1. The Story of Florence Nightingale. By Nightingale class

2. Contents page Learning for nursing When the war started Travelling to the Crimea The dirty hospital It’s getting cleaner She was famous Glossary

3. Learning for Nursing Florence Nightingale was born in 1820. (Jonathan and Stephen) She wanted to be a nurse but her parents didn’t want her to become one. (Georgia, Emily and Martynka) Back

4. When the war started The Crimean War started in 1853. Many soldiers were killed. The soldiers were trying their best. (Matthew and Abdou) The Crimean War started in 1853. The soldiers were injured in the Crimean War. Florence Nightingale went to help the soldiers in the hospital. (Selina and Elle-May) Back Click to enlarge.

5. This is Stephen’s picture of a soldier in the Crimean War. Back

6. Travelling to the Crimea She travelled to Scutari, but she stopped at France. Then she got on a big ship and travelled to Scutari. She helped the soldiers to get better. (Molly, Jacob and Ryan) Back Click on the picture!

7. Molly painted this lovely picture of Florence Nightingale travelling to Scutari by ship. Back

8. The dirty hospital The hospital was dirty because there was mess on the floor. The soldiers had soup to eat. Florence Nightingale cleaned the beds because the soldiers stayed in the beds for 2 weeks. (Ashleigh, Aaron and Harvey) Back

9. This painting shows the injured soldiers in the dirty hospital.

10. It’s getting cleaner! She mopped the floors and got the rats out. She made the hospital cleaner. She gave the soldiers medicine. Florence put the soldiers into bed. She brought new sheets and food. (Ellie, Safia and Jessica A) Back Click on the picture to enlarge.

11. This is Sydney’s beautiful painting of Florence Nightingale making the hospital a cleaner place. Back

12. She was famous People were sending letters about Florence Nightingale. When she came back home she got a medal from Queen Victoria and she was famous. (Talliah, Luke and Jessica B) She died in 1910 of old age, age 90. (Sydney) Back Have a look at our portraits of Florence Nightingale.portraits

13. Here is Talliah’s portrait of Florence Nightingale. Next

14. This is Jayden’s portrait Of Florence Nightingale, using pencil. Back

15. Glossary Suffering – When you suffer something hurts you or upsets you. Broke out – means when the war started. Disobeyed – Ignoring what someone says or asks you to do. Injured – When you are shot or really badly hurt. Travelled – Going to a different place. Scutari – The hospital in Turkey. Victorian – The time when Queen Victoria was queen. Back