KS4 Belgium Trip

16 February 2024

Our KS4 Humanities students had the amazing opportunity to visit the Belgium Battlefields. On the three day trip they visited the Vimy Ridge, Beaumont-Hamel Newfoundland and Thiepval memorials.

An evening trip to the Menin Gate to experience the Last Post was very emotional for all.  (The Last Post is a ‘final salute to all the fallen of WW1 accompanied by the bugle players.) Callum and Lauren represented the school wonderfully in laying a wreath on behalf of Ivanhoe at the memorial.

Students were able to spend some time exploring the trenches, to get a real feel of how the soldiers would have felt in the cramped conditions, which really helped to bring their studies to life.  And seeing the magnitude of the plots at some of the cemeteries was a stark reminder of the cost of war.

Harry, one of our Head Students, created a moving experience by reading the poem ‘In Flanders Field’ by John McCrae, which inspired the use of the Poppy as the symbol of Remembrance.

Our students and their behaviour  were a credit to the school, well done Year 10 and 11.

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