'School Detectives' on the hunt from Class LH

In our “Street Detectives”  topic we will be finding out about the history of Framlingham and comparing differences and similarities of houses, businesses, life in Framlingham and street furniture however class LH started to think about the history of the school and became ‘school detectives’.  We went for a walk around the school hunting for clues from the past and looking for evidence of parts of the school which have changed and have been altered over the years.

Fynley's comment - "I enjoyed being a detective and looking for the clues" and Benjamin enjoyed seeing the school and looking for evidence of the past. 

We found evidence of a special rose motif on the bricks which was made by local brickworks in 1907.  Look carefully at the photo below – the bricks were on the outside of the school in 1907 but miraculously they can now be seen in the corridor outside the office, Class LC and Class VWe.  Check it out next time you are in school!

Other historical evidence we found was of a plaque in memory to Sir Robert Hitcham 1571-1636 who founded the school.  He also founded the almshouses at the back of the school and we went to look at their design.  We also found a school photo 1924 before the school suffered a bombing in 1940, an infant class photo 1948, the school building photo 1969, a plaque for building work by builders in 1993,  a commemorative plaque for the Gilder garden 2000 and a plaque to mark the dedication of the new school extension 2004-2008.

James and Liza both liked seeing the painting of Sir Robert Hitcham by the hall. 

It was great fun finding out about the school and we thought it was amazing to find all these things that can still  be seen around the school.

Looking for evidence and clues around the school 

Finding the plaque to commemorate the Gilder garden which is now our special reflective area