Our School gathered together at a very special Remembrance Service to mark Armistice Day. Pupils from Year 6 to Sixth Form, Staff, Veterans and members of the School Community gathered on the Astro for a Remembrance Parade and Service led by our CCF contingent. Our talented musicians accompanied the service, with special mention to Year 8 soloist Maia who played the Last Post and Reveille, our Year 6 pupils beautifully read ‘In Flanders Fields’, and individuals from our School community laid a wreath in commemoration of those, including former pupils, who sacrificed so much.
The School also focused on how people of all faiths gave their lives in conflict and how it is important that we remember them equally.
Newcastle under Lyme School’s youngest pupils have raised over £5000 for Cancer Research UK by completing a sponsored walk ‘from’ Newcastle-under-Lyme to Newcastle in New South Wales, Australia.
Louis Bond: “The site of the camp was much larger than I had ever expected. Much of the camp was destroyed, but there were the cabin like structures at the front of the complex which were tiny in comparison to the number of people who were forced to stay in them. At the rear of the
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