School pupils will be trained as Anne Frank Ambassadors

The Anne Frank Trust came to Pleckgate High School, Blackburn earlier in the year to train 30 Year Eight students to be guides for the Anne Frank Exhibition which is held in the school every year.

Jewish student Anne wrote a now famous diary while in hiding in the Netherlands during the Second World War, before she died in a concentration camp.

After this students were invited to apply to become an Anne Frank Ambassadors and those selected attended a workshop with the Anne Frank Trust at Blackburn Town Hall along with students from St Bede's and Teehaudal Girls School with Darwen Vale and Blackburn Central also involved.

Religious Studies teacher Jenny Savage said, "Out of all the applications we chose seven pupils to attend the training."

"The training focussed on trying to stop any kind of discrimination happening again and how they could lead a campaign to try and help this.

"Pupils had to decide on a focus, for example gender inequality, or religious prejudice, and then had to decide how they were going to try and make people aware of their campaign through assemblies in their own school, in primary schools and by using social media.

"This will be a project for pupils to continue as Anne Frank Ambassadors."

"It's an honour to be an Anne Frank Ambassador," said student Amaan Khan.

"We have learnt more about prejudice and discrimination in the workshop and it's about emphasising, no matter what religion or gender, everyone is the same."

Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council are supporting the Anne Frank Trust.