Elliott's blurb for the novel One Boy's War

Sydney is tired of his mum treating him like a "bairn" while his fathers at war. Sydney secretly enlists in the army without telling her. Life is tough in the trenches. He has lost friends on the way but when something goes wrong will Sydney make it home?  

Industrial Revolution Powerpoints

Here are two great powerpoints created by Bryan and Abby. Click on the link in Abby's powerpoint to learn more about the famine in Ireland.

Children in the mines from eamonncorry30

Famine and emigration abby 3 from eamonncorry30

The Victorians

Have a look at these two websites to give you a hand with this months project on the Victorians/ Industrial Revolution.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/primaryhistory/victorian_britain/
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/primaryhistory/famouspeople/

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