EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES

Using the Tale of how Bath & Alkmaar became linked as a Curriculum Resource

Welcome to the Bath-Alkmaar Educational Resources section.  The following downloadable material has been brought together to help teachers use the Bath-Alkmaar origins story as a stimulus across several curriculum areas.

Elements of the material might well prove suitable for pupils from Key Stage 2 upwards, for use in subjects including:

• History (local and world history)
• RE/PHSE
• Geography
• Art
• Drama
• Creative writing

The Alkmaar Story

A full version of the Alkmaar story is available elsewhere on this website, although it does not contain all the details on what happened in 1945 in Bath, as the War ended.   We have pulled together some of this less-well known material and included it in the Resources.

The Bath – Alkmaar Twinning Association is very willing to provide speakers who can give presentations on the story.  Please email our secretary, vic.windt@me.com and we will arrange for someone to visit.

There are also places in Bath linked to the story which pupils can visit: details are given in the resources.

Pages/Images

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All pages & images are downloadable as pdfs.

• The Hunger Winter
• The Barrel Organ
• Ways that Bathonians raised funds for the Alkmaar appeal in 1945
• The principal characters
• Written source material
• Photographic source material
• The Dutch children who came to Bath, then and now

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