Parents, students, staff and other guests gathered in the Sixth Form Centre on Wednesday night to celebrate the work produced by students from Year 9 and 10 on the theme of WW1, to mark the first year of the centenary. Work included paintings, mixed media work and sculptures, poetry, and a report from the WW1 Battlefields trip.
Members of The Royal British Legion were in attendance, with one member wearing a replica WW1 Soldier’s uniform- which added to the atmosphere of the event. They commented how impressed they were by the quality of the work on display and the poems, which were effective and moving.
Year 9 student Ambassadors Nick Wellings and Kieran Murphy freshly returned from the WW1 Battlefields visit shared their experiences and photographs with members of the public. There were also copies of the Sandbachian magazine on display from 1901- 1921, giving an insight in to what school life was like around the time of The Great War.
£140 was raised on the night, 50% of which will be donated to The Royal British Legion. Many thanks to all those that attended and well done to the students for producing such sensitive and powerful responses to such an important theme.
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