Lesson 14: The year of the last census - Let's Count!
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Lesson 14: The year of the last census
AGE RANGE Progression step 3
TIME 1 hour
CURRICULUM LINKS
Areas of learning and experience: Humanities (History)
Cross-curricular skills: Literacy; Numeracy
INTRODUCTION
The last census in Wales and England took place on 27 March 2011. A lot of things
happened that year! The royal wedding between Prince William and Kate Middleton,
the revolution in Egypt, which was part of the Arab Spring. There were also some
exciting scientific discoveries and the release of the last Harry Potter film.
The resident population of Wales and England on 27 March 2011 was 56.1 million,
a seven per cent (3.7 million) increase since 2001. There were 27.6 million men and
28.5 million women in the two countries. In 2011, four out of every five (81 per cent,
45.5 million) residents of Wales and England described themselves as being in good
or very good health.
LESSON OVERVIEW
The children will learn about the year 2011 by looking
at the census data from that year and can add to this
knowledge by researching events that occurred in 2011.
LEARNING INTENTIONS
To use data to inform our knowledge of the past.
To research events from the past.
KEY VOCABULARY
Census, research, history
YOU WILL NEED
• The teacher’s guide to using the Nomis website to find
2011 Census data related to your school’s local area.
• Other information from the 2011 Census
(see Useful Links on page 7).
• You may want to research events from 2011 to add
to those suggested in the lesson plan.
You can download this lesson plan, accompanying PDF
charts and the PowerPoint presentation slides from the
Let’s Count! website, www.letscount.org.uk
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Progression
The year of the last census step 3
ACTIVITIES FOR PROGRESSION STEP 3
Areas of learning and experience: Humanities (History)
1. Ask the children which month and year they were born in. You could collect this data
in a chart and look for any patterns. Were any children born in 2011? (You could use
the chart on page 3 or use the PowerPoint presentation slide via
www.letscount.org.uk.)
2. Especially for years 4 and 5: Discuss the difference in number and what might explain
this. Discuss how many children were born in 2011 and how many in another year.
3. Share some key events from 2011 with the class. This might
include the wedding of Prince William to Kate Middleton,
or the release of the last Harry Potter film. You might also
decide to focus on scientific discoveries, such as scientists
proving that sharks are colour blind or the discovery of a
new species of dolphin. Or you might look at facts about
the UK (who was Prime Minister, for example), popular
events, such as pop song number ones (please see the
chart on page 4 – to save you time!) or world news.
4. Create a ‘true or false?’ fact file about 2011 for children to
identify the facts about 2011, drawn from census data and
other research. You could also include facts from the
previous census year, 2001 and this year’s census, 2021.
Children can attempt to sort the facts to determine if they
are about 2011 or another year. (Please see the
downloadable PDF Chart 3, Fact File, and the PowerPoint
presentation slide.)
Provide the class with texts or weblinks so they can
research the events in more detail. (Please see the Useful
Links on page 7 and the downloadable PowerPoint
presentation slide.)
5. Using what they have discovered, children can then work
in small groups to create a poster, artwork or fact file to
represent the year. Why not include their birthday!
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The year of the last
census: Chart 1
When were we born?
Name Year Month Day
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The year of the last
census: Chart 2
2011 Number one songs
WKS AT
DATE TITLE ARTIST
NO.1
15/01/2011 What's My Name Rihanna Ft Drake 1
22/01/2011 Grenade Bruno Mars 2
05/02/2011 We R Who We R Kesha 1
12/02/2011 Price Tag Jessie J Ft Bob 2
26/02/2011 Someone Like You Adele 4
26/03/2011 Don't Hold Your Breath Nicole Scherzinger 1
02/04/2011 Someone Like You Adele 1
09/04/2011 On The Floor Jennifer Lopez Ft Pitbull 2
23/04/2011 Party Rock Anthem Lmfao/Lauren Bennett/Goonrock 4
21/05/2011 The Lazy Song Bruno Mars 1
28/05/2011 Give Me Everything Pitbull/ne-yo/afrojack/nayer 3
18/06/2011 Changed The Way You Kiss Me Example 2
02/07/2011 Don't Wanna Go Home Jason Derulo 2
16/07/2011 Louder Dj Fresh Ft Sian Evans 1
23/07/2011 Glad You Came Wanted 2
06/08/2011 She Makes Me Wanna Jls Ft Dev 1
13/08/2011 Swagger Jagger Cher Lloyd 1
20/08/2011 Promises Nero 1
27/08/2011 Don't Go Wretch 32 Ft Josh Kumra 1
03/09/2011 Heart Skips A Beat Olly Murs Ft Rizzle Kicks 1
10/09/2011 Stay Awake Example 1
17/09/2011 All About Tonight Pixie Lott 1
24/09/2011 What Makes You Beautiful One Direction 1
01/10/2011 No Regrets Dappy 1
08/10/2011 Loca People Sak Noel 1
15/10/2011 We Found Love Rihanna Ft Calvin Harris 3
05/11/2011 Read All About It Professor Green Ft Emeli Sande 2
19/11/2011 We Found Love Rihanna Ft Calvin Harris 3
10/12/2011 Wishing On A Star X Factor Finalists 2011 1
17/12/2011 Dance With Me Tonight Olly Murs 1
24/12/2011 Cannonball Little Mix 1
31/12/2011 Wherever You Are Military Wives/Gareth Malone 1
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The year of the last census: Chart 3A
Fact File
This event happened in census year 2011
True False
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The year of the last census: Chart 3B: Fact File
Children can cut out the facts and decide where to place them on the table.
They can then record the answers on Chart 3A.
✁
Kate
Manchester
Middleton
United won
and Prince
the Premier
William got
League
married
Martin
Dougan Beyonce and
joined Jay Z got
Newsround married
in 2011.
Nicola The Large
Adams Hadron
became Collider set
Olympic a new world
champion. record
✁
2011 Teacher’s answers
Kate Middleton and Prince William got married. TRUE.
Manchester United won the Premier League. TRUE.
Martin Dougan joined Newsround in 2011. FALSE. (The sport-loving presenter joined in 2013).
The Large Hadron Collider set a new world record (for colliding two beams of more particles
together than ever before). TRUE.
Nicola Adams became Olympic champion in 2011. FALSE. (She won the Olympic women’s
gold medal in boxing in 2012 and 2016).
Beyonce and Jay Z got married. FALSE (They got married in 2008).
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The year of the
last census:
Useful Links
Nomis
How to access 2011 and 2001 Census data at Nomis (Please refer to the user
guide provided)
www.letscount.org.uk/resources-for-teachers/access-local-census-data
2011 census: Key Statistics for England and Wales
www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/populationandmigration/
populationestimates/bulletins/2011censuskeystatisticsforenglandandwales/
2012-12-11
Sharks are colour blind: National Geographic
https://www.nationalgeographic.com/news/2011/1/110119-sharks-color-blin
d-eyes-rods-cones-australia-animals-science/
New species of dolphin discovered
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-14921665
All The Number 1 Singles
www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/all-the-number-1-singles__7931/
Live Science
www.livescience.com/13849-lhc-particle-accelerator-world-record.html
Past Prime Ministers
www.gov.uk/government/history/past-prime-ministers
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