First of all the children imagined themselves in a Blitz-era London classroom. After applying tape to the windows to keep us safe when the bombs dropped, we wanted to know; how well would the children of 2015 cope with thinking on their feet and keeping a cool head in the midst of a Luftwaffe air raid? As it turns out, the children of Ash Class did their 1940s counterparts proud with a textbook transition under their 'Morrison shelters'. Importantly, they also remembered to wait for the 'all clear' to sound before re-emerging!
We then sped forward in time to 1945 and listened to Prime Minister Winston Churchill addressing the jubilant crowds in London on VE Day to announce the end of the war. After seeing how ordinary British people celebrated the hard-won victory, it was time for our own 'street' party, complete with union jack bunting, 1940s-style fruit cake and ginger beer!
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