International Women's Day and Census
Over the past two weeks we've celebrated International Women's Day and looked at the Census (since next Sunday is Census Day.)
International Women's Day. This seemed a good opportunity to boost each others confidence so we did an activity called 'Pitch your Pals'. We chatted about skills and interests that we have, then each person recommended someone else for a special opportunity. These included a spa day, and going to a Proms Concert. It is MUCH easier to recommend a friend than ourselves! - Try it yourself and see.
After that we thought about how to have confidence in your self eg at an interview, and realised there's a lot we could learn and practice.
This was the last challenge Woodpecker needed to earn her Live Smart Skillbuilder badge. Congratulations! it will be delivered shortly.
The Census takes place every 10 years and is happening next Sunday.
Did you know that in 1911 a suffragette called Emily Davison hid in a broom cupboard in the House of Parliament on the night of the 2nd April, so that she could declare it officially on the census? (In 1911 it counted where everyone spent the night, not where everyone usually lives.)
110 years later we are able to look at past censuses thanks to the wonders of screen sharing and Ancestry.co.uk. In 1841 they collected names for the first time, but very little other information, and gradually asked more questions as the decades have gone by.
We looked up people with our names in previous decades and found housewives and a servant. We wondered what a Cordwainer was, and thought how awful to be listed as 'pauper'. The examples below are from 1841 and 1881.
International Women's Day. This seemed a good opportunity to boost each others confidence so we did an activity called 'Pitch your Pals'. We chatted about skills and interests that we have, then each person recommended someone else for a special opportunity. These included a spa day, and going to a Proms Concert. It is MUCH easier to recommend a friend than ourselves! - Try it yourself and see.
After that we thought about how to have confidence in your self eg at an interview, and realised there's a lot we could learn and practice.
This was the last challenge Woodpecker needed to earn her Live Smart Skillbuilder badge. Congratulations! it will be delivered shortly.
The Census takes place every 10 years and is happening next Sunday.
Did you know that in 1911 a suffragette called Emily Davison hid in a broom cupboard in the House of Parliament on the night of the 2nd April, so that she could declare it officially on the census? (In 1911 it counted where everyone spent the night, not where everyone usually lives.)
110 years later we are able to look at past censuses thanks to the wonders of screen sharing and Ancestry.co.uk. In 1841 they collected names for the first time, but very little other information, and gradually asked more questions as the decades have gone by.
We looked up people with our names in previous decades and found housewives and a servant. We wondered what a Cordwainer was, and thought how awful to be listed as 'pauper'. The examples below are from 1841 and 1881.