Our annual Christmas Party this year was a great success with a great attendance, we of course had our tree up and this year it was surrounded by goodies, new quality toys and clothing, the DJ’s were boiling, food was on offer and everyone had a great time, a huge thank you you to all that attended and a huge thank you to Homeless Aid UK who donated all the Christmas goodies.
We had a fantastic open day with a great turn out, singing, dancing and talks from The Royal Artillery Association, along with our WW1 soldier selfie, film reels and a WW1 audio experience with sounds from the front line, everyone seemed to have a good time with free brews and pasties (big shout out to Hunters the Bakers in Bolton).
People were particularly interested in our photographs and info on local life in Bolton during WW1 which was researched specifically. Rachel Crowe was singing tunes from the era, which the children really enjoyed. The exhibition is open until the 30th November.
We had a fantastic field trip with the fabulous staff and children from St James primary school Daisy Hill, the school are incorporated in our WW1 project, we visited 6 locations where war memorials were photographed, crayon rubbings taken and lots of artwork. All the children are very well educated on the subject of WW1 and have been a real asset to our project which lasted for 8 weeks visiting the school and having sessions including video and art. The children will be performing a special dance routine at our WW1 exhibition open day.
This trip was very generously funded by the ‘Heritage Lottery Fund’ to which we are extremely grateful.
We are currently working with St Ethelberts Bolton with an exciting new project, the children from year 5 and 6 are producing a short film about relationships and online dangers, it’s early stages, and the project will run past Christmas. The children are already excited, but there’s a lot of work ahead, brainstorming the story, writing the script, storyboarding the scenes, who’s doing what, when and how, wow, lot’s of decisions for the group to work together with. Watch this space!
