October 12th 2023
An interesting insight into WW2
The Year 4 trip to Swindon's 'STEAM' Museum was incredibly exciting for us all. The boys had a whole host of engaging workshops during their visit. They focused on the role of the railway during World War 2 looking at its uses for evacuating children, goods and transporting goods for the army. All dressed up as evacuees, the boys were lined up and evacuated at the museum's railway platform. They also took part in a series of activities looking at how the role of women had changed during the war. They learnt about all the jobs women were expected to take on when the men left to go to war and how this has shaped the working world today. It gave them lots of opportunity to role play and dress up. It was lovely to see all the boys eager to volunteer. They enjoyed walking under the huge locomotive as well as the scavenger propaganda poster hunt. The highlight was experiencing what it was like to spend a period of time inside an air raid shelter. We identified planes and listened to the continual noise of bombs dropping. The boys saw some brilliant model Anderson shelter ideas and can use this to help with their October half term prep!
Finally, when the boys arrived in 'the countryside', they were billeted and some were lucky enough to be picked by a delightful lady who owned a flower shop, the lady of the manor and an honourable policeman!
The boys all represented Moulsford extremely well and learnt a great deal.
