Another fantastic year for entries into the Young Historian Competition. Thank you to all entrants who took the time to put together their pieces of work. It’s really important to the Trust that the memories of those who were involved in the Normandy landings and the war are remembered. We feel that this competition is a great way to learn more about the this period of history and we certainly enjoy reading the work.
Senior Category
Winner: Vivaan Davda – The Cathedral and John Connon School, Mumbai for an extremely incisive study of Montgomery’s North Africa Campaign; Key Stage 3: Joshua Broadbent of Royal Grammar School in Guildford for his analysis of D-Day; Primary: Salisbury Cathedral School for a Year 4 class multi-media response to their feelings about D-Day.
Key Stage 3 Category
Winner: Joshua Broadbent – Royal Grammar School, Guildford
Primary Category
Winner: Salisbury Cathedral School
In addition, three special prizes were awarded to Wilbury Primary School in Enfield for a video presentation that showed how to immerse young people in the experience of the Special Operations Executive; to St Simon’s Catholic School in Stockport for a facsimile D-Day-era newspaper; and Oakridge Primary School in Stafford for some D-Day-related poetry.
The winner of the General Martin award was Samuel from the University Academy in long Sutton, Lincolnshire, for his work on Stan Hollis.
There were a lot of entries from the IOM this year. The winner was Jessica from Ramsey Grammar School!