Agenda item

Verbal update of the Head of 16-19 Learning and Skills

The Head of 16-19 Learning and Skills advised Members that the Holocaust Ceremony had been held on 28 January 2019 at the Queen Elizabeth Sixth Form College.  The theme of the 2019 Service was ‘Torn from Home’ and had been hosted by Celebrating Communities.

The Ceremony had been led by Shildon Methodist Minister Rev Andrew Bryer and featured students from the Queen Elizabeth Sixth Form College who talked about their recent visit to Auschwitz concentration camp and their hopes for the future.

It was reported that all schools and colleges had been notified of the Ceremony and the Ceremony had been well supported with over 120 attendees.  During the service candles had been lit to commemorate other genocides and atrocities that had occurred since the end of the Second World War.

IT WAS AGREED – That the report be noted.