Lincolnsfield Day 2

 Day 2!

After a reasonable night’s sleep, we rose ready for a breakfast of cereal and beans on toast. We then split into 3 groups and began the Children at War experience, which was a brilliant experience. We learnt about the life of people in the war and items they would have in their houses.

We discovered the ways people grew their own food in their victory gardens, how they had Anderson shelters in the gardens, and how the children would be taught how to work with their street to put out house fires.

 

We also had a war veteran teach us about life in the war, the blitz, talk us through museum objects and show us how heavy the weapons (a perfectly safe replica) and sacks were that the military would have used. We also got to ride in a military jeep which was used in Normandy in the 1940s.

 

After lunch, we were treated to hearing about the life of a child who was evacuated; a veteran telling us his story from when he was evacuated at the age of six. 

After this, we went to the woods to compete in groups to find and name flags of the world (we all did very well except confusing Australia and New Zealand!)

To let off some steam we too some games to the field to play before dinner.

 

After dinner, we enjoyed building dens and toasting marshmallows over a campfire in the woods, and then returned to the dorms ready for an evening of games.