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Our Key Stage One topic for Summer Term is called School Days

The 1870 Education Act -

 

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In the School Days project, your child will have the opportunity to take part in a traditional Victorian class and will learn about the differences between schooling in the Victorian era and schooling today. They will learn about objects found in a Victorian classroom and how they were used. They will research Samuel Wilderspin, an important figure in the development of schooling for young children in the Victorian era, whose ideals are reflected in schooling today. They will learn to describe the passage of time through study of past, present and future tense vocabulary.

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 Whiffy Wilson: The Wolf who wouldn't go to school – Caryl Hart

Memorable experience Our school’s history
Innovate challenge Planning a talk
History Historical vocabulary; Historical artefacts; Timelines; Present day schools; Our school; Victorian era; Victorian schools; Significant people – Samuel Wilderspin
English List poems; Diaries; Letters
Geography Fieldwork; Human and physical features; Maps; Local environment; Changes over time
PSHE Special people; Positive contributions