Class LH
visited the church this afternoon to:- a) help consolidate their learning about Remembrance
Day and the work we have been doing about the centenary of the end of World
War One; b) find the poppies that the children had created; c) look at the font as part of our RE.
In the lead up to the weekend, the class shared memories that they have talked about with their families about
relatives in the First World War.
Grace – “My great, great grandpa was in the war and they had a bunker. They lived in London and then moved to the
country.”
Isabella – “A
veteran is an older person who fought in the war.”
Myeni – “My
Great grandad went to keep poor people safe.”
Thomas – “There
are cemeteries where there are lots of graves where soldiers in the war died.”
Jake – “The
end of the First World War was at the eleventh hour on the eleventh day of the eleventh
month.”
Reuben – “My great grandma was in the war and drove a tank.”
We also talked about the poppies and what they represent and so seeing the brilliant contribution
that the community have done in creating the installation outside the church
was amazing.
Amirah – “The poppies look so beautiful!”
Oscar – “I felt proud of the people that knitted the poppies”
Olivia – “The poppies helped me to remember the people and the
purple poppies helped me to remember the animals that died in World War One”
Fergus – “It was amazing!”
We also looked at the font which links with our RE unit this term which is
belonging to the Christian family. We
discussed how children and babies are baptised in the font and are welcomed
into God’s family and the church as Christians. We looked at the symbols around it and also
talked about the oak font cover and the carvings on the stonework.
Some of the children were able to find their poppies on the
pews and around the church that they had designed. The children from Sir Robert Hitcham's School had coloured in the poppies that were used to decorate the church. The church looked lovely.
We had a short silence in front of the poppies outside to remember
those who had died.
