Year 5

World War 2 Day

On Monday 15th March Classess 11 and 12 went back in time to experience what it would have been like to be a child during World war 2. The children started off by arriving at a pretend railway station and where escorted by Mrs Sparham (evacuee officer) to be checked and processed ready to live with their surrogate families.

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Below is a picture of the doctor(Mrs Senior), Sargeant Major (Mr Slater), The cook (Mrs Smith) and Lady Fontleroy-Smythe (Miss Donaldson).

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Below is a picture of the children lined up infront of the sgt Major (Mr Slater).

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Below is a picture of Lori Ann Dawson having her health checks with the doctor (Mrs Senior).

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Below is a piture of the children having their ID checks with Lady Fontleroy-Smythe (Miss Donaldson)

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Below is a picture of the children having their intelligence test.

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Below are pictures of children learning to skip.

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Below is a picture of the children baking chrunchies with the cook (Mrs Smith).

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Below are pictures of the children doing drill practice with the sgt major (Mr Slater).

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Below is a picture of Mrs Smith and Matthew Rimmington with the finished chrunchies. I wish you could smell them!

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Below is a picture of the children of the children learning how to play with the hoops.

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Below is a picture of Mrs Brownhill who plays a lady from the home office showing the children objects from the thirties and forties.

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