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Educational Days on the Churnet Valley Railway

2012 Programme (dates below)
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The Evacuee Experience
Suitable for Key Stages 2 & 3 studying
World War 2

Decide : What to pack in your suitcase using artefacts from the period
Dress up: As an evacuee
Experience: An evacuee auction
Experience: 10 ½ Mile journey pulled by a heritage steam engine
Listen to: the story of the family who lived in the station all through the War.
Shop: using Ration Books
Talk to: World War 2 veterans
Taste: World war 2 recipes
Train to: be a member of the Royal Observer Corps
Use: your own ID Card and Ration Book (Provided by the railway)

Activities spread between the Railway's Stations

The Explorer Experience
Suitable for Reception and all
Key Stage 1 Children

Discover the railway and journey along the beautiful Churnet Valley in the heritage scenic cruiser train

Based at Kingsley & Froghall Station:

Collect your tickets for the journey
Enjoy nature activities around the station and picnic area involving plants and trees
Meet the owls
I Spy activities based on a Country Railway Station
Plus 'Visits to Consall Station by prior agreement due to limited facilities

At Cheddleton Station:

Visit the engine sheds
Meet the Blacksmith at his forge
Help the signalman keep the trains safe
Stand on the footplate of an engine and see how to drive it

DATE	ACTIVITY
Wed 29th Feb	Evacuee
Wed 14th Mar	Evacuee
Wed 21st Mar	Evacuee
Wed 18th Apr	Evacuee
Tue 1st May	Evacuee
Thu 3rd May	Evacuee
Wed 16th May	Evacuee
Wed 30th May	Evacuee
Wed 13th Jun	Evacuee
Wed 27th Jun	Explorer
Tue 3rd July	Explorer
Tue 10th July	Explorer
Wed 26th Sept	Evacuee
Wed 3rd Oct	Evacuee
Wed 17th Oct	Evacuee

New for 2011:

All Education Days will start from Kingsley and Froghall Station
at 10am and finish there at 2.30pm

Price £6.50 per pupil with 1 Adult free for 10 paying pupils

All activities Listed subject to availability on the day

We suggest that all children bring a packed lunch with them.

On all these experiences a return journey along the unique Churnet Valley is included, as will be relevant work materials.

In addition Wednesdays in July are other possible dates in the summer term when parties can be accommodated. It would also be possible to tailor-make a day visit for a school or group of schools at other times of the year.

School Visits for Santa and Steam Specials

on Wednesday 7th
and 14th December 2011

Bookings taken from
5th September 2011

Price on Application

Our Education Officer is an experienced teacher that has taken early retirment, the Churnet Valley Railway can offer schools the opportunity to enhance classroom-based lessons by engaging in a Living History Day or, if there are sufficient children, to tailor-make a full day’s experience of the school’s own choosing.

The Education Officer 'can be contacted for advice and is available to visit your school if requested. Complementary tickets are available for two adults to make a preliminary visit to the railway, please ask for details.

To make a booking please contact our office on the number below. Upon making a booking you will be sent a risk assessment sheet.

Telephone; 01538 750755 or contact us by e-mail

please book early to avoid disappointment

Our Education Days in the Local Press:

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THE SENTINEL Thursday March 13, 2008

WARTIME: Youngsters stepped into the shoes of evacuees during an excursion to an historic railway station.

Ex-servicemen and education officers were on hand to give the youngsters, including nine-year-old Conor, pictured, from Seabridge Primary School, Newcastle, a clear picture of what it was like to grow up in war-torn Britain. They also had the chance to sample wartime fare, including Poor Man's Goose, a liver dish and Walton Pie, a mixture of vegetables. They were also shown how to use ration books.

The Evacuee Experience, at the Churnet Valley Railway, is one of several All Living History Days to give children first-hand experience of times gone by. Voluntary education officer Graham Joiner said: "It Is an attempt to recreate the evacuation experience. "We had a very good day and the children enjoyed it."

Picture: Malcolm Hart

THE SENTINEL Thursday April 17th, 2008

Bouquets & Comments:


Bouquets:
To all the staff. Thank you for allowing me to come and learn about Churnet Valley Railway. It was excellent and I'm definitely going again with all my family. My favourite parts were on the train, the black out and the war veterans. They were so interesting and the seat in the museum was really great. I wouldn't mind having that in my house. The identifying of aeroplanes were great and so was the rationing. Once again thank you so much for all your time and effort. Charmaine (Orme House. Newcastle.) 16th April 2008	To all the staff, Churnet Valley is one of the most interesting places I have ever been to. Thank you for letting me come to learn about all the wonderful facts about the war. My three favourite three things that happened were the auction, because I thought it was fun......... but no one bought me, I liked stopping in the tunnel on the steam train and I liked also identifying aeroplanes. What amazed me was that the war veterans could explain their young life in such detail. I liked looking at the artefacts and I thought it was really lovely. Everyone enjoyed it. Catherine (Orme House, Newcastle) 16th April 2008
Comments:
Reactions of Year 6 Pupils from Orme House School, Newcastle-under- Lyme, Staffordshire '…I learnt a lot about the second world wear and would certainly want to visit again.' Louise 'I found the War Veterans stories very interesting because I got to hear real stories from people actually in the war, and not many people get to do that.' Francesca '…another brilliant thing was the Billeting Officer with the auction. I was one of the lucky few that somebody took with them! All of the things we did made it seem so real' Esme '…I also enjoyed the terst where we had to identify the different planes, how many engines they had, what kind of plane it was and whether ir was German or English' Joe	' I also found the talk about rationing fun( I wouldn't like to be rationed myself though). I don't know how my family of 6 would cope with one egg a day, let alone a week!...It was the best school trip ever.' Sophie '…everything I have learnt has been really useful. I was surprised that some people we had talked to actually fought in the war.!' Kurtis '…thank you for giving my class and I a wonderful day at the Churnet Valley Railway' Isabel 16th April 2008

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