'It should become a legacy piece of work in the school' - Shropshire pupils show off new history timeline and map
A primary school near Shrewsbury has thanked its parish council and PTFA for help raising funds for a new history timeline and geographical map.
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Bomere Heath Primary School welcomed visitors from Bomere Heath Parish Council this week to show them their new displays.
The local authority and school's PTFA have helped fund the learning aids that are tailored to the school's curriculum.
The new history timeline teaches children about significant times and people in history and where events overlap, starting with pre-historic times right through to the coronation of King Charles III.
Elsewhere, the geographic map teaches children where their school is in the world, and about other areas of the county.
Pupils Beatrice, Georgina, Serena, and Sofia met with Dan Harmer and Sue Horton from Bomere Heath Parish Council as well as Elizabeth Gilbert from the school's PTFA to show them the new displays.
Headteacher the primary school, Sallie Roberts said: "A big thank you to PTFA and parish council for raising funds to pay for the history timeline and geographical map of where Bomere Heath School is in the world. Without their help this would not have been possible, and we are eternally grateful.
"We welcomed our visitors into school to look at both pieces with the children. Both pieces are customised to our school. The history timeline follows our carefully planned bespoke curriculum, it each shows the significant times in history that we teach across the school and shows where significant events overlap.
"The children particularly enjoy finding people that they recognise from their learning. It has put at such a height that four-year-olds in reception as well as adults can access it. It is placed in the main corridor of the school so that the children can enjoy it and any visitors to the school can enjoy looking at it.
"It should become a legacy piece of work in the school. The older children in the school have enjoyed looking at people and historical events and remembering when they covered them in earlier years. We hope this will keep history fresh in their minds and continue their love for learning.
"The second piece is a geographical map, and this shows our children where Bomere Heath is in the world. It shows us on a globe, a stretched-out world map and Great Britain. This has been customised to show key areas that we cover in our curriculum and key places in our locality."
