This month, in our history lessons we have been learning about the jobs black people were doing in the Tudor times.  We learned about the different roles each of the 4 people had, especially John Blanke - a trumpeter - who was very close to King Henry VIII.  In Tudor society, trumpeters were valued musicians. Trumpeters like John were used at court occasions, on the battlefield and to announce the arrival of important royals. John received eight old pence a day in the reign of Henry VII. This was double the wage of an ordinary farm labourer and three times that of a servant.  John was so valued that he was successful in winning a pay rise from Henry VIII. In 1512, he received a gift of new clothing from the King when he got married. 

Also this week, we evaluated our Tudor portraits and thought about the changes we might make if we were to do them again.  We learned how to write about the rooms in our house in our French lesson saying what rooms we do have in our house but also what rooms we do not have for example ‘Dans ma maision il y a une cuisine mais il n’ya pas de garage’  - In my house there is a kitchen but there is no garage.

After half term, we will be starting our new science topic - space - which is so exciting!