INFORMATION FOR TEACHERS

The Memory Detectives is relevant to many aspects of the National Curriculum:

English: Reading and comprehension History: The role of The Air Transport Auxiliary Service in supporting the RAF in WW2. Equality and Diversity: Discrimination against women A.T.A. pilots after the war. Health: the challenges of memory loss and aging. P.S.H.E.: Relationships between school friends, different generations, and between nations. Computing: The use of I.T. to help stimulate communicate with someone with dementia. For example, the young people use Google Images, YouTube and an app. Citizenship: The children contact their M.P. because Hattie has not yet received her Government 'Badge of Thanks'.   Resources I have prepared a quiz which will test pupils' knowledge of the story and which I hope they will find fun. (Not on this website in case 'tech-savvy' pupils think to check the website too! Please contact me via my publisher if you would like it.) I deliberately wrote the book in everyday language to make it accessible to as many children as possible. There is a lot of dialogue and some chapters would convert well into play reading material. If this is of interest to you, please let me know and I will lay out a selection of chapters in that form. In these strange Covid times, school visits are not likely to be possible unless it were via Skype or Zoom but I would be willing to help in any way that I could. There are also some excellent videos online about the A.T.A. which would enhance pupils' learning. Here is a link to the pilot, Joy Lofthouse, who I interviewed for research ...and another to her great friend, Mary Ellis.