What's included in the Significant Nurses History at Home resource and why is it useful?

KS1 Significant Nurses History at Home is a one-page activity sheet to send home to parents and carers at the start of the topic. It includes what children will be learning, great conversation starters, ideas to try at home, famous figures to explore and places to find out more, covering the lives of Mary Seacole, Florence Nightingale and Edith Cavell and how nursing has changed.

What's on the sheet?

Learning: the lives of Mary Seacole, Florence Nightingale and Edith Cavell, why these women are significant, how they showed bravery and kindness, and how hospitals have changed from the past to our modern NHS.

Conversation starters: questions such as "What do you think makes a person brave?" and "Why is washing our hands so important?"

Ideas to try at home: a teddy bear hospital, the glitter germ experiment and designing a medal for a nurse or doctor today.

Famous figures: Mary Seacole, Florence Nightingale, Edith Cavell and Kofoworola Abeni Pratt, with dates and a line on each.

Books and websites: the Little People, BIG DREAMS series and BBC Bitesize KS1 Florence Nightingale.

How do our History at Home resources work?

Our History at Home resources sit alongside our history scheme. Send them home to parents and carers at the start of each topic to promote learning at home without it being a taxing homework-style resource. They also help parents build their own knowledge of the topic, so they can connect with what their child is learning in school.

Teach the full unit with our six Significant Nurses lessons.