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Students and staff at Coombeshead Academy came together (11th November) to mark Remembrance Day.

The entire school community marked a moment of reflective silence at 11 o'clock and they were joined by Mr and Mrs Kevin Adamson, Mr Adamson is the Chair of the Plymouth Branch of the Royal Naval Association.

Prior to Remembrance Day Coombeshead students worked with Devon based sculptor Alistair Lambert, in sessions funded through Daisi by The Helen Foundation, to create a large commemorative World War One sculpture.  The sculpture is now hanging in the new gallery stairwell in the CREATE department at the school. 

Initially the students conducted  research and created drawings focusing on World War One aviation.  The students made the most of Alistair’s knowledge and got stuck in with the workshop, producing some great sculptures, while also learning more about our history at the same time.

As part of the installation and part of the school’s Remembrance Day preparations, staff and students from all year groups have made hundreds of 3D paper poppies to hang in the windows of the Create gallery.

Helen Coulson, Headteacher at Coombeshead Academy said:

“I want to say thank you to the members of the Royal Naval Association who came along to Coombeshead Academy today.  It’s so important that young people continue to mark Remembrance Day with the reverence it deserves and their presence really helped to convey to our students how much those in the armed services deserve to be honoured.”

Matthew Shanks, CEO of Education South West said:

“Everyone at Education South West is so pleased that Coombeshead students have taken the time to learn all about World War One aviation and create this sculpture to markRemembrance Day.  The day is about more than a moment of silence and making sure that young people understand the human cost of war is something that should happen in every school.”