Empire Day-patriotic songs & recitations in school after which senior girls & teachers attended Empir

24/05/1916 to 24/05/1916

School not having ususal Whitsun holiday. The munition workers have no holiday & children have loyall

12/06/1916 to 12/06/1916

Attendance very poor this week. Some of mothers going out daily for farm work & elder girl is minding

22/06/1916 to 22/06/1916

10/- collected by children towards 'John Travers Cornwall Ward'

27/09/1916 to 27/09/1916

Catherine-de-Barnes branch of National war savings formed

04/10/1916 to 04/10/1916

Girls in upper division wrote out in school notices  for parents of 1st meeting of Savings branch

12/10/1916 to 12/10/1916

Low attendance...some girls staying away to mind baby or helping picking potatoes

17/11/1916 to 17/11/1916

...Rev S P Riley leaving so hurriedly to be a Chaplain of HM forces....

14/12/1916 to 14/12/1916

Two 'Old Boys', A. King and W, Harding, now serving in the forces called at the school.

14/06/1915 to 14/06/1915

A letter from 'The Front' from R. Foster, 15 Hussars

16/06/1915 to 16/06/1915

24 Sandbags sent away

26/06/1915 to 26/06/1915

Sergeant Tom Keatley (2nd Royal Warwicks) who left school in 1900 called to see us.

28/06/1915 to 28/06/1915

Sent away 40 Sandbags

10/07/1915 to 10/07/1915

Sent away 30 Sandbags (Total 104)

13/07/1915 to 13/07/1915

"French Flag Day" - children brought pennies for French Relief Fund. Lessons given in French, flew Fr

14/07/1915 to 14/07/1915

Sent off 22 Sandbags. Children gave donation of 15/- from May Day moneybox towards the Sandbag collec

29/07/1915 to 29/07/1915

Last despatch of Sandbags. In total 406 sandbags sent over past six months.

25/11/1915 to 25/11/1915

Two boys, under school leaving age, have been alowed to leave to work for farmers.

07/04/1916 to 07/04/1916

'Old boy' R Forster on leave from the trenches in France visited the school'

12/04/1916 to 12/04/1916

Several children ran away to see an Aeroplane which had alighted in a neighbouring field. As they wer

08/05/1916 to 08/05/1916

Sent £1-7-6 to YMCA and 3/- box of cigarettes to a soldier, Private Whitfield

12/05/1916 to 12/05/1916

18/- sent to the 'Overseas Club' for the fund to provide British prisoners in Germany with tobacco et

25/05/1916 to 25/05/1916

Children selling flags and scent packets in aid of fund for 'Relief of Belgian children'.

03/07/1916 to 03/07/1916

Sent £1, collected by children to the fund for the Relief of Belgian children.

19/07/1916 to 19/07/1916

First subscription to "Astley War Savings Association" taken today. Total £1-0-6

18/09/1916 to 18/09/1916