Form 2 on the Home Front

Form 2 very much enjoyed their experience of The Home Front at Murton Park on Monday. The day began by crowding round a wireless in a 1930s kitchen to hear the announcement of war, and highlights included taping up windows to protect them from shattering before taking safety in an Anderson shelter, learning how to put on a gas mask and working as a team to put out real fires with a hand pump! The children were amazed at how washing was still done by hand and with a mangle in the 1940s. They cooked with rationed ingredients and even made their own butter. Rag rugs were part of our  “Make do and Mend” experience too and the children found they were pretty good at it.