For the National Census 2021, Year 4 took part in some fantastic activities to celebrate the importance and history of the Census.
The children first took part in discussions about what the Census is, why the Office for National Statistics commission the Census and how the Census began. We found out that the Census has been really important to many civilisations, such as the Romans and Babylonians, who used Censuses to count produce and live stock. We then looked at some local records of previous Censuses which showed us some patterns about the age, ethnicity and religion of the residents on Marylebone High Street in 2001 and 2011.
Year 4 created some really informative posters with facts about the Census, its history and importance, to encourage everyone to fill it in before March 21st.
We learnt that the Census is used a little differently in the modern day. The government use the Census to improve services such as hospitals, schools and transport, depending on how many people live in certain areas.
The class then took part in their own mini Census, by counting the class favourite school subjects, displaying these in a table, tallying up the totals and transferring them into a bar graph so find out trends between them.
