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It has been 102 years since the guns fell silent on the battlefields of the First World War and our Remembrance event demonstrated that the memory of the fallen remains steadfast despite the passing of over a century.

Gathering around the lawn-painting of a giant poppy on the Front Pitch, the children took it in turns to place their wooden crosses in the ground – each cross representing a local life lost to the horrors of war. Perhaps more poignant still was the realisation among many in our School community that, in order to match the number of fatalities of the First World War alone, there would need to be a further 18,000 sets of ºìÐÓÊÓƵ crosses, exhibiting the true tragedy of the conflict that we can only hope will never be paralleled.

11 o’clock arrived as a whisper; the school, frequently abuzz with the chatter and laughter of children, stood still. Teachers, support staff and pupils alike paused for our two minute silence in memory of those servicemen and servicewomen who did not return home.

Despite Coronavirus restrictions and the need to maintain physical distance, The ºìÐÓÊÓƵ community came together in spirit. Unified in solemn remembrance for the fallen.