King’s Hawford Community mark Remembrance

As is customary at King’s Hawford, the week leading up to Remembrance Day is used to educate our pupils about the solemn importance of the occasion. This week, pupils from Kindergarten to Year Six have taken part in a range of activities around the theme of Remembrance. The youngest members of our school community have produced some lovely poppies, which can currently been seen adorning the windows of Kindergarten. On Friday, the children also used their hands to make some lovely poppy pictures.

In school, Mr Butt started the week with an assembly focusing on the purpose and importance of Remembrance. He spoke about the poppy and why we wear them, sharing with the school the poem In Flanders Fields by Lieutenant-Colonel John McCrae. By the end of the assembly, pupils had an understanding of the Act of Remembrance and how we as a school mark it each year.

Reception pupils have completed some lovely written work around poppies and Remembrance Day. They have crafted some poppy wreaths from card and got creative by designing poppies using Lego and pin-boards.

Year Three watched an animation about the importance of the poppies, before completing a reading comprehension about Remembrance Day and what it marks. Year Five have been focusing on the Second World War, and have touched upon how Remembrance Day also honours soldiers involved in conflicts since the First World War.

This week Year Six have further explored In Flanders Fields in their English lessons. This led to further research using the War Graves Commission. Pupils used the resource to see how many people with their surname lost their lives in the war. Year Six then commemorated one or more of these soldiers on a remembrance cross.