Today, across the school, we celebrated ‘This Day In History’; we explored what happened on the 26th May throughout history. We used various sources to help us understand key events as well as everyday things: the price of milk for example.
Year R looked at the differences between 2002 and today. They danced to the chart music, saw what mobile phones were like compared to now and what dial up sounded like. The children also looked into the Prime Minister then and how much food cost compared to now: knowing that the past is things that have already happened. The children also looked at the different programmes that were around for children and how the picture quality differed. After, they looked specifically at the day and realised that it was on a Sunday in 2002 and that the Chinese Mars Rover recognised the first signs of water on Mars in the soil. Finally, they discussed how much things have changed since then and they have even started to think about what life would be like in another 21 years. Their prep for learning helped them to understand the differences.