Great Lever: Clarendon Primary School pupils travel through history

Clarendon Primary School in Great Lever recently kicked off the school year with its "Time Travel Through the Ages" week-long event.

Pupils turned both school halls into a "museum", documenting periods in British history running from the Stone Age all the way up to the present day.

Children with an exhibit (Image: Clarendon Primary School)

Beginning early in September, each class learned about a specific key period, including the Bronze Age, Iron Age, the Romans, the Celtics, the Anglo Saxons, Vikings, Normans, Black Death, Elizabethan period, English Civil War, Victorians, the Reign of Queen Elizabeth II, King Charles III and Living History.

They then turned their learning into displays, which were all brought together to make the "museum".

Deputy headteacher Claire Coldwell said: "The event was outstanding, the feedback from the governors and parents who attended was great. It was a really lovely way to start a new school year. 

A pupil with an exhibit (Image: Clarendon Primary School)

"We invited all the parents to the school, so there were 477 families invited. The uptake was really positive, considering it is the first week back and everyone is busy.

"The children had an absolute ball. They had a week of intensive learning, and then they knew at the end they had an audience to present to.

"We had two full days of the museum-style event. Representatives from each class taught the other children about their project."

The school created a 'museum' in its halls (Image: Clarendon Primary School)

She added: "The children are like sponges, what they can learn is amazing. 

"Each child completed an individual, personalised workbook to deepen their learning. 

"We created a 'space vortex' - a big black balloon arch which had Dr Who music playing, so the children felt they were going back through time. 

"We had both school halls for the event, it looked like a genuine museum."