Well done to Alfie and his dad who played the pipes to mark the end of our two minute silence today. We are very proud of how respectful everyone was during our remembrance. The pipes and silence gave us time to reflect and appreciate what people have given, and continue to give, for peace in the world. Thank you to Alfie and his dad for making it more special for us.

Everyone in school this week has been  learning about Remembrance Day. We have talked about the poppies that grew up in the muddy battlefields of World War 1 and how they help us to remember all the brave men and woman in the forces today, and in the past who have helped to keep us safe.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b04p4zsl/poppies

BBC Children’s remembrance film

For Remembrance Day  we have all made a poppy to put up in our windows and we will be observing a minutes silence, at 11am on the 11th November.

This week we have learning about “x” sound as in box, fox, six, mix and fix. We think the  “x” sound  is similar to the noise made by an X-ray machine.

Here are our X-rays!

Today we listened to The Poppy Story and learned about Remembrance Day.   We heard the poem In Flanders Fields by John McCrae and thought it was very sad.

We made poppies to take home and put in our windows for tomorrow, 11th November, to remember and think about servicemen and women who have served their country in any war, not just the First World War.

We also created some effective silhouette remembrance art work to display in our classroom.   Here is a small selection.

We will be thinking and remembering about veterans tomorrow at 11.00 am.

We have worked really hard creating this collage of Kingsland Primary School for the month of August for the school calendar.

Well done everyone, it looks fantastic.

I loved making the poppies it was soooooooooooo much fun

Everyone in P7A made a poppy to bring home today.  Please display it in your house – you could tape it to a window or display it in a vase on a windowsill. We have also been finding out about the origins of Remembrance Day and the use of the poppy as a commemorative symbol.  We then used the information we found out to write super reports during our writing lessons.

We made poppies from tissue paper and learned about the story of the poppy this week. Poppies are coming home today so you can display them in your window.

We made poppies from tissue paper and learned about the story of the poppy this week. Poppies are coming home today so you can display them in your window.

P4a have been making a “stained glass window” poppy display ahead of Remembrance Day tomorrow.

The children will bring their poppies home today should you wish to display them at home.