History - Blandford Now and Then.

We wanted to find out what life was like for people in Blandford in the past.
We went to the museum where Mrs. Hixon, an expert in local history was able to answer many of our questions.

We learnt about the Fire of Blandford in 1731 which destroyed much of the town. The town was rebuilt after that and many of the buildings can still be seen today.

We also visited the Victorian garden where Mrs. Hinsley. taught us how the gardens supplied families with food which was preserved by bottling and making into chutney. No food miles there!

What differences can you spot in these photographs of Blandford Now and Then?

Market place 

West Street

 St Peter and St Pauls church

A very big THANK YOU to Mrs Hixson and the Blandford Museum for letting us visit the museum and supplying us with the old and new photographs of Blandford.

Geography - Exploring our home town.

We have been out observing the main features of our home town. We have looked at the natural features.

The river

The meadows 

The woodlands

 and also the man-made landmarks.

The buildings

 Work-places

Roads

and bridges

 We considered how  people have changed and developed the area as the town has grown and the population's needs have changed.

Skatepark

Car parks

Supermarkets

Science. Identifying forces

In science we are looking at forces. First we looked around the school to see which forces we could see being used. We spotted pushes and pulls and some examples of gravity.
In this clip see which forces you can identify.



 Use these words to help you......
force, pull, push, movement.

Geography. Where in the world are we?

This half term we will be learning about our home town Blandford. We will be using Google Earth to locate the town and to begin to explore the area.

For a quick guide to using Google Earth click HERE

First we looked at planet Earth

Then we zoomed right into Great Britain, (2,000 Km up) 

then down to Southern England and the county of Dorset.

(100 km up) 

From 2Km up we could see the whole town of Blandford.