East Ayrshire's War

WW2 Evacuees at Kittochside Farm, East Kilbride
St Columba's Primary School

Children were filmed during a day out. They experienced what it was like to be an evacuee during the war. They travelled into the countryside (East Kilbride) wearing name tags; met a wartime school teacher; walked along country lanes to the farmhouse; had a lesson in a wartime classroom in a school outbuilding; toured the wartime farmhouse, farmyard and kitchen garden.

• WW2 Evacuees at Kittochside Farm part 1 [video / transcript]
• WW2 Evacuees at Kittochside Farm part 2 [video / transcript]
• WW2 Evacuees at Kittochside Farm part 3 [video / transcript]
• Hulford Primary's visit to Kittochside [image]
• St Patrick's Primary's visit to Kittochside [image]

Interviews
St Columba's Primary School, Ochiltree Primary School, Hurlford Primary School and St. Patrick's Primary School

Pupils from East Ayrshire primary schools interviewed local residents about their experiences during World War 2.

• Mrs Brown & Mrs Kinnaird [text]
• Helen McEvoy part 1 [video]
• Helen McEvoy part 2 [video]
• Helen McEvoy part 3 [video]
• Thomas Mulgrew [video / transcript]
• Mrs Hollyoak part 1 [video / transcript]
• Mrs Hollyoak part 2 [video / transcript]
• Mrs Hollyoak part 3[video / transcript]
• Mrs Mary Murphy [video / transcript]
• Mrs K Murphy part 1 [video / transcript]
• Mrs K Murphy part 2 [video / transcript]
• Mrs K Murphy part 3 [video / transcript]
• Mrs K Murphy part 4 [video / transcript]
• Mrs K Murphy part 5[video / transcript]
• Mrs K Murphy part 6 [video]
• Mrs K Murphy part 7 [video]

War Detectives events
Ochiltree Primary School, St Columba's Primary School and Hurlford Primary School

• WW2 Day at Ochiltree Primary School [video]
• About the Jitterbug [text]
• 1940s Jitterbug: Fly Right Dance Co.[video]
• 1940s Jitterbug: Ochiltree Primary part 1 [video]
• 1940s Jitterbug: Ochiltree Primary part 2 [video]
• Tea Dance [image]
• BBC visit press release [text & image]

WW2 Poems and art
St Patrick's Primary School

Pupils from St Patrick's Primary wrote poems about evacuees and created art about the war.

• WW2 poems part 1 [text]
• WW2 poems part 2 [text]
• WW2 art [image]

War photo albums

East Ayrshire Schools created sets of photographs showing their experiences and work during the War Detectives project

• St Columba's photo album part 1 [image]
• St Columba's photo album part 2 [image]
• Ochiltree's photo album [image]
• Hurlford's photo album [image]

Pupils relatives' experiences of war
St Columba's Primary School

Pupils investigated what their relatives experienced during the second world war.

• Annie's great uncle [text]
• Ashleigh's grampa [text]
• Eilidh's great aunt[text]
• Eilidh's gran [text]
• Brendan's papa [text]
• Lauren's gran [text]
• Zoe's gran [text]
• Jenna's grandparents [text]

Street games
Hurlford Primary School

Pupils at Hurlford Primary discovered the types of games school children would have played during the war years.

• Street games introduction [text]
• WW2 street games [video / transcript]
• Wartime singing games [video / transcript]
• Counting out rhymes [video / transcript]
• Street games part 1 [video / transcript]
• Street games part 2 [video / transcript]

WW2 Kits

Pupils collected a range of items that came from WW2. They used these to make the following kits.

• WW2 kits part 1 [image]
• WW2 kits part 2 [image]
• WW2 kits part 3 [image]

WW2 Celebration day

Pupils from East Ayshire schools gathered with the people who had assisted them in the course of their War Detectives project. The celebration was held in Grand Hall in Kilmarnock.

• WW2 Celebration day [video]
• WW2 Celebration day photos part 1 [image]
• WW2 Celebration day photos part 2 [image]
• WW2 Celebration day photos part 3 [image]

Deans Castle

Pupils learned how Deans Castle was used during the war. Deans Castle [text]