At ACE we have carefully woven the history of notable BAME people through our general history, however during Black History Month we also take a pause to consider individuals we may not previously have heard of or know about. In Reception we looked at 3 notable inventors : Philip Downing who invented the post box; Garrett Morgan who invented the modern traffic light and Patricia Bath’s laserphaco probe.

We encouraged the children to come up with their own inventions in the DT area! Madina designed her own laptop and phone with a case designed to carry and protect it!

We also learnt the African folk tale of how the giraffe grew his long neck! We re-enacted this in our story heroes session and the children made their own drawings and stories from our inspiration.