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.
She 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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