Trench warfare comes to Caistor school
YEAR Nine students at Caistor Yarborough School have been experiencing life in the “trenches” as part of their history study of the First World War.
Funding gained through Creative Partnerships has enabled the students to lead and develop an area of the curriculum – in this case, history.
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Freya Coombes lying in the trench on the Caistor Yarborough School site with fellow soldiers Wade Partington (left) and Richard Brant ,as they try to experience what life was like in the trenches for soldiers in World War 1.
The project’s aim is to deepen students’ knowledge, understanding and response to the issues behind and the events of the First World War.
The “trench” was the idea of the students and was constructed under the supervision of history teacher Verity Myers. Working with drama practitioner Al Muir and the history team, the students have all had the opportunity to experience what life might have been like in the trenches through practical role-play and drama activities.
It is likely that the trench may now be passed on to other schools and colleges in the area.
Student Freya Coombes, 13, of Caistor, “wounded” in the trench, said: “It reminds us of how the soldiers felt. I experienced imagining a shell exploding on me in 1915.”
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