🕵️ Year 5’s Secret Mission at the Museum of Lancashire!
Year 5 enjoyed an immersive morning at the Museum of Lancashire, bringing our WWII topic to life and putting everything we have learnt to the test! 🏛️
Our mission began with signing the Official Secrets Act before tackling the challenge of deciphering Morse code messages. Major Green then put us through our paces as we explored strategy and battle formations. 📜
We also entered the world of espionage and sabotage, discovering how spies used disguises to conceal their identities. The children loved adopting different personas and dressing up in costumes to see whether they could fool an officer! 🥸
Next, we learnt how to interpret aerial photographs, looking carefully for clues before testing our observation skills: could we spot the Bismarck in a photograph? 🔍 To round off our visit, we learnt the wartime morale-boosting song Run Rabbit Run. 🎶
Throughout the visit, the children impressed staff with their wonderful manners, enthusiasm and willingness to get involved. We were especially proud of how much knowledge they had retained from our WWII topic. They recalled facts confidently and impressed the museum staff with everything they knew! 🌟
Well done, Year 5—you represented Trawden Forest brilliantly! 👏
Year 5 WW2 Trip 2026
