Wednesday 7th June – Y4 work with historian to research ‘our lads’

Wednesday 7th June – Y4 work with historian to research ‘our lads’

Y4 worked with Neil Storey to use the Commonwealth War Graves Commission website to find ‘our lads’ from the St Barnabas Church Roll of Honour and print off commemorative certificates for our ‘Folder of the Fallen.  Next week, Y5 will be using an ancestry website to find out missing biographical details where these are not … Read more

Monday 5th June – Children start their work ‘as historians’

Monday 5th June – Children start their work ‘as historians’

Year 3 started the new half term ‘working as historians’ to search an online database for details of the lads from the roll of honour.  With only the most basic information to guide them (surname, initial, service number) they searched the Commonwealth War Graves Commission website to identify the lads and save certificates for each … Read more

Monday 12th May – Y3 learn about life as a Tommy

Monday 12th May – Y3 learn about life as a Tommy

Today we had a visit from Sgt Storey.  He helped us to learn how World War 1 started, and told us all about life as a Tommy.  Not only did we get to find out what it was like to be a WW1 soldier, but we also got to try on some real kit and … Read more

Tuesday 9th May – Year 3 and 4 revisit St Barnabas Church

Tuesday 9th May – Year 3 and 4 revisit St Barnabas Church

This morning Year 3 and 4 returned to St Barnabas Church, site of last week’s project launch and the Roll of Honour, to take part in a workshop designed to teach the children a little more about the history of the church and the local area.  Rev. Edward Land and his team had prepared a … Read more