This year the charity committee wanted to find a way to highlight the importance of Remembrance Day to students. We were inspired by Paul Cummins, the ceramic artist who created the installation at the Tower of London, Blood Swept Lands and Seas of Red. We admired the use of art to portray the power and significance of the day.

We decided to recreate the flowing sea of poppies, with students helping to make the installation during form and break times, to encourage young people to think about the meaning behind, and make them feel a bigger part of, Remembrance Day.

We hope that the sculpture is a strong statement not only of the importance of Remembrance Day itself but of the individual sacrifices made by the soldiers during the First World War and those still fighting today.

-Honor and Beth