Our VE Day celebrations began last week, during our community visits. We took the minibus to the National Memorial Arboretum, in Alrewas. We explored the site, taking in the range of memorials, commemorating those who helped us.
On Thursday, preparations began for our VE Day Oakwood Street Party. The children made a past-time snack, jam sandwiches. We carefully spread the jam over the bread before cutting into halves and quarters.
We discussed the importance of VE Day and how the war had impacted Brits. We learnt that certain foods were rationed. We used this knowledge to make our own eggless cupcakes. We followed the step-by-step instructions to measure, mix and pour the ingredients.
With flags in hand and our food prepared, we were finally ready for our VE Day street party. We were joined by the other upper primary and secondary classes to share food, dance and sing along to 1940 songs and play wartime games. It was a thoroughly enjoyable afternoon, had by all.
Throughout the day, we engaged in a range of VE Day crafts. Here are our beautiful silhouette soldiers, standing in poppy fields! We have also painted our own Union flags and collaged paper plate poppies.
After such a busy week, Seth was awarded ‘Champion of the Week’ for Fox class. He impressed the staff during our English session. We have been reading the traditional tale, ‘The Enormous Turnip’. This week, our focus was sequencing the key events from the story. Seth showed confidence, joining in our discussions to order the story correctly. Well done Seth!
