This week, we have finished our topic on Historical Heroes. Across this term, we have been learning all about different heroes from Florence Nightingale to Louis Braille. We have been considering why these people are heroes, learning about what they did to be recognised for their work. We have also been thinking about why we remember them, and why it is important that we do. We have learnt about Florence Nightingale’s impact in Scutari and the way that nursing was changed forever as a result. We have compared her work to that of Mary Seacole and Edith Cavell, who were also nurses that had different experiences throughout both the Crimean War and World War I.
More recently, we have been learning about Louis Braille, Alexander Graham Bell and Queen Elizabeth II. We now know about the work that Louis Braille did as a way of creating a quicker and more effective form of communication for blind people. To begin our learning on Alexander Graham Bell, we looked at an illustration of one of his inventions, as we made predictions about what it could be!
Some of us thought that it could be a rocket ship, as it seemed to be shaped in that way, whilst some others thought it could be a walkie-talkie because we could see the outline of someone listening, as someone else seemed to be speaking. A few of us even noticed the signature in the bottom right corner of the illustration, which made us think it could be a design from Alexander Graham Bell, as we could definitely see “Graham”. We later found out that he was responsible for creating the first practical telephone. We then had a go at ordering images of telephones through the ages. Some of us were really shocked that the Nokia was such a recent development in terms of phones!
We have also been studying Queen Elizabeth II. We now know not to confuse her with Queen Elizabeth I or Queen Victoria. These are very different individuals! We know that 2022 is an important year for the Queen, with it being the year of her Platinum Jubilee. To recognise this fact, we designed posters to invite people to the celebration, as we added interesting facts to draw people in for the occasion. Did you know that the Queen was only 25 when she first became queen?
We have really loved this topic! It was great fun to teach parents and loved ones a little bit about some of our heroes in our assembly last week.
Well done for all of your hard work, Year 2!
Queen Elizabeth ll was crowned on 2 June 1953 at the age of 27 in Westminster Abbey.