We Need You!!!

At the beginning of World War II the numbers of men in the British Forces was quite low - certainly not enough to fight the Germans! So men were encouraged to join the forces and fight for their country.

Posters were put up to encourage men to join the forces and also to encourage women to work in jobs where the men would have worked before they went to work. Eventually,as numbers remained low, men were required to join the forces.This was called conscription.

Take a look at the posters we have designed:

Would they persuade you to join?

Little Ships

We have been learning about the evacuation of Dunkirk during World War II.



In May 1940 a huge British Expeditionary force of 250,000 men was sent to France to help fight the powerful German advance. The British and French forces became surrounded by the Germans and forced towards the sea and the town of Dunkirk. What would they do? They had three choices - surrender, fight to death or escape! 338,226 troops were evacuated from Dunkirk between 27 May and 4 June 1940. 933 ships took part in the evacuation named operation Dynamo and were called Little Ships.


For more facts about Dunkirk follow this link:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/pressreleases/stories/2004/02_february/03/dunkirk.shtml

In Formula Base we are creating a model of Dunkirk. We have looked at pictures of Dunkirk and the Little Ships and are using what we have seen to build the beach scene using various techniques to create the sand dunes, beach and sea. We are also building an armada of Little Ships using junk modelling and paper construction techniques.

Here are some photos of our work so far: