It was really nice to see so many photographs of my class and classmates. I was at the school in 1960 when it opened so seeing these photographs has brought back a lot of very fond memories.”

At the event we met lots of former pupils. Many of them were able to name people in class photographs going back to 1960. Some people brought their own photographs in to be scanned and added to the archive. They were over 300 people there.Lots of the pictures were on the stand to see.The picture of the 1984′s class was there. There were also pictures of the Paris trips they went on.

The photograph below is of one of the classes at the school in 1960, the year the school opened.

Photograph of a class at OLV in 1960

If your parents or grandparents attended the school they may have old photographs of the school. If they have any that they’d like to add to the archive, please see Mr Moorhouse.

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