PUPILS at Wanborough Primary were transported back in time on Monday as the school organised a fun-filled history themed day.

The entire school got involved in the exciting project which hoped to kick start the children’s learning of their chosen history subject right through until Easter.

From ruthless royals to rotten Romans, vile Victorians to blitzed brits, everyone came to school dressed head to toe in character with the themed day going down a treat with pupils.

Samantha Allen, who is the history coordinator at the school said: “They are only just starting their topics so they were asked to go away and think of part or an entire costume to wear to school as well as an artefact they could share with the class about the era they are looking into.

“The pupils need to be fully engaged with their learning and our ‘Horrible Histories’ day is just one way of bringing fun to the subject and it is like they are travelling back in time.

“As soon as the children came into school in the morning, they were very excited about what would be happening throughout the day. They love to play and dress up and even at break they have been in character and acting out a scene from that time.

“We have done wow days before but we have never done anything like this where all of the school is doing something based on history. All the staff have dressed up and made an effort and when you see how happy the children are, it makes it all worth it.”

The themed day allowed the youngsters to sing, dance and even bake to ease themselves into their chosen subject areas with Year 6 pupils baking an eggless fruit cake, to help them understand the importance of rationing during the Second World War.

In the next few weeks, their history themed term will see some pupils go out on school trips to get a deeper understanding of their topic while others will be working in their artwork and design and technology classes to increase their knowledge.

The school has previously done several 'wow' days, where pupils can apply their learning in different contexts, in the past but none where the whole school has taken part.

Samantha added: “The day was to give them a taste of the things they will be learning about over the next few months.

“Because it has gone down so well, it is something we would definitely do again.”