Portsmouth School celebrates John Pounds Birthday

The News, Portsmouth

St George’s Beneficial C of E Primary School in Portsmouth, held a special assembly on Tuesday, June 17 celebrating John Pounds birthday which is part of their celebrations for the school’s 270th anniversary.

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00:00Hi, I'm Izzy Lewis, the headteacher at St George's Beneficial Primary School.

00:04So tell me what we're doing here today.

00:07Today we are celebrating all things John Pounds.

00:10So it's John Pounds' birthday today and we've had a good old-fashioned sing-along

00:14with some of our parents and members of our local community.

00:17And this is one of a series of events that we have done for our 270th anniversary.

00:23So St George's Beneficial is 270 years old

00:27and we think that's amazing and worth celebrating.

00:30Yeah, so just tell me a little bit more about that.

00:32So yeah, how do you feel about getting to this milestone and like celebrating?

00:36I think it's always really exciting when a school reaches a special anniversary,

00:40be it 50 years, 10 years, 100 years.

00:42But to be 270 and still supporting the families in this area of the city

00:47makes us all really proud and I've been at the school for two years now

00:50and knowing that being here sort of ties in with this exciting anniversary is really special

00:56because it's helped me get to know our families and our communities really well.

01:00And I feel it's a privilege to have been part of this.

01:02Tell me what the reaction's been like from the children and the parents.

01:06The children are always up for things that are fun or a little bit against the tide.

01:11So as I said before, our year ones had done some work about John Pounds

01:15and I'd written a book to support them and we did a special assembly about him.

01:18And lots of different year groups have taken things on.

01:20And later on in the week, we've got some other events and a bit of a birthday party as well.

01:25So the children love all of those things.

01:27And tell me why it's important, it's an obvious question,

01:29but tell me why it's important to celebrate these anniversaries and milestones

01:33and to learn about John Pounds.

01:35So this is an incredible city.

01:37It's full of such rich culture and heritage and it's not something that we want to lose.

01:41We want to make sure that our children really understand how brilliant and amazing it is

01:46to be part of Portsea and Portsmouth.

01:47So when you have such an incredible philanthropist like John Pounds,

01:51it's just natural that you'd want to celebrate the good things they do

01:54and hope that some of that rubs off on some of our community

01:57and this community keeps going from strength to strength and keeps growing.

02:01So as I said before, I think any anniversary is exciting,

02:04but being 270, that's some age.

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