Dear Parents and Carers,

As you may be aware, next week is the 75^th anniversary of VE (Victory in Europe) Day. As a school we had planned to hold some celebratory events to mark this occasion, however unfortunately this is not now going to be possible due to current events.

Following the success of our virtual Easter Bonnet competition, we thought that we would hold a similar event to mark VE day. As such, we are suggesting that children submit a VE Day inspired piece of work to our email address: homelearning@curwen.ttlt.academy. The competition will end on Monday 11^th May. Please include on the email your child’s name and class. We will include some on our website, and also announce the winners on Friday 15^th May.

Suggestions for an entry could be:

• Designing or making a medal or commemorative coin
• Writing a poem / song / rap. Perhaps you could video a performance?
• Designing an informative poster
• Creating a piece of artwork to commemorate VE Day
• Writing a diary entry / letter / postcard

Or anything else creative that takes your fancy!

Some useful websites to find out more information about VE Day include:

Espresso (www.discoveryeducation.co.uk Username:student20621 Password:cur123)

Imperial War Museum

https://www.iwm.org.uk/history/what-you-need-to-know-about-ve-day 

https://www.iwm.org.uk/history/10-photos-of-ve-day-celebrations

BBC

https://www.bbc.co.uk/teach/class-clips-video/history-ks2-ve-day/z7xtmfr

Good luck!

With kind regards,

Mrs Mansfield

Head of School