Students went on a 4 day trip to visit World War One battlefields and cemeteries in Belgium and France, mainly focusing upon Ypres, Passchendaele, Neuve Chapelle and the Somme. They witnessed the Last Post Ceremony at the Menin Gate and even got a chance to chat with the Blue Peter team who were filming there. On Sunday night they went to a local theatre to watch a production of 'Journeys End' that helped to understand the thoughts and feelings men experienced in the trenches.
Ceremony of the Last Post at the Menin Gate.JPG304.JPG)
Whitwick soldier Alfred Launden (from Leicester Road).JPG303
Thiepval Memorial at the Somme.JPG302
Theatre performance of Journey's End - a play about life in the trenches.JPG301
The Menin Gate at Ypres.JPG300
The German cemetary at Langemark.JPG299
Remembering a local soldier.JPG298
Reconstructed trenches at the Memorial Museum at Passchendaele.JPG297
Preparations for the burial of three newly discovered bodies.JPG296
Having fun on the Ferris Wheel in Ypres.JPG305
Learning through artefacts.JPG306
Meeting Radzi from Blue Peter.JPG307
Members of the British Army going through weaponary used in the trenches.JPG308
World War One Battlefield Trip - 2018
Original trenches at the Somme.JPG309World War One Battlefield Trip - 2018
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