On Sunday, 10th November, our School Captains played a key role at the Little Hadham Village Remembrance Service. They laid a poppy wreath on behalf of all at Little Hadham Primary School, joining the local community in an act of remembrance. It was incredibly moving to hear the names of those from our village who gave their lives during the Great War, a poignant reminder of the sacrifices made for our freedom.
Then on Monday 11th November, we led a whole school Remembrance assembly. Our Captains had asked all children across the school to make a poppy to wear for this special assembly. In Willow Class, we made pinwheel poppies. How wonderful to see a sea of poppies of remembrance!
Our Captains shared information about the First World War and the signing of the peace agreement. They told us how at 11 o’clock on the eleventh day of the eleventh month in 1918 the guns fell silent and the fighting stopped. Our Captains then shared information about the significance of the poppy and why people wear poppies. We held a two minute silence and watched a beautiful and evocative video that sees war as experienced by animals in a WWI battlefield.