Our school: past, present and future

Before The Co-operative began construction of its new head office, archaeologists investigated the site because they knew it had been at the centre of the early stages of the industrial revolution. What they found contrasted greatly with the comfortable, efficient building that soon began to take shape on the site! This lesson helps pupils to compare life in a Victorian school with life in your school today (even if you are in a Victorian building), and think about how your school could be refurbished with modern, sustainable materials to offer the building a new lease of life.