Blackheath High School has created a touching poppy tribute days before Remembrance Day.

Students and staff at Blackheath High School have transformed the school’s roof terrace into an art installation of acrylic poppies to commemorate the centenary of the end of the First World War.

The touching tribute was commissioned by the school’s Artist in Residence, Mary Aspden who was inspired by the John McCrae poem ‘In Flanders Fields’.

Over the past few weeks, girls at Blackheath High School have been working in their Design & Technology classes to make the poppies for the installation which will remain up for the rest of the month.

Each of the poppies on display are available to be sponsored by members of the school community for £5, with all the proceeds going to the Royal British Legion’s annual Poppy Appeal.

Sponsors are also given the option of having the name of a family member or friend who lost their life in the Great War engraved on the poppy’s petal.

Once the display is taken down, sponsors will receive their personalised poppies to keep as a souvenir of the installation.

Head at Blackheath High School GDST, Mrs Carol-Chandler Thompson said: “We have been delighted with the way our whole school community has supported our armistice centenary poppy installation, inspired by John McCrae’s poem; ‘In Flanders Fields’.

“Our design department and their team of student volunteers have been working hard with trademark Blackheath High imagination and commitment to create this beautiful installation and parents and staff have generously sponsored a huge number of the poppies.”