The project features on the Derbyshire Lives Through the First World War website.
Click here to see it.
Click here to see it.
The Book!
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The last week of summer term 2016 at Grassmoor School was a big week for the Grassmoor Class of 1916 project. The book was printed and given to every family with a child at Grassmoor School (if you think you should have a copy but haven’t received one please contact the school in September when the new school year begins). Pupils, staff and volunteers were all delighted with the book and it has already ignited people’s interest in finding out more about Grassmoor and their own family history.
The Performances
The Year 6 pupils also gave a series of performances sharing some of what the project research had discovered. They showed the rest of the school, an invited community audience on the Wednesday evening and performed at Smithybrook View on Thursday morning. The performances were a huge success.
Click below to see the University of Nottingham's blog about the event - with recordings of the children singing and an excerpt from the performance at Grassmoor School.
http://hiddenhistorieswwi.ac.uk/uncategorized/2016/08/impact-grassmoor-school-performance-of-the-class-of-1916/#more-7852
The Performances
The Year 6 pupils also gave a series of performances sharing some of what the project research had discovered. They showed the rest of the school, an invited community audience on the Wednesday evening and performed at Smithybrook View on Thursday morning. The performances were a huge success.
Click below to see the University of Nottingham's blog about the event - with recordings of the children singing and an excerpt from the performance at Grassmoor School.
http://hiddenhistorieswwi.ac.uk/uncategorized/2016/08/impact-grassmoor-school-performance-of-the-class-of-1916/#more-7852
University of Hertfordshire Everyday Lives in War
Click on the link below to see the article about the project on the University of Hertfordshire website
https://everydaylivesinwar.herts.ac.uk/?p=1850#more-1850
Click on the link below to see the article about the project on the University of Hertfordshire website
https://everydaylivesinwar.herts.ac.uk/?p=1850#more-1850
Armley Mills WW1 Classroom
On the 5th July the class of 2016 went to Armley Mills Industrial Museum in Leeds and spent the morning in their World War 1 classroom experiencing what life might have been like for schoolchildren in the years of the First World War. It was a fascinating and enjoyable experience - even if the teacher was strict and the dipping pens much harder to use than modern biros!
Visit to Smithybrook View
Isabel and Ethan visited Smithybrook View in Clay Cross to talk to residents about family stories from the First World War period and find out more about life in the early twentieth century. They had a very interesting chat with Marjorie, Dougie and Anne.
Isabel and Ethan visited Smithybrook View in Clay Cross to talk to residents about family stories from the First World War period and find out more about life in the early twentieth century. They had a very interesting chat with Marjorie, Dougie and Anne.
University of Nottingham Digital Humanities Centre
Prof Mike Noble welcomed the Grassmoor Year 6 class to the University of Nottingham for a day exploring the use of primary historical sources from WW1. Some of the children had brought family artefacts and heirlooms from WW1 and Matt Davies showed us the high-tech facilities at the Digital Humanities Centre and helped the children scan and photograph the objects they had brought. It was a fascinating and highly enjoyable experience for everyone.
Prof Mike Noble welcomed the Grassmoor Year 6 class to the University of Nottingham for a day exploring the use of primary historical sources from WW1. Some of the children had brought family artefacts and heirlooms from WW1 and Matt Davies showed us the high-tech facilities at the Digital Humanities Centre and helped the children scan and photograph the objects they had brought. It was a fascinating and highly enjoyable experience for everyone.
Derbyshire Records Office
Becky from Derbyshire Records Office spent a morning working with the Year 6 class at Grassmoor. She brought in a range of sources relevant to Grassmoor and the wider community during WW1. The children examined the documents in groups and presented their findings back to the rest of the class.
Becky from Derbyshire Records Office spent a morning working with the Year 6 class at Grassmoor. She brought in a range of sources relevant to Grassmoor and the wider community during WW1. The children examined the documents in groups and presented their findings back to the rest of the class.
Work with the children began on Thursday 19th May 2016. Two days of drama and active learning introduced the project, understanding of WW1 and historical facts from Grassmoor in 1916.
We are using the school logbook as the centre of the work, with the vivid and engaging entries of the then Headmaster.
We also follow the story of George Rushton, a young teacher at Grassmoor called up to the Sherwood Foresters Regiment in early 1916.
The children responded with great insight, imagination and enthusiasm. They are keen to investigate their own family stories and bring what they discover about 1916 Grassmoor back to the project.
"This morning was very entertaining to find out about the people of Grassmoor. We learnt about the ways that people did things during World War I. The headteacher back in 1916 (Mr Charles Mason) kept a log of what happened during the school day."
Connor - Year Six
“This morning was fascinating talking about life in 1916 and how different it is to now. When reading a page of the logbook there was a teacher called Mrs Alton and there is an Alton in my family… William Alton is on the memorial in Grassmoor. Mr Mason, the headteacher from Grassmoor Primary in 1916 sounded quite a strict Headteacher… I feel the next few weeks are going to be very interesting and we’re hopefully going to discover some facts about Grassmoor and go on some amazing trips.”
Isabel - Year Six
“It has been so exciting watching the children’s fascination and connections they are making between the lives then and theirs now. There have also been weird connections between some of the stories and my own life. I used to pass every day the war memorial in Abbott’s Bromley, where George Rushton is remembered.”
Bev Calderbank Year Six Teacher
Connor - Year Six
“This morning was fascinating talking about life in 1916 and how different it is to now. When reading a page of the logbook there was a teacher called Mrs Alton and there is an Alton in my family… William Alton is on the memorial in Grassmoor. Mr Mason, the headteacher from Grassmoor Primary in 1916 sounded quite a strict Headteacher… I feel the next few weeks are going to be very interesting and we’re hopefully going to discover some facts about Grassmoor and go on some amazing trips.”
Isabel - Year Six
“It has been so exciting watching the children’s fascination and connections they are making between the lives then and theirs now. There have also been weird connections between some of the stories and my own life. I used to pass every day the war memorial in Abbott’s Bromley, where George Rushton is remembered.”
Bev Calderbank Year Six Teacher
