Remembrance Day 2021
Why November 11th is Remembrance Day?
Remembrance Day is marked annually on 11th November to commemorate the end of the First World War on 11th November, 1918. The day, also known as Poppy Day, is also observed to remember all those who sacrificed their lives in the war, and other conflicts that followed it.
In school we read age appropriate stories and poetry to learn about why we remember. We observed the two minutes silence.
Every child contributed to the display where we remember.
IN FLANDERS FIELDS
by John McCrae
In Flanders fields the poppies blow
Between the crosses, row on row,
That mark our place: and in the sky
The larks, still bravely singing, fly
Scarce heard amid the guns below.
We are the Dead. Short days ago
We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow,
Loved, and were loved, and now we lie
In Flanders fields.
Take up our quarrel with the foe:
To you from failing hands we throw
The torch; be yours to hold it high.
If ye break faith with us who die
WE SHALL NOT SLEEP,
THOUGH POPPIES GROW
IN FLANDERS FIELDS.
A story read and discussed in Key Stage One
'Billie Swift takes Flight' by Izzi Lawrence. The book tells the story of WWII starring the brilliant pilots you've never heard of... the women of the Air Transport Auxiliary (ATA) who battled against the odds to get the air force's planes to the front lines.
