Arrangements made with Picturedrome for children to see the 'Battle of the Somme' at 3 o'clock.

31/10/1916 to 31/10/1916

HMI Mr E H Carter visited respecting male staff recruiting and female teachers

12/12/1916 to 12/12/1916

Empire day celebrations. Address by Headmaster, Union Jack saluted with Empire & Patriotic songs

24/05/1917 to 24/05/1917

Boys been very busy in their spare time harvesting Horse Chestnuts for the Minister of Munitions

21/09/1917 to 21/09/1917

5 half days given for harvesting chestnuts. One ton 12 cwt collected.

28/09/1917 to 28/09/1917

Many boys absent for potato picking, cutting mangolds and other farm work.

31/10/1917 to 31/10/1917

Attendance very bad. Many boys kept away for frivolous things. Liberty allowed from school for potato

16/11/1917 to 16/11/1917

After writing in Nov, Dec & Jan to Ministry of Propellant Supplies re chestnuts harvested by boys, 1

War Savings reached £1000. A holiday was granted to all scholars

04/03/1918 to 04/03/1918

Student teacher James F Barnsley absent from duty having been called up for medical examination

16/04/1918 to 16/04/1918

Mr Wightman, teacher, absent 3 afternoons helping at Food Control Office

01/05/1918 to 01/05/1918

Headmaster absent from school being called up for medical re-examination

17/05/1918 to 17/05/1918

James T Barnsley (student teacher) left today to join Royal Navy

31/05/1918 to 31/05/1918

Lieutenant Bonfield, a former student teacher, called to see Headmaster and other teachers

23/07/1918 to 23/07/1918

Mrs Bayliss (teacher) asked for few days leave as husband on 8 days leave from the trenches.

05/07/1917 to 05/07/1917

Mrs Bayliss (teacher) returned today. Her husband has gone back to France.

13/07/1917 to 13/07/1917

Went out of school in afternoon to attend funeral of an old scholar William Hobbins who died of wound

06/09/1917 to 06/09/1917

Went blackberry picking for the soldiers' jam this afternoon. Had special leave from the Education Co

17/09/1917 to 17/09/1917

Berries taken to collection station at Alcester Grammar School.

20/09/1917 to 20/09/1917

Blackberrying 56lbs.

24/09/1917 to 24/09/1917

Eleven year old boy is exempted for farm work.

28/09/1917 to 28/09/1917

Admitted two children who have come here til the war is over to escape air-raids. They come from Broa

08/10/1917 to 08/10/1917

School used for whist drive for soldiers' Xmas presents

30/11/1917 to 30/11/1917

Mrs Bayliss(teacher) away this afternoon by permission as her husband home for a weekend leave from t

11/03/1918 to 11/03/1918

School nurse excluded three siblings for "Scabies" probably brought from the front by their father

13/03/1918 to 13/03/1918