The school, like many others, paraded out to the playground and fell silent at 11am yesterday to mark Remembrance Day, but their activities did not stop there.
‘We try and get the children involved as much as possible, so Year 6 are given the job of selling the poppies each morning, which always goes down much better than if the adults were selling them,’ said deputy head teacher Jack McGahy.
‘They get given that responsibility and role and they sell things very hard – if I’m honest, they don’t take no for an answer.
‘We actually sold out and wanted more but we didn’t get them in time. They were absolutely brilliant.’
The sales squad were appealing like market traders to passers-by to grab their last poppy at 8.30am as the last children came in to school.
Year 5 pupils have also been learning about Remembrance Day, making poppy wreaths out of hand prints and writing their own poems based on John McCrae’s ‘In Flanders Fields’.
‘It’s really nice because all the infants, all the way from reception, watch, and they’re asking them in the playground afterwards. Again, it’s not coming from us, it’s not an adult explaining to them, it’s the children learning and explaining to each other,’ said Mr McGahy.
‘Every child, when they get to Year 5, learns about it and then shares it. It’s really important for us to keep that going and keep the children knowing, not just us.’
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