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
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