The Quest for… The Windrush

Subject: History

Age Group: KS1, KS2

Region: London/Greater London, North West, West Midlands

Join the Time Traveller as they journey back to 1948 to travel on the Empire Windrush as it voyages to Great Britain.

Through drama techniques like role-play, your children will step aboard and imagine what it was like to journey as passengers. Then, arriving in Britain, they will discover what settling in a new country was like, the difficulties of finding work and the discrimination that many people faced.

The facilitator is in role as the Time Traveller and the children will show their knowledge by passing tasks and working together to become Time Travellers themselves.

Why choose Freshwater?

Our sessions:

  • Are highly interactive, offering hands-on learning, which allows all your pupils to access the topic.
  • Add depth and richness to the curriculum and stimulate further learning.
  • Use carefully chosen drama techniques, so that children feel a personal involvement in the topic which helps to embed subject knowledge.
  • Allow the teacher an opportunity to observe pupils’ progress from a different perspective.
  • Are led by experienced drama facilitators who immerse the children in an imaginative world, helping to make learning fun!

Important Events Link

This workshop is perfect to support year-round learning as well as the following important events in your year planner:

  • Windrush Day (22nd June)
  • Black History Month (1-31st October)

All of the key aspects of the Windrush were covered in an engaging way. I was really impressed with the wide variety of activities and how much was fitted into just one hour.

Sarah Ward, Hague Bar Primary School, Derbyshire

Details
  • Length of session: 60 minutes

  • Price: Workshops are £142 + VAT per session and Large group sessions cost £235 + VAT

  • Number of Children: up to 30 for workshops and 120 for Large group

  • Extra children are negotiable

  • All facilitators are DBS checked

Key Areas
  • Types of people that made the journey and why they came

  • Discrimination faced

  • The Windrush Generation Legacy: celebrating their amazing contributions