History Day - World War II

Today Year 5 got into the character of evacuee children from World War II. We imagined that we had boarded the train from Altrincham, with our National Identity Cards in hand, to travel to a school in the Peak Distract. Here we would be kept safe and out of harm's way. We were sad to leave our parents behind but excited to see brand new sights in the countryside like cows and sheep! Our new school classroom was arranged in rows and we spent our morning completing arithmetic, handwriting and grammar exercises. In the afternoon we were put to work in the allotments; weeding and planting so we could earn our keep. Certainly not an easy job in the sweltering heat! At least we all managed to avoid the cane!