One World

Ten students from Bebington High Sports College, along with over 450 other students from other primary and secondary schools across Wirral, recently joined together at the Floral Pavilion, New Brighton, to take part in a fresh and engaging artistic project supporting the Pegasus Children’s Trust, called ‘One World’.

The Pegasus Trust is a charity which was formed by Judy Westwater over twenty years ago, to feed, clothe & educate over 4,000 street children based in seven shelters scattered throughout South Africa.
Mrs Westward, who was thought to have been the first white ‘street’ child in South Africa, used her experiences, memories and vision to persuade the Cape Town authorities to instigate a programme of performing arts to help heal traumatised children running away from abusive families, human traffickers and boy soldiering.

The dance performance was an exciting opportunity to bring students together through the performing arts, whilst learning to understand the problems that young people face around the world. Bebington High Sports College students had the task of choreographing and performing an Irish dance piece. So, in full costume, with rainbows painted on their faces, the students created and performed a dynamic, high-energy and colourful dance. Months of training before the event was evident as every perfectly paced spin, leap and click in their performance electrified the audience.

The hard work, energy and commitment from the students was fantastic to watch and, with their impeccable behaviour and effort, they proved a real credit to Bebington High Sports College.