Year 6 have been learning about the history of the census and this week we looked at the census from 1911 – where some women deliberately ruled their names out of a census or refused to have them recorded. We explored how women were not considered equal or as important in the eyes of the government and how Millicent Fawcett and Emmeline Pankhurst sought to change this to make sure that voices of women were heard and the could vote. The children were really curious and asked good questions surrounding The Suffragette Movement. In groups, they put together a timeline from the first petition for women to vote in 1866 right through to all women being given the right to vote in 1929. They then did a good job of presenting and explaining various aspects of The Suffragette Movement to the rest of the class.