Year 6 had an immersive morning in the WW1 trenches today. Under the sharp direction of Sergeant Willson, Captain Teesdale, and Corporals Hesford, Cross, Pye and Campbell, they had to carry out duties including cooking a wartime stew on the battlefields, running a trench field hospital to treat injured soldiers and prepare the trenches themselves by filling sandbags and digging dug outs.
After the exhaustion of their duties, an attack was not what the troops expected but at 12pm, the whistles blew for ‘over the top’. Under the sound of gun fire, shells and screams of gas, the battalions raced over the top. Smoke, bangs and gas rained down over them and many fell, re-enacting the true horror of battle.
A really incredible morning! #independentexplorers #copthilltrenches
