Today in class we learned about Remembrance Day and participated in a one minute silence at 11am to mark the end of World War 1.

The children watched this clip from the BBC  showing the war as experienced by the animal inhabitants of a WW1 battlefield.

We discussed some of reasons why it is so important to remember and learn from the events of war.

We also learned about why the poppies are the symbol of Remembrance. We learned that you can buy poppies in different colours:

Red poppies are to remember the people who died in war.

Purple poppies are to remember the animals who died in war.

Black poppies are to remember servicemen and
servicewomen of Black, African, West Indian and
Pacific Islander Heritage.

White poppies represent a commitment to peace and non-violent solutions while still remembering the victims of war.

The children used pointillism to paint a red poppy. They also traced a poppy template and chose which colour to use to colour it in.