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Christ Church Local Learning


2 – The historic environment at Christ Church Primary School.

Aim – to produce lesson plans that are;
  • cross curricular
  • making use of the local environment
  • tailored to each year group
Possible activities
  • Locate the Victorian street and houses in the modern school playground
  • Comparison of past and present - what if street still existed and how would it be different?
  • What was here before the streets and houses?
  • Research favourite tree (additional link)
  • Write/ tell a tree’s life story (from tree’s perspective)
  • Persuasive writing/speech to protect the school's trees
  • Draw what you think the original houses looked like based on clues from the surrounding buildings
  • Timetravel story
    Identify differences, describe differences, older years explain differences.
    Tell the story or design the story as a class
    KS2 design story for KS1 to illustrate
  • Recreate a miniture grotto. What materials would you use for decoration
  • Gardeners question time. Ask questions about Goldney Gardens for other class members to research and answer
  • The purpose of gardens. Comparison between past and present, rich and poor
  • Investigate the Goldney family's links with the slave trade
  • Investigate the story of Alexander Selkirk (the real Robinson Crusoe)
  • Explore theme of being marooned - poetry, story writing, monologue, play Desert Island Discs