Here at the Tally Ho Project we believe that storytelling is everything. Our fun and fact-filled talks, aimed at key stage 2 students, take the form of an hour assembly where the children get to learn about a huge turning point in our history – The Battle of Britain. They’ll hear about an incredible generation of people who successfully rose to a huge global challenge and will have the opportunity to wear some of the original equipment and clothing from the era to enhance this experience. We focus on the virtues that defined these humble folk and as a result, all of our talks are based around the following core values: duty, unity, courage and resilience. Each session ends with a Q and A section which tends to be full of energy and imagination!
The day then proceeds to the ‘classroom sessions’. Here we work with each year 6 class individually and start to explore our core values a little deeper and how they relate to the children today. The talk turns to the importance of personal growth and what lessons we can learn from the events of 1940. At each stage, we relate the conversation to inspiring, personal stories from the Second World War that make a huge impact.