Library Visit

Date: 2nd Feb 2016 @ 7:26pm

A big thank you to Mandy and Catherine, at St.Helens Central Library, for hosting the Holocaust session for Year 5 today. The children were given a brief overview of the Holocaust and the impact of this on the Jewish population. They learned about Dr Janus Korczak, who  tried to save the Jewish orphans, and how he went to the concentration camp with them. He believed in the rights of children and was the founder of the Convention for the Rights of the Child, which has since been adopted by many countries worldwide.

In the second half of our session, Mandi shared some pages from The Unforgotten Coat, which was written by Frank Cottrell Boyce, about two boys from Mongolia. 

We will be reading this book after half term, please feel free to read this together at home.

Mrs Atherton and Miss Stubbs were very impressed with the children's questions and answers during the session. 

Well done Year 5, you were a credit to Queen's Park School.