Primary Teaching Resources

These resources have been developed in partnership with schools in the TVEAZ area.

Anderson Shelters:

This is to support the Shelters topic at KS2. The following resources are available.

Anderson shelter worksheet by myself. PDF format. Cut out and bury in soft peat in a seed tray and plant cress on top. Also WMF file version so you can read the file in standard graphics programs

Click here for Directory of photographs showing Yr5/6 pupils Anderson shelters

2 pages of bullet points about Anderson shelters in Word format I generated as a result of my research on the Internet for this project

please note, the actual size of Anderson shelters seems to have varied between 6'6" and 10'. If anyone has more information on this. please contact me. the fold up worksheet makes a scale 6'6" long shelter.

Links to First hand accounts of Anderson shelters and useful websites

Good page about Anderson Shelters with some excellent original clear photographs.
The exRAF websites pages on Anderson Shelters. very extensive site
Another PDF worksheet for a cut out and assemble Anderson Shelter from Teeside Archaeology
World war 2 in the Highlands site sheets on Anderson Shelters and many other topics. Large selection
Australia also used Anderson Shelters and this is a scan of the instructions received by the Adams family for how to assemble it
Simple interactive guide to the Anderson Shelter from the BBC
Strange bulletin from a railway enthusiast in PDF format which includes a good first hand description of using an Anderson Shelter
Battle of Britain Historical Societies page on shelters
Leighton Linslade museums description of a recent excavation of an anderson shelter
Eden Camp website. A museum dedicated to World War 2 with a real shelter in the grounds
UK national archives online film of building an anderson shelter
Good KS2 suitable summary of what anderson shelters were and why they were needed from the BBC website
Huge site dedicated to fashion throughout the ages which includes links to utility clothing and ration clothing