Grouville Poppy Meadow
Sister Katy Key, Young Women President from the St Helier Ward on Jersey works very closely with the Church of England Reverand, Helen Gunton of the Grouville Parish Church
Katy is also a schoolteacher at Grouville School in the parish.
Leading up to Remembrance Sunday Katy got the pupils from the school and their parents involved to help make poppies that would convert a local meadow that is opposite the school into a poppy meadow that the Grouville Remembrance Service Parade would pass by.
A Teaching Assistant at the school made the silhouette of the soldier that was standing guard over the meadow.
The poppies will be on display until the end of November.
The poppy meadow has created a lot of attention in the parish. The parish news and social media has been very positive about the installation of the poppies saying, “the praise for the poppy installation has been wide and generous”.
The Connetable (Constable) and the Segnieur of the local manor have also highly praised the installation.
Katy said “it was lovely and quite moving to help a new generation understand the sacrifice that soldiers made in the First World War in such a practical way”
On Armistice Day, Katy’s school class went to the poppy meadow where they took part in the two-minute silence.
Every class from the school has spent time visiting the poppy meadow since the poppy meadow was created.
Jayne Kyprianou
Poole Stake Communications Director