Sunday 25 November 2018

History week


This week, we had a fabulous time learning about our family history. The children brought in photos of their grandparents and talked to us about them. It was also fantastic to see grandparents coming in to talk to Bumblebees about their childhood, their time at school and teach us some games and songs from the good old days!




The children looked at lots of black and white and sepia photographs and compared them to colour photos we have today.


They also compared old books with yellow and slightly torn pages and faded pictures to books we have today. Moreover, they learned how to differentiate between old and new toys and had lots of fun along the way. 



Bumblebees also loved playing Snakes and Ladders with one of our visitors! They were interested to learn that when she was a little girl she had milk in bottles and had to take cod liver oil at her school!




Thanks to Karen, who brought some old style bottles in, the children could compare the packaging of milk in the past with today's packaging. 

We also had a visit from one grandma who has been working at our school for 19 years and whose children came to Upland Primary School. She shared some photos of the old buildings with us.



The children noticed that the old building was made of bricks and that the new building is made from wood. They told us that the roof of our new school doesn't have a chimney and that the windows are a different shape. 

The children enjoyed getting messy with Granny's soap flakes and learned how to play hop scotch! 




A big THANK YOU to all our visitors for making this week memorable and exciting!




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