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The Jarrow Crusade By Lucy Coles The Jarrow Crusade Diary Dear Diary It’s the morning of the march to London; I’m very keen to get it done. We can’t survive on £1.50 a week so we need more money. At 10 o’clock we are setting off. Thank goodness we have supplies on the bus that’s following us. We have a box filled with 12,000 signatures. When we got to Barnsley they offered us steam baths for us to rest in and the baths were lovely. Then we went to Wakefield and we were allowed to sleep in the church. It wasn’t the best sleep I had but it was better than in the rain outside. A bishop even blessed us on the way. After the co-op mended our shoes, my shoes felt more comfortable than ever. We were given food and shelter all the way. After our long journey we reached London on the 31st of October. Stanley Baldwin was the Prime Minster. Dear diary Today is the jolliest day I’ve had for ages! I must be with two hundred other men. It is putting me in a great mood, everyone is playing the harmonica while we all walk 300 miles to London! We will be resting any minute in the bus which has sleeping mats and cooking supplies for us, can’t wait to write again! Dear diary Time is speeding on and days have passed. Everyone seems to be getting more dozy every second, but we’ve just made a stop at the Barnsley Steam Baths. Seriously, it feels like a spa in here! I’ve never felt more hygienic! And guess what the best part is . . we get to stay here for a nice pleasing rest. I couldn’t be more delighted! Oh I do wish my family could join me here, they would love it! Dear diary It has been such a pleasing journey. We stayed at a church to sleep and got our shoes fixed at Leicester Co-Op. Everything has been right as rain . .until now. The prime minister refuses to see us because he doesn’t believe anything we have to say! I can’t believe a good memory ends so sadly, and I really thought I would be able to get a job. He isn’t much of a Prime Minster if he refused to see us! But luckily, we got a train ride home! Alex Preece Yr6 DT is a subject that teaches pupils life skills for the future, it also helps students to be aware of the dangers of tools like saws and knives etc. Recently, Year 6 have made historical movements using wood and various other materials. For example, myself, Albie and Alex made a guillotine. Children are put in groups which teaches them to work together. Personally, myself and Albie argued a lot but in the end we were successful! Earlier in the year we also made space pods- the aim was to create a practical pod for an astronaut to live in. It also had to sustain the rugged terrain of Mars. We also created a leaflet to advertise our models for this project using our English skills. We worked by ourselves. All the students made unique models. Luca Maude and Albert Lawrie 11