Our Visit to The Knife Angel

Lesson: PSHE and citizenship

Class: Year 6 Year: 2021 - 2022

On Tuesday we visited Blackburn Cathedral and the Knife Angel sculpture. We talked about how it was made and the knife amnesty that had collected all of the knives that were used to make it.   The Angel was very big and looked shocked by how many knives there were. It took over 1900 knives to make it.   Every knife used had once been carried on our streets. Whilst at Blackburn Cathedral we also searched for other angels. These angels were smiling and spreading the message of God. After the visit we had a talk about carrying knives and knife crime from our local police. 

Back at school we have been writing some thought-provoking poetry and doing some sketches about what we saw and how this made us feel. 

Look out for more photos to follow of our Knife Angel work.