We were delighted to be able to host 200 soldiers from the British Army this week to help out with the Doncaster flood campaign.
Despite only getting the phone call late on Tuesday evening, our school was able to act as a base in which to conduct briefings on Wednesday morning due to the effects of the last week’s heavy rain.
Many of our staff volunteered their support from well before 7am in order to ensure that the soldiers had hot cups of tea and coffee, and everything else that they needed to move on into areas like Bentley and Fishlake.
It was a special moment when Mrs Poncia (whose own home has been devastated from the floods) was able to personally address and thank the soldiers for helping out. Despite lots of excitement, our students’ conduct was superb and it was great to see the spontaneous rounds of applause when the soldiers walked through the school yard!
