Topic – Old and Modern

Thursday 22 January 2026

This half term, in Topic, we’re historians. That means we’re leaning about the past. We’re exploring the history of toys and games in living memory.

This week, we’ve been thinking about the words:

old – having existed for many years, from the past

modern – new, up to date, things we see today

We looked at a range of toys spanning living memory and considered whether they were old or modern. We thought about:

Help at home by exploring toys with your child. Can they tell whether it’s old or modern, explaining their answer?

 

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