Creative approaches to learning about the Bristol blitz

The University of the West of England, Bristol has strong partnerships with many local schools and is developing innovative ways in working with trainees, teachers and children. The approach taken to learning about the Bristol Blitz provides an example of this partnership. 

The Bristol Blitz day

The day was planned to provide trainees with first-hand experience of working across different subject areas within an historical topic. Trainees were able to recognise how learning in different subjects could extend children's understanding of a period of time. Amongst the activities, the children...