Year 6 - National Portrait Gallery

Year 6 visited the National Portrait Gallery and had a fantastic trip. They left Harold Wood, arrived at Tottenham Court Road and walked for the remainder of the journey to the museum. The children loved walking through famous parts of London like 'Leisture Square' and 'China Town' in order to get to the National Portrait Gallery.

In the National Portrait Gallery, the children took part in a Migration Workshop where they focussed on influential people who had migrated to Britain over the years. The children found it fascinating that so many people had migrated to Britain and had such an influence on the country itself. There were portraits in the gallery which illustrated the person who had migrated and the children had to use their historical detective clues to find out why and when that person migrated. Some of our children said: 

"It helped me to look at what the person was doing in the portrait to find out why they had migrated."

"I found it interested to look at their clothes and objects in the portrait to find out more about that influential person."

"Many people have had such an influence on Britain from different eras."

After the workshop, the children had some time looking around the Portrait Gallery, they were mainly interested in the Tudor and Victorian portraits and were about to link their learning to previous units of work they had studied in Year 5. Some of our children said:

"The detail on Anne Boylen's dress is amazing."

"The face the King is showing in the portrait really shows the mood he was in."

"I like the colours used in the dress to represent the type of Queen she was."

Well done Year 6 for showing such engagement and enthusiasm throughout the day.