After discovering Kensuke was a Navy solider during WWII we went on a trip to the HMS Belfast to discover what it would be like to live on a war ship. Kensuke was from Nagasaki where the atomic bomb went off forcing Japan to surrender in August 1945.

While on the HMS Belfast, we explored from the upper deck to the engine and boiler room  – which caused quite a fright – to the kitchen and the sick bay. When we got back to school we wrote stories in the point of view of a member of the navy.

We discover that World War 2 started in 1939 and finished in 1945 – the children were extremely interested and excited to hear that their next topic is all about World War 1: War and Peace.