y or st i H In May 2020, Glendower commemorated the 75th anniversary of VE Day. As it was during lockdown, the whole school joined a virtual Zoom assembly on this topic. The girls learnt about the celebrations that took place in the UK on this day, 75 years ago. They then created a commemorative teacup design to celebrate VE Day. During Parliament Week in November, the girls enjoyed finding out about the history of the UK’s Parliament.
In Year Five history lessons, the girls encountered the terrible Tudors and the subsequent Stuarts. The girls were enthusiastic and keen to ask and answer questions using a wide range of source material. The girls were keen to find out why Henry VIII had six wives and did some detailed research on the wives. The various portraits of Queen Elizabeth I were explored, and their hidden meanings researched. In the Summer Term, the girls enjoyed finding out the Pilgrim Fathers and the journey of the Mayflower ship. They retold this historical event using their skills on the iMovie App.
The Year Four girls explored ‘invaders’ in their history lessons this year. The Romans, Anglo-Saxons and Viking people were all delved into. Using a variety of evidence, the girls produced a wide range of impressive work: Boudicca ‘Wanted’ posters, and at their homes, during lockdown, the girls created some excellent models of Viking longships, and even reproduced some detailed Anglo-Saxon artefacts! The girls also enjoyed their creative writing history lesson, where they described one of the Viking worlds and one of its inhabitants. The Year Six girls began the year with a study of the Victorian era. It was a time of great progress and the girls produced detailed work on a broad range of famous Victorian inventors, architects, explorers and engineers. We visited the Victoria and Albert Museum with the Art Department to sketch artefacts of interest in the Victorian galleries. We explored William Morris designs and textiles, paintings, furniture and models to find out more! In the subsequent terms, the girls moved on to studying the two World Wars. Mr van Rooyen Head of Humanities 64
