at 2pm on Friday 9th November, our children, families and some very special guests gathered together at St Barnabas Church in an act of remembrance. Sunday marked 100 years since the guns fell silent across the battlefields of France and Belgium. We were joined by representatives of the Norfolk Armed Services Covenant Board, our project … Read more
14 months after our Working as Historians project was launched at St Barnabas Church, children and staff from Wensum Junior School and families and community members returned to the church to mark the close of the project. While much of the work took place during the summer term of 2017, work on the project continued … Read more
41 children and 6 adults from Wensum Junior School have just returned from a four-day residential trip to France and Belgium. It was the 2017 commemoration of the Third Battle of Ypres at Passchendaele that made us realise that we really had to make the trip if we were to bring the project to a … Read more
Relatives of two of ‘Our Lads’ have been in touch and generously provided additional documentation for use on the website. Graham Huggins has sent us a portrait, a group photograph and copies of documents relating to Harry Frank Impson, Graham’s great uncle. Nick Humphrey has also been in touch and provided copies of documents relating … Read more
Neil and I met at the start of the new year to review content on the website, checking for factual inaccuracies on the timeline and database. Today, having made a few final adjustments and added a couple of new images that have since become available, I have removed the ‘password protected’ restrictions on the web … Read more
Today, we were honoured to play a small part in the city’s commemoration of those who have made the ultimate sacrifice in the service of our country. Thank you to Finley and Jess who accompanied Neil Storey, laying a wreath dedicated to Our Lads – the heroes of Heigham on behalf of the children and … Read more
Tonight was the last after-school history club session as the website-phase of the project draws to a close. Finishing touches were made to the entries on the interactive timeline (checking, correcting, updating) while outstanding ones were drafted, checked and typed in. The casualty map was also finished off creating a very powerful visual representation of … Read more
Last week four children from Wensum Junior School were lucky enough to be invited to help the Royal British Legion launch their annual poppy appeal in the city. Click here to read the article
We were lucky enough to be invited to join representatives of the British Legion and serving personnel from RAF Marham for the official launch of this year’s poppy appeal. Neil Storey and Fiona Kay joined four of our children and their parents, Ms McConnell and Mr Hubery at the poppy shop in Castle Mall for … Read more
Our amazing group of young historians continue their important, authentic history work. It has been a real pleasure to see them take on these tasks with commitment and accuracy. As editor-in-chief I’ve been starting to check through the timeline entries for the lads (timeline of the fallen) and have been really impressed with the accuracy … Read more
