Air raid shelter building afternoon!

After designing and planning, groups of children in Class LP and PC set to work this afternoon to build their air raid shelters (a big thank you to parents who brought in cardboard).

The work brief was as follows:

• To build an air raid shelter using plans and measurements.
• Work as a team.
• Listen to the ideas of other people.
• Make sure that the construction is strong and stable
• Assign a role to each person to ensure that construction is efficient.

Some of the most important things have been underlined.

Here is our winning team! Members successfully ticked all the different parts of the work brief and demonstrated excellent teamwork, outstanding listening skills and a super ability to carry out the roles that they were given.

A job which has been done very well indeed.

The air raid shelter may not look pretty, but it is as solid as a rock!

After our construction afternoon, members of all teams got together and evaluated their work. They praised eachother for what they had done well and decided how they would do things differently next time. Pupils also gave themselves a personal target including:

• To be a better listener.
• To consider the ideas of others.
• To persevere when things get tough, rather than giving up.
• To be more willing to put forward ideas to a group.

After an afternoon of building, the children got to know themselves a little better too!



A recount of our trip to Eden Camp

By Sophie - Class LP

On Wednesday year 4 climbed into the huge bus and the bus driver drove off to Eden Camp. As the bus was driving everyone was very excited. On the way I looked out of the window and I saw some animals and a few buildings.

When we got there I really wanted to get out of the bus because it looked exciting and fun. Eventually we got out of the bus and we went to mess 1 to put our bags down. Next we went to hut 1 and when we walked through the door I saw a picture of the Swastika and I was very interested in it.

After that we went to hut 2 and when I saw the houses I felt sorry for the people that had to live in them because the houses were very small.

Recount of our Eden camp visit

By Jacob - Class LP

First we got on the bus to get there. When we were there I saw a gigantic spitfire, massive tanks, an amazing truck and an enormous U-Boat. After when we got in Eden Camp we walked to hut one where it showed us pictures of Adolf Hitler and showed us dummies, so they could show us what happened.

Later on we got into hut two we saw small rooms that people use to live in, they had loads of crammed inside. Also the kitchens were small too. It made me feel really sad for them all squeezed in. I was a bit scared with the people dying, it was horrible with the water leaks it made me feel like I was going to drown in there I was terrified.

Hut four was amazing showing us how shelters were made; I was so excited I felt like I was going to burst with joy. In hut five- The Blitz I was petrified with the bombings, with people trying to get out of piles and piles of stuff. A bit later on we went into hut seven- The Street at war I couldn’t believe my eyes when kids had to work I felt so sorry for them delivering mail.

In hut ten- Prisoners of war I felt really, really sad but amazed at the same time. I felt sad because the prisoners were hurt but amazed with what they made.

Recount of our visit to Eden Camp

By Annie - Class LP

First we are walking to the bus it is 9.15am, my partner is Sophie. We are sitting in front of Mr Ponter and we are talking about how fun it is going to be. Finally we are here, wow!! There’s a huge plane, we are getting off the bus and going to mess 1 where we keep our things. I will take my camera out so I can take pictures.

Now we are walking into hut 6 because we are going to see the puppet show at 10.30 we are now taking our seat and getting ready for the puppet show. After the puppet show it made my day it was very funny .Now we are going into hut 1 it was all about the badge of Nazi party which really fascinated me. We are now sketching the badge in our books I think this hut is very good. We are going outside to walk to the next hut (hut 2) as soon as we get outside the sun is always out. It says in our books to write down 4 differences between the Second World War time houses. I think I will put that the walls are different, there is no TV, they have to have a gas mask and we don’t and finally the windows are different.

It is 12.00am and we are walking back to mess 1 for some lunch because I am very hungry my tummy is rumbling, for my lunch my mum has packed me a banana, some ham sandwiches, hula hoops, 2 frubes and a chocolate .Now lunch has ended it is 12.30 and Mrs Ponter says we can go to the play park for half an hour. The play park is amazing but Jodie is getting a bit upset so me and Sophie are talking her underground to make her feel better . So we are also taking her up this ladder which will lead us to a den.

Eden Camp

By Alec

First I went on the bus with Dylan and then we put our bags down. We saw tanks, the spit fire, army trucks and the puppet show. After we watched the puppet show we went to hut one and it was good. When I went on the on the submarine it stank. It was good but the smell wasn’t good. When it was lunch we sat in the room where our bags were. After we ate our lunch we played in the play area and it was fun. We saw loads of missiles and bullets. 

Eden camp

By Dylan

We got on the bus I was sat with Alec when we were going to Eden camp. When we arrived we saw a giant spit fire it was amazing, a tank and lots more things like trucks planes and tanks. As time went by Mr Caffrey went to see what time we needed to be there for the puppet show. We went to the puppet show. It was a story about World War 2.

The most amazing thing was hut 9 because there was a z200 rocket was there and I liked it because I had never seen one as delicate as that. I found more information about World War 2. After we had our lunch we went to the army play park it was the best and it was cool.

Eden Camp by Nathan

We had to be in groups. We went on a bus to get there. On the way in we saw a spitfire. There were two of them. We parked and we got out. Then we went to put our bags on the table and left them there. Then we went to hut 1 it was big in there. We saw bombs. Prisoners had to have scan cards so that the guards knew what their names were during the war.

And then we went into Hut 2 we saw what houses were like in World War 2. We finished and we went in Hut 3 next. We went on a submarine and saw how the telescope works. Next we saw the puppet show and we got wet in there. We went to Hut 4 after. We saw what the shelters were made out of. They were made out of sandbags and metal.