A visit to Flanders Fields
Amongst numerous poignant moments was a visit to the graveside of the famous Welsh poet Ellis Evans, better known as Hedd Wyn- his bardic name
Evans was killed on the first day of the Battle of Passchendaele. He was posthumously awarded the Bard’s chair at the 1917 National Eisteddfod, where it was announced he had been killed six weeks before. His chair returned to the village of Trawsfynydd, where he was born, famously covered in a black shroud.
At his graveside Year 10 Harry read Hedd Wyn’s winning poem. Da iawn Harry.
The pupils also visited the Hooge Crater Museum.
Head of History Mrs Sian Mulvihill said: “The pupils felt very moved about the devastating impact that the war made, and where shocked about the number of gravestones that they saw just in the small area of Belgium.
“The trip was incredibly moving and the guide giving the tour was truly exceptional and the pupils really engaged with him.”
The children also visited a famous chocolate shop in Bruges and were treated to a Christmas Parade that opened the Ypres Christmas market.
Thanks to all the pupils for being a credit to the school, Mrs Mulvihill, Mr Aaron Richards-Carr and Mr Luke Pettitt for looking after them so well.
