SCHOOL-CHILDREN remembered the thousands of people who lost their lives during the terrorist attack on the Twin Towers as part of an arts project.

The youngsters from Higher Folds Primary School watched news clips and read newspaper cuttings about the September 11 atrocity.

They were asked to think about the victims of the attack, the firefighters who went to help and the relatives who watched events unfolding live on the television.

Children also thought about the terrorists and what was going through their minds at the time.

Using what they had learnt about that fateful day, all the pupils wrote moving poems about what happened.

The children also made a colourful symbolic replica of the Twin Towers complete with a six foot Gateway of Peace.

Sign of hope

It was made up of two towers, a silver and black one which symbolised tragedy and a bright one covered in butterflies and flowers as a sign of hope.

The towers were made as part of an arts project called Walk Awhile in My Shoes which was funded by the council.

Children worked with Wigan artist Gaye Chorlton to create the model.

It will be displayed at Leigh Library as part of Leigh Education Action Zone's final annual Arts and Writing Festival.

The action zone, which was set up to improve education in Leigh, has staged the festival for the last three years.

Leigh EAZ project director Alan Dutton said: "The project has generated so much energy from our children.

It is such a thrill to now see everything come together in such an exciting exhibition."