Whitnash pupils had an experience they will 'never forget' when an elephant sneaked into school!​​​​​​​

"With a lot of help and organisation we managed to sneak the elephant into the school without any pupils seeing her, and it was lovely to have such a good welcome”
School children in Whitnash had an experience they will 'never forget' when they got a visit from Wilhelmina the elephant .School children in Whitnash had an experience they will 'never forget' when they got a visit from Wilhelmina the elephant .
School children in Whitnash had an experience they will 'never forget' when they got a visit from Wilhelmina the elephant .

School children in Whitnash had an experience they will 'never forget' when they got a visit from Wilhelmina the elephant .

Tim Hussey, teacher St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, got in touch with The Slaughterhouse Players after reading about the 'elephant' stopping traffic in Leamington.

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So he arranged for it to come into school and meet year six pupils.

School children in Whitnash had an experience they will 'never forget' when they got a visit from Wilhelmina the elephant .School children in Whitnash had an experience they will 'never forget' when they got a visit from Wilhelmina the elephant .
School children in Whitnash had an experience they will 'never forget' when they got a visit from Wilhelmina the elephant .

Tim said: "As soon as I read the article, I thought it would be fantastic if Wilhelmina could visit our school as a wonderful surprise.

"The children have just completed a project on Sam Lockhart and his three elephants, known as The Three Graces."

Peter Knell and a small group of Players pulled out all the stops to make the visit happen before the end of the school year.

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Peter, who plays Sam, was delighted with the pupil's reaction. He said: "With a lot of help and organisation we managed to sneak the elephant into the school without any pupils seeing her, and it was lovely to have such a good welcome.

School children in Whitnash had an experience they will 'never forget' when they got a visit from Wilhelmina the elephant .School children in Whitnash had an experience they will 'never forget' when they got a visit from Wilhelmina the elephant .
School children in Whitnash had an experience they will 'never forget' when they got a visit from Wilhelmina the elephant .

"The children had plenty of questions and we were very impressed with their knowledge of Sam and his elephants."

Wilhelmina will hopefully bring good luck to all the Year 6 pupils as they leave to start secondary school after the summer.

More information about Sam Lockhart, his circus and his elephants can be found here: https://leamingtonhistory.co.uk/sam-lockhart-elephant-trainer-extraordinaire/