Sudbury Primary School

Off With Her Head!

Let’s travel back in time to meet the terrifying Tudors.

During this half term, we’ll meet a very important figure from history who will give us a problem to solve. Online research and source materials will help us to create a Tudor timeline. Tudor portraits will provide us with the inspiration to create royal paintings. Our geography skills will help us to locate Tudor palaces throughout England. Internet research will help us learn more about Henry VIII’s life, his marriages and his break from the Roman Catholic church.

At the end of the project, we’ll create and perform a rhyme to help us remember key dates from the Tudor period. Using all of the knowledge we have learnt, we will hold a retrial on Anne Boleyn in accordance with her daughter’s deathbed wishes. Maybe some of the Tudor royal family will be the judges!

Help your child prepare for their project:

The Tudors were a domineering dynasty who changed the course of history. Look out for black and white, timber-framed buildings on your daily walks to see example of real (or mock) Tudor architecture. They will be easy to spot! Or visit your local online library resource to find out more about this fascinating family.