{"id":20569,"date":"2026-01-09T15:28:21","date_gmt":"2026-01-09T15:28:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/dg\/LeswaltPrimarySchool\/?p=20569"},"modified":"2026-01-09T15:29:23","modified_gmt":"2026-01-09T15:29:23","slug":"bringing-history-alive%e2%9a%a0%ef%b8%8f","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/dg\/LeswaltPrimarySchool\/2026\/01\/09\/bringing-history-alive%e2%9a%a0%ef%b8%8f\/","title":{"rendered":"Bringing History Alive\u26a0\ufe0f"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Today Primary 4-7 welcomed back one of their favourite visitors Kathryn Purchase from History Alive. Kathryn delivered a super informative presentation on World War 2; the rise of the Nazi Party, the Battle of Britain, life on the home front, conscription rationing, evacuees and VE Day, she really updated us life between 1939 and 1945! \ud83d\ude0a<\/p>\n

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Kathryn is so knowledgeable and interesting to listen to, she kept us on the edge of our seats as we immersed ourselves in all things WW2. The children had so many\u00a0 super questions, particularly about life here in Leswalt during war times. We shared with Kathryn some tales of Leswalt School during WW2 from our old school log book from war period, where the headmaster would share news of evacuees and changes to life in and out of school.\ud83d\udd25<\/p>\n

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Kathryn had brought with her some amazing real-life artefacts, we had a great time exploring and role-playing with them – the deactivated guns and uniforms especially. \u26a0\ufe0f\ud83d\udca3<\/p>\n

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What an exciting way to really kick-start our WW2 topic! \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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