The soldiers in the First World War fought in trenches.  They were  long dug out holes where the soldiers would hide from the bombs and bullets being fired at them.  The trenches were wet and muddy and full of rats.  Some soldiers got ill and some got trenchfoot which was terrible and sore.  An officer would blow a whistle and they would all have to go over the top and try to capture a German trench.  Lots of soldiers were killed.  We made a trench in our classroom.

Did you know that a pigeon can be a hero?

We found out about a pigeon called Cher Ami who saved soldiers in the trenches during the First World War.   He was a homing pigeon and he carried a message back to base to tell the soldiers there that some soldiers were trapped in the trenches by the Germans.  Cher Ami which means Dear Friend in french flew through bombs exploding and bullets firing and was even attacked by a hawk, to get back with the message.

We made trenches in our classroom.  Each trench had a problem which the soldiers in the trench had to try and solve.  We all decided that the problem could be solved by sending a pigeon back to base with a message.  Rhys and Imogen were in the base  catching the pigeons and reading the messages and sending the help they needed.  We had great fun but we also learned what it must have been like with no other way of sending a message.

We used our writing skills to write messages and we attached them to our pigeons we made.  You can now see them flying across our classroom trying to get home to deliver the messages.

We wrote stories about Cher Ami and we used exclamation marks in our title.  Fly Cher Ami! Fly!

 For Children in Need this year we dressed up as superheroes.  Isla chose to dress up as Cher Ami.  This was a great idea as we think Cher Ami was a great hero.

Doesn’t she look fantastic!