During the Autumn Term, before Christmas, I was able to go into Manor School in Drayton for a number of afternoons to work with Nicky Jarrett, the deputy head and her Y5/6 class of children.
The children were studying the village now and 100 years ago. The children used the school laptop computers to do on line research using the 1901 and 1911 censuses. Many of the children were able to create family trees and quite a few of the children found family connections with the village.
We also visited the village war memorial and noted the names of the 6 men, from the village, who died in World War I. Then the children used the internet to find out about them . Bev Davies from New Row came into class and talked about one of the men, Sam Tilling, who was her ancestor.
After Easter the class are going to attend the casting of the 3 new bells at John Taylor's Bellfoundry in Loughborough. But Nicky Jarrett will not be with us, as she is moving to be deputy head of the school in Kings Bromley. This is great news for her but it's sad for us that she will not see the completion of the project. I'm sure that the children will send her a photographic record of their trip.
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