Year One had a special visitor today – Martin, a volunteer from the Royal National Lifeboat Institution. He talked about the people who help us to stay safe in the water and what to do if we see someone in trouble. We also learned all about Grace Darling to find out who she was, what she did and why she is still remembered today.
We re-enacted the events of 7th September 1838 to show Grace and her father William’s brave rescue on the wreck of the Forfarshire and how they managed to save 9 people from the rocks in just a small rowing boat. We learned about how this rescue later inspired the work of the RNLI.
