SCHOOLS EDUCATIONAL VISITS TO
Over
recent years, there has been an increasing number of visits to
Lochnagar Crater by schools and these are set to continue in the
near future. No doubt the inclusion of the study of the First
World War in the syllabi of many of the secondary schools has
brought about this trend.
The Friends of Lochnagar wish to encourage such visits and are always willing to make themselves available to teachers in their work with children to ensure that each and every visit becomes more meaningful and worthwhile. One of the reasons for the creation of this Web Site is to make available to teachers and students basic information in what happened on this sector of the Somme Battlefield on July 1st 1916. If a visit to the Crater is part of the itinerary it is important that teachers are able to access information which will enable them to plan in advance.
A successful
educational visit requires advanced preparation as the image on
the left of teacher and pupils of Tideway School, East Sussex
portrays. This Web Site is devised to assist with such activities.
Experience has shown that the best led and prepared school visits
have enabled students to grasp the significance of what happened
on that July morning in 1916.
The Friends of Lochnagar have been encouraged by the profound mature statements left by so many students in the visitors book at the site of the Lochnagar Crater. It is also important that students visiting the Crater are already aware that young men fought suffered and died there and in the surrounding fields and that they respect the area and its environs accordingly. We would ask that no children are allowed to descend into the Crater during a visit as a mark of respect and for obvious reasons of safety.
We hope that this Web site will meet the needs of students and staff and we wish all schools a successful and enjoyable visit to the Lochnagar Crater.