Kids dress up day at school - who made Britain great?!

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Help!!
This is the latest great idea by my daughter's school and I have absolutely no idea!!
Friends have also asked me who have boys there so any ideas most welcome!!!

Yes good luck with a) costuming b) explaining c) justifying that one if it's for a primary audience Amber.

No problem with that at all. No harder costume than any of the other victorian females - she was a scientist and the 1st female academic at manchester university. A true pioneer for equality and womens rights.

If it was me I would send them as the people of the Empire which got shat on from a great height. But fortunately it's not . They're going to love me when my kids start school.

Technically colonisation made 'Great Britain'. My dsd has a similar event to foster 'citizenship' and she's going to dress up as a munshi from Queen Victoria's court.

Helen Sharman. The first Brit in space . Some tin foil and a few cereal boxes for the costume.

Sorry... Dr Helen Sharman!

Girl coal miner ( they did exist!) Good if you're in Wales, Scotland and Lancashire! Lots of images online.

Vivienne Westwood would be cool

Colonialism (and I speak as an Irish Scot so not a fan ) yes contributed greatly to britains wealth and influence but so did Britons who didn't/wouldn't have supported such behaviour including colonised Brits!

Factory workers in Victorian age!

Thatcher. Blue dress. Old handbag. Go crazy with the Ellnet. Sorted.

Actually in seriousness, how about a Bletchley Park codebreaker?

Is the school expecting Ofsted and don't feel they have done enough work on British Values?
Sounds like 'tick a box' day to me

I was going to suggest Thatcher too. It would probably wind up most of the teachers but they wouldn't be able to say anything. Wig and a handbag, easy costume.
I'm impressed by the number of people making suggestions based on worthiness rather than ease of getting a costume together. Although scientist, white coat, can probably be reused several times for various costumes...

A bit of a worrying theme which smacks of colonialism and Empire. If I had to,saynthem Nicholas Winterton, Mary Seacole, Fleming, Jenner.

Good to see the curriculum has gone full Brexit already.....

Mine were worthy AND had easy-ish costumes included

Another problem with thatcher - there may be a few!

White sports kit and a tennis racket for either Virginia Wade or Andy Murray.

Tracksuit and a "number" for Jess Ennis. Or Daley Thompson/Linford Christie/Kelly Holmes/Greg Rutherford.