Staff and students are aiming high for their school’s centenary and are making plans for a fantastic event to mark the milestone next July.

Marshland High School hopes to hear from Sir David Attenborough, who turns 100 next year as well, as a house is named after him. Dame Jessica Ennis Hill also has a house in her name, and we will be contacting her as well.

And the school also wants to receive 100 birthday cards in time for a special celebration party planned for next July. Former staff and students have been written to, along with the big names attached to two of its houses.

Memories and photographs of former students and staff are also needed to help create a nostalgic evening of memories from across the decades.

The school would like to hear from anyone with memories or photographs of past times at Marshland High, and they needn’t be ex-pupils.

“We would love to hear from anyone with memories of the school, and the school council is going to reach out to different people connected to our school to ask for cards,” said Lydia Beatty, Head of PSHCE and Religious Studies and history teacher.

Parts of the school date back to 1925, although there has been extensive work during the intervening years, including a new humanities block which opened in 2020 after a £1.2m investment.

Birthday cards can be sent to: History Dept, Marshland High School, School Road, West Walton, Wisbech PE14 7HA. And a dedicated email address is also available: centenary@marshlandhigh.co.uk