We celebrated VE Day 80 in school by wearing red white and blue or uniforms from service teams that we belong to. We sang the national song I vow to thee my country and watched clips about the special day.
Click here to see the special video clip made for this commemoration
We were lucky enough to be part of the VE mail project so have received a letter from Commander Eskdale aged 101. His letter details his role in the war, his memories of VE Day and a little bit about his career in the marines. Each class has created responses to him, either in the form of individual letters, cards or pictures. This is a wonderful project to participate in, our children are very proud of participating and I’m sure the veterans have delighted in sharing their stories with future generations.
Click here to read the letter we received
Below are some examples of our responses. We also plan to create a display to showcase these within school.
Class R embraced the VE Day celebratory atmosphere by making their own tea party food -some using ration worthy recipes! They made scones and jam tarts which they then enjoyed as a street party with tea sets and cake stands. They listened to wartime music, having delightful conversations with their peers.
In assembly we watched an informative video with photographs and clips from VE Day and interviews from people who remembered the day, one person shared his memories of delivering newspapers to share the news of the victory.
Gallery below showcases how we marked the occasion within school.
