Congleton Museum
Learning outside the classroom can
be both stimulating and rewarding for children and young people.
Congleton Museum can help history
come to life!
World War II Evacuee Experience
Woodcocks’ Well CE Primary School & Congleton Museum are working together to provide a truly memorable visit, packed with quality learning opportunities for all primary school children. This is a split site visit offering complementary experiences, which can be modified to suit your requirements.
At Woodcocks’ Well, children will learn about life as an evacuee through:
- Luggage labels and Identity Cards
- Rationing and handling old money and artefacts
- Gas mask drill
- Air Raid and Anderson Shelter
- Songs of the time
- Wartime Lunches (Available upon request
at £2.10 per head)
At Congleton Museum, children will learn about life as a child in London during World War II through:
- Questioning a veteran with first hand experience
- Handling scale models of bombs and air raid shelters
- Handling artefacts
- Participation in a foot drill
Cost £6.00 per pupil
‘It is a quality experience for pupils
and staff and we thoroughly enjoyed ourselves’
M A Brady, Nether
Alderley Primary
School, November 2010
‘Now I know how it feels to be an
evacuee’
‘It was a day I will never
forget! Thanks again for a really enjoyable day!'
pupils from Willaston Primary School, November 2010
To find out more,
please contact Karen Stratford – Congleton
Museum
Tel: 07551 401 988 or
Email: kstratford55@gmail.com