THe pupils and staff from Primary 6 were dramatically evacuated from Strichen School today after the school bells were sounded at 9.15 in the morning . As part of their project on World War II they had been finding out all about 'Evacuation' and we thought it would be a great idea to let the children experience what it might feel like to be told they were going to be evacuated from Strichen to somewhere safer! The pupils had produced gas mask boxes and 'evacuation bags' which they had taken home to pack as if they were to be evacuated.
The pupils then went for a short walk round the village before ending up at The British Legion Hall where they were to wait to be chosen by their new family! After Miss CLark took a roll call the children were joined by five volunteers who had come along especially to tell the children about their experiences during the war when they were younger.
The children heard a wide range of stories from our visitors and asked a lot of questions about what life was like in the 1940's. Having had a short time with each visitor the children had juice and a biscuit before some more locals arrived to choose their new 'children'.
We would like to thank our visitors for sharing such interesting stories with the children and the British Legion for generously allowing us to use their hall for holding the event. You can see some of the photos of the event in the photo album section at the left side of the screen. Look for the album called '08/09 Evacuation'.