There was great excitement last Friday as the children in 5th class arrived into school with their World War I projects. So many of the children had put in such an amazing effort and gone above and beyond the guidelines for completing t
he project.
The projects focused on a range of different topics. The topics ranged from women during WWI to the jobs that animals did during the war. Some of the children focused on tanks during the war whilst others researched trench warfare. The range of material collected by the children was astounding!
One of the children in the class created a models to demonstrate what trench warfare was like and set up his model in the classroom for everyone to see. You can see a picture of this model above. The level of detail is amazing.
Another child created a tank as part of his project. The model was made entirely out of materials he found at home. This wonderful project was complimented by the PowerPoint shown by another child about the many different tanks that were used during WWI. 
We wanted to share some of our work with everyone at home in this blog post. You can also keep track of what we are doing by following us on Twitter @RangMaggieLETNS
Some of the projects were emailed in a digital format and others were drawn and neatly written on to project paper. The attention to detail was wonderful. The children really went above and beyond to support their best work.
We are learning so much about World War I and this week we will be focusing on the role of women during the war. We will be looking at specific women and the bravery that they showed in a range of roles during the war.
We mentioned in our last blog post that we had received a wonderful resource from Historical Newspapers. We have included a few photos of some of the articles for you to see. 
These wonderful news reports give us some insight into
the way that the events of the war were reported during WWI.
It’s interesting to look at the way news was reported in 1914 and compare it to the way that news is reported now. It was also interesting to discuss then and now with the children and the immediacy of the way news is reported now, thanks to advances in technology, compared to news reports during WWI. The lag on events happening and those same events being reported was massive when compared to todays standards. Lots of scope for discussion! 
Some of the children have already presented their projects and we look forward to seeing the other projects throughout the week.