Olive Blackburn’s titanic trip to museum

Year 6 pupils at The Olive School, Blackburn relived an enthralling journey through the little-known aspects of the Titanic disaster to help them with their English studies.

On a visit to the Merseyside Maritime Museum in Liverpool, pupils explored the role of the city in the creation of the Titanic and learned more about the sinking of, what was then, the largest ship in the world.

Told from perspectives of key personalities involved in the disaster, the exhibition entitled ‘Titanic and Liverpool: the untold story’, featured key insights into the events of the launch and voyage, as well as the ship’s sinking and the aftermath of the tragedy.

Pupils completed the Titanic independent trail at the exhibition, marvelling at some of the original artefacts from the voyage, including a lifejacket worn by a survivor, a first-class passenger ticket and relics such as glasses and wrist watches that were found amongst the wreckage of the ship at the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean.

The trip museum feeds into the pupil’s writing, as they conducted a unit of work exploring the Titanic, which included writing a newspaper article on the events of the disaster with survivors’ eyewitness accounts.

After hearing many of the personal tales during their museum visit, pupils were able to confidently create realistic narratives from the perspective of passengers onboard the doomed passenger liner, through postcards and diary entries.

Added By: Star Academies | Date Added: 19th Dec 2022 | Posted In: Latest News