Today we looked at Remembrance Day and why we have it. We had a 2 minutes silence to remember those who was lost in the war. We also discussed why we wear poppies…

Remembrance Day is the 11th of November. At 11 o’clock on the 11th day of the 11th month in 1918 World War 1 ended.

We learned why poppies are the symbol of remembrance day…

Poppies were the only thing to grow in Flanders Fields – this is where a lot of fighting took place.

A man called John McCrae was so deeply moved by what he saw in Northern France that he wrote the famous poem ‘In Flanders Fields.’

We also learned the difference between the English and Scottish poppy.

The English poppy has 2 petals and a leaf whereas the Scottish poppy has 4 petals with no leaf. The Scottish don’t put a leaf on their poppy because it would cost more to make and they believe that this money can be better spent on supporting veterans.

Money raised from selling poppies help people who have been to war and survived and their families.

We all wrote our own Remembrance/Poppy acrostic poems and made our own poppies: