As part of our IDL this term the children have been finding out about items from the past. We got a selection of items from the Lerwick Museum to investigate which were fascinating.

There were lots of opportunities for discussion, investigation and figuring out what some of the items were.

They particularly loved the old typewriter. They got to try and type some messages and loved the mechanical element of it.

They made their own typewriters in art with Miss Whelan and decided what the paper would have typed on it as it came out of the top.

They had great fun learning how listening to music has changed over the years. The record player was great for listening to and swaying to some Bing Crosby tunes. They also looked at cassette tapes and CD’s which some of the children had seen before.

They practised drawing and cutting circles to make their own records for display in the classroom.

Ms Sinclair also brought in an old gramophone and gave a demonstration of how to work it. The children got a chnce to wind up the handle to get the turntable moving. There were some scottish dance tunes to dance to this time.

They loved hearing about how watching TV has changed over the years with limited channels and black and white images. They made their own old style TV’s and made themselves the stars of the show.