{"id":1975,"date":"2018-03-15T00:05:21","date_gmt":"2018-03-15T00:05:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.farnhill.co.uk\/volunteers\/?p=1975"},"modified":"2018-03-29T16:10:38","modified_gmt":"2018-03-29T16:10:38","slug":"school-ww1-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.farnhill.co.uk\/volunteers\/news\/school-ww1-day\/","title":{"rendered":"Kildwick School WW1 Study Day"},"content":{"rendered":"

At the end of February 2018, Kildwick School had a WW1 Study Day – and members of the Farnhill WW1 Volunteers Project were invited to attend.<\/p>\n

Graham, the project co-ordinator, gave a talk in assembly – explaining the project and giving the pupils an insight into what life was like during the war, both at home and at the front.<\/p>\n

The pupils then spent the day participating in three activity areas: baking, weaving & knitting, and drawing.\u00a0 Graham and Helen, the project’s administrator and former pupil of Kildwick School, helped out with the activities.<\/p>\n

A slideshow of photographs taken during the whole day is available here<\/a>.\u00a0 For now, here are a few of the highlights.<\/p>\n

Baking<\/h4>\n

After hearing how WW1 food shortages meant that people had to innovate when making bread, the pupils turned their hands to traditional bread- and biscuit-making.\u00a0 At the end of the day the produce was sold and the money raised added to the school’s book fund.<\/p>\n

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\"Making

Making biscuits<\/p><\/div>\n

Weaving and knitting<\/h4>\n

At assembly the children heard how many of the men who fought in WW1 worked in local mills.\u00a0 They also learned how pupils at the school during the war had taken up knitting to make socks and scarves for the men at the front.<\/p>\n

\"Studying

Studying weaving techniques<\/p><\/div>\n

\"Helen

Helen helped with the knitting<\/p><\/div>\n

Artwork — Portraits, maps and airships<\/h4>\n

The project has collected photographs of a number of the Farnhill WW1 Volunteers.\u00a0 The pupils used these to create some portraits of their own.<\/p>\n

\"Drawing

Drawing a portrait<\/p><\/div>\n

The Farnhill WW1 Volunteers came from all parts of the village.\u00a0 This was used as the starting point for investigating how maps of the area have changed over time.<\/p>\n

\"Learning

Learning about maps<\/p><\/div>\n

The pupils heard how, in 1918, a pair of British Naval airships passed over the school.\u00a0 They decided to find out more about airships and do some drawings.<\/p>\n

\"Drawing

Drawing airships<\/p><\/div>\n

End-of-day Assembly<\/h4>\n
\"Graham

Graham & Helen with two pupils who are related to Farnhill WW1 Volunteers<\/p><\/div>\n

\"Pupils

Pupils displaying work done during the day<\/p><\/div>\n

More photographs from the Kildwick School WW1 Study Day will be published as a slideshow soon.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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