Great Photo

Great photo by Luke Yates of Way Ahead Photography in Hythe as we prepared for Late Night Shopping.

Projecting a Great Image in Hythe

The Salvation Army and South Kent Community Church invited Home Front Bus into Hythe High Street to help communicate its message for Late Night Shopping.  We were pleased to help out and the whole event was enhanced by using the side of the bus to project its message.  The bus was extremely busy and all donations for entrance went to Christians Against Poverty www.capuk.org .  Thanks to Brian & Mark for providing the projection.

We also visited our last two schools of the year this week in Sittingbourne.  Thanks to Westland's and Regis Manor for being such great hosts.  School visits resume in the New Year with a visit to Reculver.

Another Busy Schools Week

Four schools came on board this week from Dover, Sittingbourne, Sheerness and Canning Town, East London. St Edward's School, Sheerness found our visitor book and wrote:

"A fabulous experience, the children thoroughly enjoyed it and so did the staff. Will definitely book again".

Thanks to Ensign Bus, Purfleet for allowing us to park the bus in their massive yard overnight.  It was great working with Steve Ball and his team from CEF in London.  Here the bus sprung a fuel leak, which was fixed with the turn of a spanner.  No need for an expensive diagnosis by plugging in a laptop!

More Feedback From More School Visits

Fantastic feedback from schools this week:

“The children have had a fantastic day. It really brought it alive for them. We’ve had great feedback from the parents who visited too. Thank You”

Cliftonville School

“We had a wonderful time. The children absolutely loved it and really enjoyed the chance to ask questions. A lovely end to our WW2 topic. Thank you so much”

St Richard’s School, Dover

PTA Hot

The Parent Teacher Association website has added a feature on Home Front Bus.  Why not take a look http://www.pta.org.uk/ .

Serious Swalecliffe Fun

The more schools we visit, the more the team enjoy themselves.  Yesterday we visited Swalecliffe Primary School and found the staff and pupils a real delight to be with.  Thank you for hosting us and for the following comment in our Visitor Book:

"Thank you for a wonderful day.  All our children thoroughly enjoyed their time on the Home Front Bus.  It really brought our learning alive, and the things they have learnt about became real to them.  A fantastic day."

Three Schools in Three Busy Days

We've been working hard this past week and thoroughly enjoyed ourselves in the process.

First we returned to Darrick Wood School, not to focus on the Home Front but on London Transport.  This was a change of theme but Ed and I got stuck in and a good time was had by all.  Thanks to Alison Tanner for posting the following comment on Facebook:

'We were very impressed - we'd loved the Home Front and weren't sure you could enthrall them as much with London Transport but they were so enthusiastic about it all you obviously succeeded! Thank you.'

Next up was Hayes primary School, which was a real delight:

'The children had a fantastic time.  Excellent input and successful day. Thank you'

Our third day was spent at Churchill Primary School, Westerham where heavy rain couldn't dampen the enthusiasm of the pupils, the staff or the team:

'The children have had the most wonderful day, such wonderful input and friendly staff.  They have all learnt so much and the bus has really helped to bring history to life.  Thank you so much.'

Congratulations also to Churchill School as several of their pupils are the only ones so far to recognise an ARP issue Bible when they see one!

Driving home from Westerham I was unsure whether I was driving a bus or piloting a boat.  Dark, flooded roads and continual torrential rain made it all very interesting.  Now where did I leave my voice?