Broxburn Academy is celebrating more creative success after pupil Ryan Shaw took second place in the art category of the Never Such Innocence Art and Poetry Competition…
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Island youngsters collect awards at House of Lords→
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Mairi MacLennan, P7 Sgoil nan Loch and Hamish Scott S1 Sir E Scott School have attended an awards ceremony at the House of Lords.
They had taken part in a poetry and art competition commemorating the First World War organised by the charity Never Such Innocence…
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Lewis and Harris pupils at House of Lords to receive awards… BROKEN LINK??
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St Patrick’s pupil wins poetry award→
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A moving poem about the Great War written by a Ballymena student has secured top prize in a nationwide literary competition.
Maeve Loney of St Patrick’s College, has won first prize in the ‘Never Such Innocence’ poetry and art competition, with her poem No Poppies in the Sand…
Read MoreYoungsters invited to get creative in helping to commemorate 100 years since the First World War→
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Youngsters invited to get creative in helping to commemorate 100 years since the First World War… broken link??
Read MoreWest Lothian schoolgirl takes top poetry award→
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An S3 pupil at Broxburn Academy has won an international war poetry competition. Robyn Beckett has been awarded £250 for herself, and £250 for the school in the 2015/16 Never Such Innocence poetry and art competition…
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A pupil from Onchan Primary School has placed in the top five of a UK poetry competition with his poem capturing the essence of the First World War… LINK BROKEN??
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Aileag: Never Such Innocence→
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Shona le fiosrachadh mun fharpais bàrdachd agus ealain Never Such Innocence…
Read MoreNever Such Innocence - Commemorating the Men and Women of the Great War→
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Never Such Innocence was founded in 2014 by Lady Lucy French, great grand-daughter of Field Marshal Sir John French, to give British children an opportunity to contribute to the centenary commemorations of the First World War…
Read MoreNever forget: Glasgow youngsters remember the First World War→
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CHILDREN from across Scotland are being invited to write poetry and create artworks as part of a nationwide competition aimed at raising awareness of the First World War.
English-based commemoration charity Never Such Innocence held its first event in Scotland yesterday at Glasgow’s City Chambers, where young people from city schools read poems about the conflict, in which more than 100,000 Scots died…
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Children in the island have the chance to learn more about the First World War and remember the contribution of Manx soldiers through art and poetry…
Read MoreTake pride in Great War sacrifice→
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THE co-founder of national First World War commemoration charity, Never Such Innocence, visited Elizabeth College yesterday to help launch its latest competition for young people…
Read MoreLest we forget: War charity launches schools competition→
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CHILDREN from across Scotland are being invited to write poetry and create artworks as part of a competition aimed at raising awareness of the First World War.
English-based commemoration charity Never Such Innocence held its first event in Scotland yesterday at Glasgow’s City Chambers, where young people from city schools read poems about the conflict, in which more than 100,000 Scots died
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How a new generation remembers - interview with Lady Lucy French, granddaughter of WWI General Sir John French→
/You may think the First World War too distant from the lives of todays children for them to be interested not so, says Lady Lucy French, great-granddaughter of the Commander-in-Chief of the British Expeditionary Force, Sir John French, who was in the Island recently to launch a school poetry contest. Caroline Moody reports
IN the autumn of 1915 one of the major offensives of the First World War was fought at the Battle of Loos.
The two-month offensive ended in October – and in failure.
And the following month, Sir John French, Commander-in-Chief of the British Expeditionary Force, was forced to step down after a politically and militarily troubled time in charge.
He was replaced by Sir Douglas Haig – himself one of the most controversial of the war generals.
Sir John French was a national hero of the Boer War but his reputation following the First World War was, and remains, somewhat tarnished although some historians agree that he has been treated harshly.… view
BBC R4 The World Tonight
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Excerpt from BBC Radio 4 programme 'The World Tonight' on 15th May 2014. The report about the Never Such Innocence Launch at the Australian High Commission in London. (the link is broken???)
Read MoreTeen poet and University College School student Sam Kaplin wins prestigious national poetry competition→
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Fifteen-year-old Sam Kaplin, a Year 10 student at University College School, has won first place in a national poetry competition, run by education charity, Never Such Innocence...
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