Poor Attendance

Topics Year 4/5
This unit is part of Victorians Victorian Schools

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Objectives

History

Continue to develop a chronologically secure knowledge and understanding of British, local and world history, establishing clear narratives within and across the periods they study.
Study an aspect or theme in British history that extends pupils’ chronological knowledge beyond 1066: the changing power of monarchs using case studies such as Victoria.
Understand how our knowledge of the past is constructed from a range of sources.

English

Participate in role-play.
Write for a range of purposes.

Lesson Planning

Use original sources to research and understand problems with school attendance.

Teaching Outcomes:

To investigate the reasons for the poor school attendance of Victorian children.
To explore the reasons for non-attendance at school through role-play; write a letter explaining reasons for absence.

Children will:

Understand the reasons for the poor school attendance of some Victorian children.
Have written a letter/play-script to explain a Victorian child’s absence from school.

Planning

Provided Resources

Letter from School Board.
Image of Good Attendance Award Medal.

Unit Resources

You Will Need

You do not need any particular resources for this session.

Weblinks

Digitised logbook from Stretton Handley Primary School showing attendance records.