Exploring Historical Documents at The National Archives

06 Jan

Year 8 and 9 historians visited The National Archives at Kew. They explored primary documents relating to the Suffragettes and specifically, the secret service records that detailed their actions and monitored their movements over 100 years ago. It was fascinating to hear about the lives of those brave women and students took part in a workshop that investigated the individual lives of those to campaigned and fought for the right to vote. Eastbrook historians engaged brilliantly, asking lots of questions and conducting themselves with respect. The staff at Kew commented how brilliant our pupils were. Well done Eastbrook historians – we are PROUD!

Eastbrook School is an Ofsted rated Good, all-through school in the London Borough of Barking and Dagenham and is part of the Barking Abbey family. Founded in 1933, Eastbrook has a well-established history of serving the local community, with many generations of families attending as students and even joining as staff. The primary school opened in 2016 and is growing in size year on year. The secondary school transferred into new, state of the art buildings in 2017, benefiting from purpose-built specialist learning environments with industry level resources and outstanding access to green outdoor spaces.

Eastbrook is a thriving and growing community school, welcoming students from a broad range of backgrounds, culturally, economically and in terms of need.

Eastbrook School: PROUD TO BE