P 5, 6 and 7 have been studying World War II in their topic work with Mrs Wright and Mr Bell. They have been looking at what children's lives were like during the war. They found out about evacuation and they wrote some evacuee letters. P7 also researched and made their own Anderson shelters, and P6/7 did some art work on the blitz. Everyone made World War II battleships.
Mr William Gordon came to school on Tuesday to show us lots of World War II artefacts and he gave lots of interesting details on the war. Mr Gordon has prepared a file on 'The War dead of Rasharkin'. This contains details of people from the area who died in the war and gives details of where they served, and where they are buried. We want to thank Mr Gordon for leaving a copy at school for our use.
On Tuesday afternoon we were delighted to welcome many parents to school for our World War 2 Tea Party. Thanks to Mrs Wright for organising this, and for all parents who provided cakes, buns and biscuits for the tea party. The P5,6,7 children were all dressed up as evacuees and they sang some war songs and entertained us all with their swing dance.
On Wednesday for their outing, P5-7 went to Carrickfergus to the US Ranger Museum. Here they were given lots of information on how US Rangers were trained for World War II in Northern Ireland. This was a very interesting morning with lots of activities for the children to do.
