LI: We are learning about primary sources of evidence.

SC: I can describe some ways that we find out about life in the past.

LI: We are learning to compare toys in the past to toys in the present.

SC: I can identify things which are the same and things which are different about toys in the past compared to toys in the present using primary sources.

Today, both Primary 1 classes enjoyed a visit from a member of West Lothian’s Museum Services. She brought a range of old baby and children’s toys for us to analyse, including a teddy bear, a humming top, a whip and peerie and a rolling hoop. As we learned about the old toys, we compared them to the toys which we like to play with today in order to identify similarities and differences. For example, we identified that some of the very old toys were made from metal, wood and paper mache, and weren’t very colourful. However, most of our toys are made from colourful plastic. One similarity that we all agreed on was that all of the old toys and our own toys are great fun! We especially enjoyed playing with the cup and ball, whizzer and wooden acrobat.