PUPILS at a primary school near Oswestry have been busy preparing for the King’s Coronation this weekend.

The children of West Felton CofE Primary have already taken part in a coronation competition in which they wrote letters to the King and designed new £5 notes for King Charles, ahead of the celebrations.

Headteacher Helen Hughes explained that this is not the first time the students have taken part in Royal celebrations.

She said: “We did a Jubilee competition with St Michael’s Church, and we decided that the coronation will be another brilliant event to celebrate with the competition.

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“We got together with the church and brainstormed some ideas, and we came up with the designing of the new £5 for our youngest classes, and for our older ones we thought they could write letters to King Charles about their hopes and dreams for his reign.”

Border Counties Advertizer: The judges, members of the church, from left to right: Patricia Hicks and Lorrain GreyThe judges, members of the church, from left to right: Patricia Hicks and Lorrain Grey (Image: Helen Hughes)

Winners will be announced at the school's Coronation Service at St Michael’s Church on Friday, May 5, starting at 9am.

The winning pupils will receive a coronation rosette, a cash prize from the church, and a coronation book.

“We done a lot of work this year on farming, we’ve looked at palm oil and climate change – so the children had a lot of things that they could have written about," Helen continued.

Border Counties Advertizer: Pupils' work for the Coronation CompetitionPupils' work for the Coronation Competition (Image: Helen Hughes)

The pupils’ work will be displayed in the church until the Sunday, and after the letters and the art will be sent to King Charles.

Helen continued: “We had a book of condolences when the Queen passed away and we sent it to Buckingham Palace.

Border Counties Advertizer: Pupils' work for the Coronation CompetitionPupils' work for the Coronation Competition (Image: Helen Hughes)

“And we received a letter back from King Charles – the children were absolutely thrilled with it.

“So now if we receive another reply, I think they will be even more excited.”


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The school will also be performing a beautiful song, written especially for the occasion ‘Sing for the King’ at Friday's celebrations.

“They tried to learn the National Anthem but that has proven to be quite a difficult song for them – the one they have prepared is still really beautiful,” Helen added.