BBCET Pupils Celebrate VE Day in Style

The playground was awash with red, white, and blue, when a BBCET school celebrated the eightieth anniversary of Victory in Europe (VE) Day on 8 May.

Staff and children alike at St Teresa’s Catholic Primary in Newcastle dressed in the patriotic colours for the day, while the school yard was decorated with bunting and ribbons.

Activities also shared a VE Day theme, with pupils enjoying a quiz related to the 1940s, along with word searches, colouring, and making their own model spitfires.

The fun culminated in an outdoor party, complete with tables of celebratory food, and forties music.

“As a school, we always celebrate important events like this,” said Tracy Bell, who is Forest School Leader and Year 5 Teaching Assistant at the school.

“It is important for the children to learn about the past, present, and future – especially events that shaped our lives – and to remember the sacrifice of others’.

“Events that we do celebrate in this way, are also the ones the children look back on with the fondest memories, and remember above sitting in a classroom, watching a video, or listening to an assembly. They are involved at the same time as celebrating and having fun.”

Other Trust members marking the historic occasion included St Cuthbert’s Catholic High School, where students created an ‘Honouring Our Heroes’ display, and hosted a VE Day street party with World War II-themed games.