Did you know that Nelson Mandela had a law degree? Did you know that his teacher gave him his name Nelson? Did you know that Nelson and his friend Oliver Townsend started the first black law firm in South Africa?
Onyx class did!
Over the last few weeks, the Year 5s and 6s have worked hard making visual timelines by choosing and ordering key events in chronological order and using different sources to gather their information.
Today they used their timelines to produce part of an oral biography about Mandela. They concentrated on speaking loudly, clearly and not too fast; using exaggerating language to make him sound fabulous; using linking words so that their biography was cohesive and using notes so that they were not just reading off a piece of paper.
Each and every one of them did a superb job and we can’t wait to get stuck into writing our full biographies next week!
Nelson Mandela was an incredibly inspirational man!
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