{"id":14635,"date":"2023-11-10T12:23:46","date_gmt":"2023-11-10T12:23:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/dg\/portpatrickprimary\/?p=14635"},"modified":"2023-11-10T12:26:26","modified_gmt":"2023-11-10T12:26:26","slug":"a-time-to-remember","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/dg\/portpatrickprimary\/?p=14635","title":{"rendered":"A Time To Remember"},"content":{"rendered":"

Portpatrick Primary pupils have been learning about Armistice this week.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

World War One\u00a0began in 1914 and ended in 1918. The war ended at exactly 11 o’clock in the morning of Sunday 11th November after both sides agreed to stop fighting. This truce was called the\u00a0<\/span>Armistice.\u00a0 Many\u00a0millions of soldiers died in those four years.\u00a0<\/span>After the war, people remember the soldiers who died every year on 11th November. This is called <\/span>Remembrance Day.<\/p>\n

Today, we still mark Remembrance Day to not only remember those who died in the great wars, but to pay our respects to all those who have sacrificed in wars around the world.<\/p>\n

\u00a0The children learned about the work of PoppyScotland. This organisation provides support for current and former members of the Armed Forces as well as their families.\u00a0 Our generous families sent our children in with coins to buy poppies to help raise fund to support their very important work.<\/p>\n

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We decided to create our own environmentally friendly poppy wreaths using home-grown willow and foliage.\u00a0 The children worked in pairs to carefully twist the willow strands and incorporate evergreen foliage between the strands.\u00a0 We then made paper poppies that we placed on as the finishing touch.<\/p>\n

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