St Julian's CofE Primary School, Wellow
Sue Rodford, assistant headteacher at St.Julian’s Church School, Wellow near Bath writes about her Schools Heritage Day
in November;
The Key Stage 2 children of St.Julian’s Church School were delighted to welcome the Goldies to a WW1 Peace Tea in Wellow village hall.
The children had as a whole school project researched WW1 and the very first street parties known as Peace Teas. They decided that such an event would be a good community project, and so invited both the Goldies, and local senior citizens for tea and cake in a patriotically decorated village hall. Both staff and children dressed in costume from the era and entertained their audience with popular songs from WW1.
A great time was had by all and lots of smiling faces captured on photographs by Anna from the Goldies proved this point. The children certainly benefitted from every aspect of the afternoon and this event brought history ‘alive’, raising the children’s awareness of the one hundredth commemoration of the Great War.
Goldies music assistant Lucy Harrington attended the Wellow WWONE day – she writes;
On Thursday 13th November as part of the schools activities in remembering WW1,St. Julians CofE Primary school, near Bath held a Peace Tea at Wellow Village Hall.
The Peasedown Goldies were given a very warm welcome by some of the children, who made up the welcome committee and what an excellent job they did. Taking the Goldies coats and showing them to their seats, before serving them with tea and cake, all the while dressed up in wonderful costumes from the WW1 period.
The Goldies joined other local people who had been invited to come along to take part in this special event. After everybody had enjoyed the refreshments, the rest of the children arrived, escorted by their teachers, all dressed in WW1 attire and looking magnificent.
Deputy Head Teacher Sue Rodford explained to the gathering the importance of the Peace Teas that were held during WW1 and the reasons why it was important to remember the war and all the brave men and women who fought in it. She also explained the importance of singing and the special songs that people sung during the War to keep their spirits up.
The children then sang for the assembled audience and some children read out poems that they had written. Next up, Goldies Session Leader Jacqui Cook invited everybody to take part in a sing-a-long, Goldies style. Everybody joined together and the Goldies WW1 medley was sung with such gusto that it didn’t seem fair to stop there, and the singing continued with everybody joining in with more songs from the Goldies song book.
It was a wonderful afternoon, a big thank you to Sue Rodford for all of her fantastic work for organising such a great event, all of the children from St. Julians C’f E Primary school who made us feel so welcome and to Jacqui Cook and The Peasedown Goldies for showing everyone the spirit of Goldies that we all cherish so much.
in November;
The Key Stage 2 children of St.Julian’s Church School were delighted to welcome the Goldies to a WW1 Peace Tea in Wellow village hall.
The children had as a whole school project researched WW1 and the very first street parties known as Peace Teas. They decided that such an event would be a good community project, and so invited both the Goldies, and local senior citizens for tea and cake in a patriotically decorated village hall. Both staff and children dressed in costume from the era and entertained their audience with popular songs from WW1.
A great time was had by all and lots of smiling faces captured on photographs by Anna from the Goldies proved this point. The children certainly benefitted from every aspect of the afternoon and this event brought history ‘alive’, raising the children’s awareness of the one hundredth commemoration of the Great War.
Goldies music assistant Lucy Harrington attended the Wellow WWONE day – she writes;
On Thursday 13th November as part of the schools activities in remembering WW1,St. Julians CofE Primary school, near Bath held a Peace Tea at Wellow Village Hall.
The Peasedown Goldies were given a very warm welcome by some of the children, who made up the welcome committee and what an excellent job they did. Taking the Goldies coats and showing them to their seats, before serving them with tea and cake, all the while dressed up in wonderful costumes from the WW1 period.
The Goldies joined other local people who had been invited to come along to take part in this special event. After everybody had enjoyed the refreshments, the rest of the children arrived, escorted by their teachers, all dressed in WW1 attire and looking magnificent.
Deputy Head Teacher Sue Rodford explained to the gathering the importance of the Peace Teas that were held during WW1 and the reasons why it was important to remember the war and all the brave men and women who fought in it. She also explained the importance of singing and the special songs that people sung during the War to keep their spirits up.
The children then sang for the assembled audience and some children read out poems that they had written. Next up, Goldies Session Leader Jacqui Cook invited everybody to take part in a sing-a-long, Goldies style. Everybody joined together and the Goldies WW1 medley was sung with such gusto that it didn’t seem fair to stop there, and the singing continued with everybody joining in with more songs from the Goldies song book.
It was a wonderful afternoon, a big thank you to Sue Rodford for all of her fantastic work for organising such a great event, all of the children from St. Julians C’f E Primary school who made us feel so welcome and to Jacqui Cook and The Peasedown Goldies for showing everyone the spirit of Goldies that we all cherish so much.
All pictures courtesy of Anna Barclay