History

Class Activities

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Victorian presentation	MLD pupils visit the schoolroom at St. Ffagan's, where they act as Victorian schoolchildren in a role-play. They present their experiences using multimedia software.
Henry VIII	Using draft work on Henry VIII, the class produced Tudor Newsletters. These were then made into a class book.
Richard Trevithick	Children researched given websites, and then summarised the information they found by putting it into a newspaper.
The Village	A class survey of the village was undertaken. The class correlated the information gathered, then created a database.
Tudors and Stuarts	The children search for information on a specific monarch using encyclopaedias, reference books and the class display as a stimulus.
Fishing week	Using old photographs of the local fishing industry in the village and photos of current events, children create a presentation of the topic.
Romans for a day	Year 3 pupils write an account of a visit to a historical Roman Site. They help the reader of their accounts by adding a glossary of terms.
1851 Census returns	Children were learning how to use a prepared database to answer questions which relied on more than one variable.
Tudor Kings and Queens	The children were able to create interesting and informative multimedia presentations.
Llancaiach Fawr	Following a class visit to Llancaiach Fawr, the children worked in groups to develop multimedia reports on their visit.
Local history project	The children were able to produce useful mini web sites on aspects of local history.
School history presentation	The children were asked to plan and create a PowerPoint slideshow to present aspects of the research project that had been undertaken on the school s history.

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