A Grand Tour of Europe
At the start of Term 6, children undertook their own Grand Tour of Europe, following in the footsteps of residents past.
The building our school is in, was once called Telham Court Place. It was built in 1859-1860. During this period of time, young men would often go on a tour of Europe, often known as a ‘Grand Tour’ (where we get the word ‘tourist’ from).
At the start of Term 6, children undertook their own Grand Tour of Europe, following in the footsteps of residents past. Children spent the first half of the morning researching the country that their classroom was going to represent, followed by making decorations, quizzes, word searches, keywords/phrases to display and PowerPoints to deliver to ‘travellers’. They also prepared food from the countries that they were representing for travellers to taste.
The next part of the day was spent touring around the countries, admiring the art work and decorations, tasting the food, listening to information about the country and taking part in the activities, as well as trying out the language. Just like Telham Court residents did all those years ago – without all the hassle of the actual travelling!
See if you can work out which class is which country.
