Alexandra Theatre, Horrible Histories: Woeful Second World War
On Friday 12th June 2009, the Year 6 children had the chance to experience what World War II was really like.
The theatre show told the story of Alf and Sally, evacuees forced to move away from damp shelters and nightly bombings of city life to the Welsh countryside. Here they encountered new problems of rotten rations, scary new schools and unusual homes.
The show finished with the two evacuees returning home to experience Coventry City being bombed throughout the night. This was viewed through 3D glasses which made the experience very real.
We’re All Going to the Zoo
Kindergarten visited Twycross Zoo on Friday 6th March in glorious sunshine! They left early in the morning and managed to visit the monkeys, chimpanzees, orangutans and the giraffes followed by the lions, before a picnic lunch was served, for the children – not the animals!
As the weather held out the children were able to eat in the spring sunshine and use the playground for letting off some steam afterwards.
After lunch the fun continued with a visit to the penguins to watch their hilarious underwater antics.
All too soon it was time to leave and the trip home was accompanied by the sounds of gentle snoring. Luckily it was the children and not the staff!
Lunt Fort
On Friday 26th June 2009, the Year 4 children all had a chance to go back in time and pretend to be Legionary soldiers in the Roman army.
The children had the opportunity to explore Lunt Fort. Marching like soldiers they studied the ramparts, the gatehouse and the fortifications. The children then had to use their imagination as to what the barracks, washhouse and granary would have looked like in the year 60AD.
They were then allowed to dress up as a Legionary and feel the weight of the swords and the shields.
After a picnic lunch, the children had the chance to practice their formation and fighting. Dressed with helmets, shields and swords (thankfully made out of wood) the group entered the gyrus, a sand arena which was used to train the horses. In formation they learnt to charge in a wedge and use their shields to protect themselves. They also had to swear allegiance to the army and practice their attack and blocking skills.
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Year 2 Visit Shugborough Hall Farm
Shugborough Hall Farm is a favourite with all the children in the Pre-Prep. Set in the heart of Staffordshire, it attracts 30,000 schoolchildren a year. They take part in a wide range of tours and demonstrations from milling in the early-nineteenth century, to World War II and the Blitz, in the twentieth century.
The estate promotes lifelong learning, where visitors can experience life from days gone by in original, restored or reconstructed environments – including working kitchens and a Victorian laundry and schoolroom.
The children get to join in as much as possible and get a hands-on feel for life on the estate. They have a go at using a dolly-peg in the laundry, or learning to write on a slate in the schoolroom, or helping the cook to bake biscuits in the kitchen.
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