History Club – Hands on History – Critical Thinking Event

On Monday 12 September, Santa Sabina History Club hosted the Hands on History Historical Puzzles Event. This was a critical thinking experience for students in Years 5-12 to use their imagination and creativity and work collaboratively with their friends or in inter-year groups. A group of Gioia House students chose the challenge of a complex Lego puzzle and aspired to recreate the wonder of the ancient world through the Great Pyramid of Giza. Senior Year 11 students chose to build the extinct prehistoric Tyrannosaurus Rex. Other students worked in inter-year groups to solve jigsaw puzzles of differentiated visual spatial reasoning levels to recreate either the Colosseum, Jurassic Park or a Mediaeval castle. The event was a success with many students trying to negotiate a longer lunchtime to complete their puzzle!

Brigida Zagora
Head of HSIE (History)

Student Reflections

We thought that Hands on History was a great way for everyone to express their creativity through history-related puzzles and games. We enjoyed it and would definitely spend another lunch this way again.

Vivi Pilarinos, Melania Pangallo and Gabriella Gatto, Year 11

Hands on History was really amazing for students of all ages to engage with History through activities such as puzzles and lego building. I really enjoyed the creative aspect of this activity by incorporating learning through interactive group activities.

Sofia Sarkis, Year 11

This lunchtime activity was lots of fun and was very rewarding. I was able to collaborate with my friends and interact with students from different Years and the history teachers. It challenged my thinking and collaboration skills. I really enjoyed participating in these activities to solve History puzzles with my friends. 

Gabriella Lennox, Year 11