Kelso school in the Scottish Borders have annual trips to the WWI battlefields - as do many other schools. Both my kids went on the trips. As Keith suggests WWI is generally one of the main subjects on the history curriculum so the trips tie in with the course. The parents normally go to watch them head off and the kids are lined up as if in a pals battalion as they head off on the bus. Diaries are kept and then when they return they write essays, poems and songs about their experiences. My 16 year old daughter brought me back a CD of WWI songs etc. many of them are quite moved by the whole experience so no I wouldn't agree, certainly not here, than the powers that be hide the war from young people!