As part of their performance at the celebration event, the St John Fisher Year 6 class performed "The Woes of Winifred", a silent movie showing the events described in the letter sent by Winifred Burnet to the Sheffield Star in 1915.
Have a look below...
Have a look below...
Dr Julie Moore from the University of Hertfordshire visited St John Fisher on Thursday 30th June to work with the Year 5 children.
The year 5s discovered a great deal of interesting information about leisure and recreation during WW1. They put together some impressive PowerPoint presentations which they shared with other pupils and visiting parents.
St John Fisher Primary School children have identified the following questions they would like the research to explore -
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- Where were toys made?
- How were toys made?
- What were the most popular toys?
- How expensive were they?
- Were WW1 toys the same as now?
- What kind of books did they read?
- Did men play women at football?
- How popular were ladies football teams?
- Which football teams were popular in WW1?
- What did they wear to play football?
- Did they have football songs / chants?
- Did they have cartoons?
- How many films were made per year?
- What types of film did they watch?
- Who were the famous film stars?
- How long were the films?
- How did they show films (technology)?
- Why were films black and white?
- How were films made?
- What were the most watched films?
- Did films have age certificates?
- How much was it to watch a film?
