D'Auvergne School
Pictured: The tea party brought some Liberation Day celebrations to d'Auvergne School.

Students, teachers, family members and friends took part in a celebratory tea party at d’Auvergne School during the build-up to Liberation Day.

Pictured: d’Auvergne School headteacher Sam Cooper (left).

The event was organised by the school’s parent-teacher organisation and featured dancing, singing, music and poetry.

Attendees – many of whom were sporting outfits harking back to the Occupation – indulged in a sit-down supper with sandwiches and cake.

Military vehicles were on display, courtesy of Jersey War Tunnels, along with wartime photographs from the Jersey Archive.

Headteacher Sam Cooper said: “It’s very important that we all recognise and appreciate the freedoms we enjoy today, thanks to the efforts and sacrifices of our predecessors – celebrating Liberation Day means as much today as it ever has.”