Remembrance at Hacton

'Remembrance' is not a word we use every day. In everyday life, we say we 'remember' something like a friend's birthday. Things around us help us to remember people or places. Photos remind us of a party, or maybe a holiday. Old toys or clothes remind us of who gave them to us, or why we liked them when we were younger. But 'Remembrance' is bigger than that. 'Remembrance' is something that can be shared. That is why many people wear poppies as November the eleventh draws near. The poppy is a sign of remembrance. It shows we have not forgotten what happened long ago, to people in our own and other people's families.

A hundred years have passed since 1914. But we still remember that war. Today, we call it World War One. We stop. We think. We take time out of our lives and bring to mind those people who fought and suffered and died in a terrible war a hundred years ago. We also remember the people caught up in World War Two and other wars that have happened since World War Two ended in 1945.

Today at Hacton, we joined with people around the world to stand in silent contemplation. We stopped. We thought. We remembered.

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Children in Reception thought about why we wear poppies. The children looked at photographs of the display at the Tower of London and made their own poppies to hold during the silence at 11am. Later in the day they painted pictures and added their poppies to classroom displays.

Year 6 put their thoughts into moving poems of remembrance.

listen to ‘Remember - Elsie’ on audioBoom

listen to ‘Wartime Memories - Jessica’ on audioBoom

listen to ‘The Dawn of the Green and Red Poppies - Jevantte’ on audioBoom

listen to ‘Remembrance - Harry’ on audioBoom

listen to ‘Remember - Ntito’ on audioBoom

Displays along the main corridor remembered family members and other local war heroes.