Scafell

Scafell Class enjoyed a rare opportunity to interview two Levens residents about their experiences of World War Two.

Our first visitor was a pilot for The Flying Horse Squadron 267.  Hew flew a Dakota delivering provisions as far as Singapore and Burma.  He also brought the wounded and the dead back to safety.  He showed us his Pilot’s log book as well as a photograph of himself in his uniform standing on the wing of his plane.   Alan was at the young age of 17 when he joined the airforce.  Luckily he was not hurt in the war but remembers lost friends fondly.

Our second visitor was only 2 when the war started but clearly remembers having to leave his home as a family from Salford needed their house as theirs had been bombed in the Salford bombings.  He told of seeing and sharing his first banana with 8 family members, he told us all about rationing.  He shared how his father had left to go to war when he was only two and didn’t return until he was seven.

The pupils of Scafell valued this very special opportunity to talk to two local people about their very different experiences of war as part of our themed week related to Remembrance.

Scafell have been working collaboratively preparing our very special World War One 100year anniversary display that will be the focal point of our service of Remembrance next Friday at 10.30am in school.   We are creating a frieze entitled: Levens Remembers.

Last week in our Forest Schools session; it was all about building trust.  Using the skills we had practised last week, each leader had to take their partner on a walk around the woodland to find a tree.  Wearing a blindfold, we had to explore a tree with their remaining senses before being led back to base camp to remove the blindfold.  The next challenge was to find their tree and return to it!

Well done to all our year 5 pupils who represented Levens at the Level 1 Primary Athletics Competition in Dallam Sport’s hall competing against many other local schools.  Our 11 athletes travelled around a total of 10 events, including: shuttle runs, javelin, long-jump and hurdles.  Certificates are on the way to our team at our next Celebration Assembly.

On Wednesday of this week, years 5+6 enjoyed a wonderful afternoon in the grounds of Elleray School at an orienteering event attended by primary schools in the South Lakes area.  The children quickly learnt how to navigate their way through fields, woodland and lots of mud competing for the finishing the course in the quickest time.  We also learnt how to read and interpret an orienteering map. Two of our teams had the fastest scores of the afternoon and are pictured here.

Can you spot an old friend amongst us?