Our Local Heritage · Victorian – present day
The History of Our School
Investigating when the school was built and what it was like for the first pupils.
Key Questions
- 1When was our school first opened?
- 2How were the classrooms and lessons different in the past?
- 3What did children wear to school 50 years ago?
National Curriculum Attainment Targets
KS1: History - Significant historical places in their own localityKS1: History - Changes within living memory
Year: Year 2
Subject: History
Unit: Our Local Heritage
Period: Victorian – present day
Suggested Methodologies
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