Children first explored Victorian homes. They learnt about what Victorian homes were made of and why. They explored Victorian artifacts to learn about homelife and how that differs from now as well as learning about the big differences between lives of the wealthy and lives of poor Victorians and considered if there is still wealth disparity now in our country and across the world. Children learnt about how Victorian homes were decorated and made shoe box homes. We looked in particular at the work of William Morris and children went on to make their own wallpaper prints inspired by William Morris. A trip back in time to a Victorian classroom gave children real insight as to what it would have been like to be a child in Victorian times and was the starting point for some wonderful diary entries written from the perspective of a Victorian School Child. Children also wrote information texts about Victorian Schools. Children learnt about Victorian photography creating their own camera obscura’s, making their own cyanotypes and also staging photographs dressed as Victorians which they took on B&W film. To support our learning in Science about light children collaboratively to create amazing shadow boxes.
Problem solving and critical thinking
Foundational skills
Taking control of your learning
Care and respect
Working collaboratively
Happiness in body and mind
Creativity and the arts
Expert skills
Design thinking
School 360,
Sugar House Lane,
Stratford,
London,
E15 2QS
Big Education Trust,
Sugar House Lane,
Stratford,
London,
E15 2QS