This is a lovely history classroom wall display for a key stage 1 class. The Then and Now topic is interesting but can be tricky for Year 1. They have so little concept of the past at this age. Last year seems an age ago to some of them 
It’s a great opportunity for embedding ICT though. It’s worth remembering that ICT in Key Stage 1 isn’t all about computers. I’ve seen it taught very effectively using the following resources:
Tape recorder to tape invited in grandparent’s recollections of the seaside,
a Slideshow of seaside images from the past up on the IWB
Magic Grandad Seaside Holiday (Magic Grandad)
used on the IWB
Begged and borrowed photos of the local seaside, then and now (This was in Lancaster so Morecambe is just down the road)
Learning and recording a variety of old seaside songs (favourites like “Oh I do like to be beside the seaside” etc.)
A classroom timeline border that stayed up and got longer through the year.
Softease timeline CD
Clicker grids for My Seaside Holiday
Role play room transformed into a beach and seaside cafe.
Robust hand held tape recorders for interviewing each other in role
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Kites, originally uploaded by LindaH.
You need
Shallow containers, Plastic paint roller trays work well
Blue and white paint (the kind that comes in squeezy bottles) Water it down a little if it seems thick.
Crumpled up plastic carrier bags.
Lots of newspaper
Aprons for the kids
3 helpers - or to be very fast on your feet!
Space to put the paper to dry flat. You don’t want drips.
Music - optional but fun
Instructions
Set up 3 trays of paint.
Dark blue
Light blue (mix some white with it)
White
3 tables with a small group of children at each and one tray.
Crumple up a carrier bag to make a ball, dip it in the dark blue paint, push it down on the flat bit of the paint tray (if you’ve used one) or onto some newspaper to remove some of the paint and then print onto the paper by dabbing it quickly. You want the bag fairly dry, not overloaded with paint.
Remove and replace with the next bit of paper.
I said it was messy!
The paper is then moved to the light blue table and the process repeated.
Finally it moves to the white table and repeat.
Paper is removed to flat surface to dry.
When all done and dry select best ones for background. Lettering can either be cut from spare sheets or clouds can be cut to show background through.
The same technique can be used with shades of grey to make clouds.
Or even surf
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