For a second year Experience Barnsley are marking Refugee Week by displaying work from 5 schools with the theme ‘Let Us Remember’

Here is an introduction to this years competition by Magnus from Horizon Community College

“On 24 November 2021, an inflatable dinghy carrying migrants from France to the United Kingdom capsized in the English Channel causing the deaths of 27 of the 30 people on board. It is believed to be the deadliest incident in the English Channel since the International Organization for Migration began collecting data in 2014.

Here is a timeline of what happened/didn’t happen on 24 November 2021

Thank you to all the school children from across the borough who got involved and made some amazing artwork, you all should be proud!

Work from Penistone St John’s Primary School, Greenfield Primary School, Wombwell Parkside Primary School, Springwell Academy, Worsbrough Common Primary School has been on display in the main gallery in Experience Barnsley throughout June

Don’t worry if you haven’t been able to see the artwork projected on to the walls of the museum as we have put together an online gallery

See the full gallery here

You can also see all the artwork in a video slideshow that is sound tracked by a poem written and read by children from Worsbrough Common Primary School.

Here’s more poetry written by pupils at Worsbrough Common Primary School

Stay up to date with the Barnsley Borough City of Sanctuary on their website

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