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Westbury Park Local Learning


2 – Using Westbury Park Primary School as a Learning Resource

Aim – to produce lesson plans that are;
  • cross curricular
  • using the school as a resource
  • tailored to each year group.

Possible activities
  • Detective work
    Looking for clues about the history of the school.
    What clues help you work out which bit is new and which is old?
  • Identifying different eras of the building and arranging in chronological order.
  • Considering what the area was like before the school was built.
  • Considering the important features for a school during the Victorian period.
    (large windows, school bell)
  • Exploring the area of the school
    Who lives in Westbury Park?
    What was the community like when the school was built?
    What were important features then? (Proximity of church etc.)
  • Planning application
    Assess the historic significance of school buildings.
  • Timetravel story
    Identify differences, describe differences, older years explain differences.
    Step from new building to old - from modern day to 1893.
    Tell the story or design the story as a class
    KS2 design story for KS1 to illustrate