Pupils at Downham Market school make poppy tributes for nursing home’s D-Day celebrations

Youngsters at a town school have answered a call for help with upcoming D-Day celebrations.

Schoolchildren at Hillcrest Primary School at Downham have made poppies to decorate the town’s Grange Nursing Home for its D-Day celebrations on Friday, June 6.

More than 50 pupils worked together to produce the poppies which will be used to decorate the home and gardens.

Deputy headteacher Dave Martin said: “The children thoroughly enjoyed taking part.”

Kingsley Healthcare’s regional activities coordinator Marcia Hughes said: “I was thrilled to see so many children taking part. Community links are so important for the home and remind us all that connected we are all part of a bigger picture.

“The children’s enthusiasm and creativity is infectious and now residents within the home can enjoy that too through the poppies.”