​Tell the story of the Battle of Hastings as a comic strip on one side of A4.
Here are some events to include (they are in the wrong order):

• Other Saxons do the same to meet their doom
• First the Norman archers, then the foot soldiers try to break the shield wall but both fail
• Harold is shot in the eye and the Normans win. William is crowned King of England.
• The Norman cavalry attack
• Godwinson and his Saxon troops are tired from the Battle of Stamford Bridge
• Some Saxons leave the shield wall to chase after retreating Norman cavalry, but they are isolated and die.
• Norman archers can now fire from close range into the Saxon army.
• The Saxons take a great position on Senlac Hill high up with s shield wall

Websites to use:
https://www.bbc.com/bitesize/guides/zsjnb9q/revision/4 (lots of facts)
 
https://www.bbc.com/bitesize/articles/z3s9j6f  (good for picture ideas)
 
https://www.bbc.com/bitesize/guides/zsjnb9q/video (video)

For homework Year 7 have been asked to research an English Monarch who ruled between 1066 and 1485. 
They need to create a profile on a page of A4 and include:
•A picture of the monarch
•The dates they lived
•What they are famous for

You may also want to add more detail about their success / failure, their children and the legacy they left for England.

The best ones will be displayed (their authors will be rewarded) so you might be best looking into a less well known king as I can only display one William the Conqueror and remember, you need to keep all the information on a page of A4.

Over the next few weeks we will be improving our map skills. Why not have a go at some of these games and tests to improve your skills?
World Knowledge:
 https://kidsgeo.com/geography-games/continent-and-ocean-name-matching-game/
Latitude and Longitude:
 https://kidsgeo.com/geography-games/latitude-and-longitude/
Grid Reference:
https://www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/mapzone/map-skills/grid-references/page-three
Height:
https://www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/mapzone/map-skills/relief-and-contours/page-one


Overviews:
 http://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/ks3/geography/geographical_enquiry/geographical_skills/revision/1/
​https://www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/mapzone

Everyone needs to make two posters (no bigger than A4) about both:
​•The Peasants Revolt
•The Black Death
They must say when they happened and what happened (in less than fifteen words)
If you have an Expected target you must also explain on the poster why it was important (in less than 20 words).
If you have a Greater Depth Target you must do the above and explain what caused both of these events and what it was like to live through them?

Due: Tuesday 17th July (CC and GS), 18th (JG)

Use these websites and others to help you:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/ks3/history/middle_ages/peasants_revolt/revision/1/
http://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/ks3/history/middle_ages/the_black_death/revision/1/

current ETA is about 11.15am but could vary depending on whether we hit traffic. The satnav is saying some traffic issues ahead.
Will aim to keep you updated.

Will be docking at Dover any second and heading home. Will try and update website at about Fleet Services with a more accurate arrival time.

We are now on the ferry heading towards Dover after a relatively good night's sleep. With less sugar running through veins, it has been a calm journey. Everyone made it safely through border control and are now busy tucking into breakfast and browsing the shop aboard P & O Canterbury.
We are due to dock at Dover at approximately 7.15am British time so will try and update you then on our ETA.
Our school phone is not doing a great job of linking to the school website or receiving wifi so it may be that, if we are unable to update this website, you will receive a Parentmail instead.
We look forward to arriving back in Cranborne tired but happy very soon.
​Mrs Williams

After an exhausting week of activities so far, several of our pupils decided it shouldn't just be the teachers that were entitled to a cup of tea!