Today, Year 6 visited the World War II galleries at the Imperial War Museum as part of our History learning.
It was so interesting to see such an enormous selection of artefacts that really brought our learning to life. From Enigma machines, to tanks, to air raid shelters and propaganda posters, we saw so much that reminded us of what we had heard and read about in our History lessons and we couldn’t wait to find out more.
Year 6: Can you share your favourite artefacts and what you learned about them. Why are they your favourites?
I really enjoyed this trip. I even saw a flute! It was quite different from mine but I thought it was AMAZING. It was made from scrap metal. It had no thumb key so the notes were hard to stabilize and you had to play b flat using another key. The keys were really thin and had no cushioning. I think this means the flute was harder to play during WWII. I also learned that a machine was used to take out the poison gas that the Germans has put in. You had to cycle and probably for a long time!
Many thanks to Miss Siswick, Mrs Healy and all the parents that came.
I really enjoyed the trip to the Imperial war museum as I saw many different things that amazed me. I really liked looking at the tanks and aeroplanes as they were huge and cool. The best part was when we looked at the home front and did the coding enigma machine workout word and I got every answer right.
thank you to all the teachers for organising this wonderful trip.
Well my favourite artefact was the air raid shelter because it had a amazing history and it made you think that you were in it.
Thank you to our teachers for bringing us to this trip.
I loved going to the imperial war museum for the first time. There was a lot of stuff I didn’t know there. There were a lot of artefacts and in the gallery. The one thing that I learnt is that the Japanese used katanas (a type of sword) to fight in the war. My favourite thing that I saw was a gigantic tank in the middle of the room. It has very interesting, big and beautiful which is why I liked it.
My favourite part was being inside the air raid because it must of been terrifying to be in there knowing that there was a war outside.
My favourite part was the tank because it told you how governments can adapt very quickly to certain situations.
I learned how the people actually looked like in the concentration camp. I can now see why only over 14’s can go to the Holocaust Gallery.
I really enjoyed this trip to Imperial War Museum. My favourite part was all the interesting videos that taught me so much about the devastation WW2 caused.
I loved the Imperial War Museum because I learnt lots about the enigma. I liked the enigma because it made me really interested that I was actually seeing a real enigma machine that people in WW2 would’ve used. Also, next to it, it said many facts about it that I never knew about.
One of my favourite artefact was the one person shelter in the first gallery. I found it interesting because I didn’t know that 1 person shelters existed. It also had a curious shape!
I loved the trip to the Imperial War Museum. It was really fun and I learned a lot of facts. My favourite part was the model of the house that you could go in, it was really realistic.
My favourite artefact was the enigma machine. It was really interesting to see what they would have used during WWII. I learned that the codes change every day.
I loved the trip because I learned about so many things, for example all about the air aid shelter.
I really liked going to the Imperial War Museum and I learned a lot.
I loved the tanks as i have never seen one in real life and it was huge. I learnt how they helped the war.
When I went to the Imperial War Museum the following Sunday, I really enjoyed seeing all the artefacts and I saw a wooden crocodile that some of the prisoners of war kept in England made as a peace offering to a British family on Christmas day, it didn’t look as good as the toys we have now though!
It was really interesting and it would be nice to go back and see the rest of the galleries (but not the Holocaust ones though).