For our topic, 'Wartime Evacuation of Children', we recommend the following activities after your visit to the Museum of Rail Transport.
Choose a favourite character and mime their activities (this could be a guessing-game activity).
Groups of four or five put together a set of cameos showing departure, the journey, the arrival. These can be improvised or scripted.
"Imagination I-Spy" - on the journey: different categories, e.g. animals, buildings, items of railway scenery, etc.
Write a diary of the day of your evacuation.
Write a postcard or letter home describing where you are and your feelings.
Create an imaginary railway as a plan, or as an illustration, or in 3D form, to include station names and railway objects.
Design a carriage print warning notice, either for times of evacuation or for the present day (consider linking with railway safety?).
The Carriage Works Museum is very pleased to receive examples of children's work and will display them with pride.
Please e-mail to admin@vintagecarriagestrust.org or send to our postal address of: Vintage Carriages Trust, The Railway Station, Haworth, Keighley, West Yorkshire BD22 8NJ.
