School takes part in King 's coronation celebrations
Balsall Common Primary School have been invited to take part in a region-wide event, in collaboration with the Lord Lieutenancy in the West Midlands. The event is in honour of the King's coronation, entitled 'The King 's Bunting '.
On Tuesday 2 May the school will be holding an event, where they will have a special lunch, a cake competition and a whole school celebration in the afternoon attended by a host of special VIP guests.
The school 's aim is to make a human chain of bunting- 700 children long! To do this all of the children will have t-shirts, which they will be designing with them in school, which the children will get to keep as a keepsake from the event.
Schools have been asked to be creative about how they use the bunting theme to represent equality, community, charity, and sustainability.
The VIP guests are:
- Professor Helen E Higson OBE DL Vice Lord-Lieutenant of the West Midlands (pictured) - presentation + read the King 's letter + Q&A
- Cllr Ken Meeson, Solihull mayor - cake winner announcement + how is Solihull celebrating (double act with the Coventry mayor)
- Cllr Kevin Maton, Coventry lord mayor (cake winner announcement + how is Coventry celebrating (double act with the Solihull mayor)
- Tony Elvin, president of Solihull Chamber of Commerce
- Cllr Liz McDonald, Parish chairman
- Cllr Andrew Burrow, ward councillor
- Jerry Phelps, Lions president
- Steve Meakin, Lions service chair
- Angela Perrett, PTA chair
- Mikey Akers, Mikey 's wish, ex-pupil and champion fundraiser, a former winner of pride of Birmingham, and numerous other awards
- BCPS Chair of Governors
- Graeme Burgess, CST CEO
After the initial reading of The King's letter, the children will lead out of the hall to the playing field to form their human chain and perform a 'Mexican wave' in celebration, to simulate bunting waving.
The mayor of Solihull and the mayor of Coventry will close the event with a rendition of God Save The King, accompanied by live music from one of the school 's supporters, Cheylesmore Music School.