This term the topic for years 1 and 2 has been ’Toy Story’ and to help bring their learning of toys to life they recently had the opportunity to visit Sudbury Hall Childhood Museum. The trip offered them the experience of learning all about different toys used and played with in the past.
"I went to Sudbury Hall toy museum. We went on a huge double decker bus to get there. I sat next to Rupert so we could chat to each other. When we got there we could see the beautiful hall. Unfortunately, we went in the museum, not the hall. In the museum we met someone called Tom. Tom showed us old toys. Tom even pulled out a toy and we had to decide if it was old or new! After that we had a worksheet that had old and new toys and we went around the museum writing them down or drawing." - By Noah, Year 2
"First, we went on the coach. When we arrived we took off our coats and went to the toilet. Next, Eve told us to sit on the huge dragon and then we talked about old and new toys. Then, she gave us a sheet and we had to draw old and new toys in the gift room. After that, we went into a second room and when we got in it was upside down!" - By Seren, Year 2
"On Monday 27th March we went to Sudbury Hall to visit the children's toy museum with the whole of the year two children. When we arrived at school we got our things ready and waited for the coach to arrive. The journey was quite long and took an hour to get there. I was elated and couldn't wait to get there. After we got off the coach, we dropped our bags, lunches and water bottles off in the stable room. After that we went upstairs to the museum and looked at different toys. I really liked looking at the toys because they were interesting and I recognised some of them. Next, we did an activity with Tom where we investigated if the toys were old or new. We had to use the clues on the toys to decide if they were modern or not. Then we walked out of the museum but when we looked up there were toys up on the ceiling. On the way home, I fell asleep. When we were there I was so happy!" - By Sophia, Year 2
