Year 6 visit to Lepe Beach D-Day memorial event

This was a great day with many thoughtful moments spent learning and thinking about the people who lost their lives in the D-Day landings.

 Off on a code breaking task; we had to find letters and create a word from them. We learned what 'caissons' and 'dolphins' were.

Just look at how this seagull appears to have a little source of light above him :) It was a reflective day and  many children questioned why world wars ended up happening. A difficult one to understand.

 Always time for fun on the beach. They had just been skimming stones.

 Learning about how important maps were.

 Piecing together a map of the New Forest. It was a great place for hiding tanks/camps/planes.

 Matching up locations on 70 year old map to a modern one.

 A mixture of weather made for added fun!