Thankfully, Tuesday morning was a beautiful sunny morning and Year 1 were able to walk to Astley Hall on a history trip. On our journey we looked at houses. We have been learning about Tudor, Victorian and modern homes as part of our topic.We spotted different examples of houses and even noticed that some modern houses were made to look like Tudor homes.
Once we arrived at the Hall, we were met by our guide who turned us into a 'human timeline' that showed us who had lived at the hall in the past. We then had a tour of the hall looking at artefacts from the past 400 years.
During the morning we also became detectives, trying to discover what things were Tudor and what things were from the Victorian era. When we went into the courtyard we could see that some parts of the Hall were made from timber and whattle & daub, whilst other parts were brick. We also got to see behind some of the wooden panels in the drawing room that hide the original Tudor whattle and daub behind!
It was a fantastic end to our topic on 'Homes from the Past' and we were exhausted when we got back to school for our lunch.
Year 1 visit to Astley Hall
