This week, Year 5 and 6 have been exploring our guiding question: How have trains been on a journey of change? We discovered who had a pivotal role in the invention of the steam engine and how these machines transformed Britain at the time. To do this, we used the protocol ‘Building Background Knowledge’ where the pupils work collaboratively in groups to share information from a key text. We learnt about George Stephenson, James Watt, Richard Trevithick and Nigel Gresley and brought our findings together as a team.
