The children have been learning about Windrush. They looked at photos of families aboard Empire Windrush and a map of the world and the journey across the oceans that people made to come to Britain.
Gloria, who helps look after our classrooms, talked with them about her journey, as a child, from Guyana.
“I got a 4. 1,2,3,4” “I got a double 2” “Look how many dots I got” “I got 1 & 1” “Woah! Double 3” “Me 4. Yay!” “Where does 6 go?” “It’s no more me” “My mummy make plantain” “I got banana my house” “I got sweet bun at my house” “I make toast at my house” “I know about coconut water every single day”
“I packed snacks and hair clips. I went to the beach in Brazil. I got a muffin on the aeroplane” “I packed toys and some clothes when I went to Uganda” “My daddy go to Nigeria” “My mummy lives in Peckham Rye” “Me Londres” “I got a suitcase when I go to my nanny house” “Me Bolivia” “I like mango”
