Students raise funds for Poppy Appeal

STUDENTS at Stanchester Academy at Stoke-sub-Hamdon have raised more than £150 for the annual Poppy Appeal held by the Royal British Legion.

A grand total of £154.16 was raised by students with a number of fundraising activities at Stanchester.

These donations will be added to thousands of others from round the country to go towards welfare work, conducted by the British Legion, which is a lifeline for thousands of serving and ex-Service people.

A Stanchester spokesman said: "There was a huge sense of pride and involvement during Remembrance Day at Stanchester with students having just arrived back from a history trip to Belgium that saw them visit the Tyne Cot Commonwealth War Graves Cemetery and Memorial.

"Students also attended a service at Ham Hill on Remembrance Sunday and students observed a two-minute silence at Ham Hill to mark the Armistice."

PHOTO - TOP: Students who came to Stanchester in various cadet uniforms to mark the occasion.

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