1000 students to create holocaust sculpture

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Wilmslow High School are preparing to stage an ambitous exhibition about the Holocaust.

The centrepiece of the exhibition will be 'Rehumanised' - a clay installation made by 1000 students.

Work on the sculpture started this week and each student will make a person out of clay, complete with a luggage tag containing the name, age at death and nationality of a child victim of the Holocaust.

The sculptures will then be grouped together in the lower drama studio for students to see on Wednesday 8th and Thursday 9th February. Candles and music by Mendolssohn, a Jewish composer whose music was banned during the Holocaust, will add to the atmosphere.

During the evening of Wednesday 8th February the local community are invited to come into school to see the sculpture. The school has also hired an exhibition about Anne Frank, called A History for Today, which will be available to view in the upstairs drama studio.

Two educators are going to train the school's history ambassadors to act as guides for the exhibition and the educators are also going to do workshops with groups of students.

Additionally the school choir arebeing taught two hebrew songs which they will sing during the exhibition on the Wednesday evening.

Caroline Dunn, Head of Norcliffe House and Anti-Bullying Co-ordinator, told wilmslow.co.uk "The clay sculpture is inspired by the installation made by Antony Gormley 'Field.

"The reason for the exhibition is because last term I took two students to Auschwitz as part of the Lessons from Auschwitz Project run by the Holocaust Education Trust.

"Our mission has been to come back to school and raise awareness of the Holocaust and to help our community learn from the lessons of history to try to prevent future genocide and to improve the way that we treat each other on a day to day basis.

"Personally and professionally I am passionate about the role that I can play to help others celebrate diversity, challenge prejudice and be non judgemental and tolerant of others."

In addition to the exhibitions the school will be taking part in many other Holocaust related activities, including a week of assemblies and tutor time activities. They will also be doing some follow up work in March when two Holocaust survivors will be visiting Wilmslow High School and the national Think Equal programme will be delivered to Year 9 students.

The exhibition is open from 6.30-8.30pm on Wednesday 9th February. Entrance is free of charge, although donations are welcome which will be given to a refugee charity.

Caroline would like to have an idea of who is coming, so if people could email [email protected] to give her an indication of numbers and whether you would like to come at 6.30pm or 7.30pm it would be appreciated.

Photo is from their visit to Poland last term.

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