How has Hinchingbrooke
School changed?
This map shows
Huntingdon in the 17th
century.
Which places do you
recognise?
What has changed in
Huntingdon?
What can you see
in this picture?
Do you recognise
the building?
What can you see in this picture?
This picture shows the inside of Huntingdon Grammar School. This went on to become
Hinchingbrooke School.
We are going to focus on how Huntingdon Grammar School changed to become
Hinchingbrooke School.
You are going to find out what school life was like at 4 different points across the
history of the school.
Huntingdon Grammar
School was founded in
1565. Among its pupils
were Oliver Cromwell
and Samuel Pepys.
On 1st September
1939 the school
opened in a new
building on Brampton
Road – the same day
the war broke out.
This picture shows the
inside of the Grammar
School after reconstruction
in 1878.
In 1970 the school began to take children of all
abilities and soon became fully comprehensive. At
the same time the school changed its name, and
pupils in Year 9 and above moved to new premises in
Hinchingbrooke Park and the renovated
Hinchingbrooke House.
In groups, you are going to find out about the 4 periods in the history of the
school.
For each period you need to read the information carefully and think about the
questions it asks. You also need to fill in your copy of the table shown below.
Period
17th Century
Victorian
WW2
1970s
What was school
like?
What were the
good things about
school?
What were the bad
things about
school?
Which of the 4 periods would you most like to have gone to
school in?
Make sure you fill in your answer on your sheet.
Your task now is to write a diary entry as if you were a
school pupil during one of these periods.
What sort of things will you need to include?
What sort of things do you
learn about?
How long is the school day?
Who goes to school?
“I got up at ….. and went to school.”
“Today we learnt about……… I particularly
liked………..”
“I really don’t like PE lessons because……”
What can you expect when you go to Hinchingbrooke School?
With the person next to you, write a list of the things you think will be the
same at Hinchingbrooke School today in comparison to the periods we have
looked at and what you think will have changed.
How has Hinchingbrooke School changed?
Period
What was school like?
17th Century
Victorian
WW2
1970s
Which period would you most like to have gone to school in?
Why?
What were the good things
about school?
What were the bad things
about school?