A primary school’s projects to commemorate the First World War came to a rousing conclusion with a visit from the mayor.

The Mayor of Romsey, Peter Hurst, donned his full civic regalia when he went to Halterworth Primary School last Friday to accept a cheque for £300 to go towards the town’s War Horse Project.

The cash had been raised from an art project which had gone on display at Romsey Show. Three hundred families each donated a £1 each to create their own piece of bunting on the theme of peace.

The completed string of bunting goes right round the school hall where it can still be seen.

During the summer term each class had volunteered to help their community as a way of marking the centenary of the Great War. Some children taught their grandparents how to use computers, others went on a litter pick in the park, made cakes, helped to paint sheds at the school and helped at the Kids Kitchen at Romsey Show.

Historian Phoebe Merrick, a member of the War Horse Project Committee, visited the school to tell pupils about the Romsey Remount Camp which had prepared horses and mules for service at the front.

Year 3 pupils were lucky enough to travel to Quarley to meet sculptor Amy Goodman who is making the lifesize bronze resin statue of a horse and trooper which will stand in Romsey’s War Memorial Park.