This resource is a case study based on the Building Bridges resource pack, available on TES, showing the experiences of the white community in seeing large groups of Caribbean people arriving in Britain after the Second World War - 1948 to 1962 - known as "The Windrush. https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/building-bridges-windrush-experiences-11723774 The case study demonstrates the interactions between the older and younger generation, regarding the subject matter and enabled both to learn from each other. Both groups have taken lead roles in facilitating workshops, oral history interviews, and sharing experiences. The elders’ involvement, through their stories and oral history, provides a great deal of cultural learning for future generations. They gain a sense of satisfaction and purpose in passing on their experiences and knowledge. Young people’s involvement provides a distinctive perspective on the activities. Suitable for different key stages and curriculum requirements.

This e-book will help Key Stage 3 - Year 9 students research Nottingham’s Caribbean community at work during the 1960s. The book allows teachers and parents to create unique learning activities to support home learning and beyond. Moving Out , takes a unique look at Industrial Nottingham through the eyes of the 1960s Windrush settlers, focusing on their experiences of, and contributions to the local industries of the time. These industries include the mines, the textile and garment industry, the building industry, as well as companies and institutes such as Boots, Raleigh, Nottingham Transport, and the NHS. The book also explores how Nottingham’s pioneering Caribbean community created its places of worship and recreation. The e-book, written by Lorna Holder, is supported with unique images, and heartwarming stories and testimonials . We hear also about the places where Nottingham’s Caribbean community worshipped during the 1960s. Secondary Schools in Nottingham, Manning Comprehensive School and Bramcote Park Business & Enterprise School played a huge part in this project attending the workshops and interviewing elders about their experiences. The 46 page book has archival photographs to help support the learning, such as images of miners from the National Coal Mining Museum For England, unique images taken of nurses by Esmel May Woma, local photography, and image from Nottinghamshire Archives. It shows images also of Caribbean people working at the bike company Raleigh and Boots. The book also gives an in-depth account from the historian Revd Christian Weaver CBE of the contributions made by Caribbean people in Nottingham.

A free home learning resource for all ages. This short 20 minute documentary is based on real life experiences of Caribbean settlers, living and working in Hackney and surrounding areas, during the 1940s and 1960s. Students will experience with family members the heart breaking -heart-warming journey of that Windrush generation. Useful content for research work for teachers, students and parents doing homeschooling and beyond. Produced by Lorna Holder.