Primary school evacuated after boy brings GRENADE in for ‘show-and-tell’ with Army bomb squad deployed
A PRIMARY school has been evacuated after a pupil brought a grenade to show and tell.
Students at Osmaston CofE Primary School in Ashbourne, Derbyshire, were rushed off the site after the shocking discovery on Friday.
Teachers were concerned when a boy pulled out a World War Two hand grenade.
Headteacher Jeanette Hart did not know if the weapon was live or not so quickly took it and put it behind a large tree outside.
Despite not being “100 per cent happy” carrying the old bomb, she said she “didn’t want to take the risk” and leave it in the school.
The head teacher raised the alarm and Derbyshire Police arrived on the scene with army explosives experts.
Mrs Hart told the BBC: “It was quite an eventful assembly.
“It was going fine and there was a boy who brought an old bullet case in, which I knew about, but then his friend produced a hand grenade from his pocket.
“That, I was not expecting.”
Experts determined the heirloom was safe through X-ray analysis.
A spokesman for the Matlock, Cromford, Wirksworth and Darley Dale Police Safer Neighbourhood Team added: “Just a word of guidance for parents and guardians – double check what your kids are taking to show-and-tell, especially when they are family heirlooms.”
Mrs Hart the ordeal was completely “innocent” and the boy thought the grenade was “interesting” after learning about VE Day.
“His family didn’t know [he took it] and they were a little taken aback,” she added.
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