5A enjoyed learning about Windrush Day. We looked at a text and explored it further. It helped us answer questions on Windrush and also be creative on making a factfile. Look at our pictures below!

5B loved exploring what the Windrush Generation would have felt like leaving their home and writing poems in the style of Michael Rosen's 'Newcomer'.

Moreover, we loved converting British Sterling Pound to Jamaican Dollars to see what our favourite things would have cost for the Windrush Generation. We linked this to the Golden Thread as many pupils felt that the little money they had and lack of support given does not uphold the Catholic Social Teaching of Family and Community. People allowed those joining our community to suffer with no support. 

Year 4 created a timeline overview Windrush events. We also created messages of welcome, so everyone knows they are welcome here. We then created a fact file about everything we learnt about Windrush day.

3B

We read ‘Granny Came Here on the Empire Windrush’ and reflected on our own families. Then we squeezed onto a table together and imagined what it might be like travelling to another country overseas by boat. After that, we created art inspired by the HMT Empire Windrush.

2A

Our Golden Thread:

Looked at the Windrush Journey and how the people must have felt leaving their homes and beginning a new life.

We looked at Floella Benjamin, a famous person and her life story 'Coming to England'. We made profiles on her and listened to her book.

Windrush Day in 2B.

2B explored the lives of different people from the Windrush generation. We looked in detail at the life of Floella Benjamin and her experiences, also reading her own story 'Coming to England'. We then created postcards that we would send to the people travelling from the Caribbean, showing what we have to offer in Great Britain.