On Monday, our History Lead, Mrs. Marcuccilli, led a heartfelt Remembrance assembly. We honored the heroes who gave their lives so that we could live in freedom. The assembly included a solemn two-minute silence, followed by a moving performance of the poem ‘In Flanders Fields’ by a group of Year 6 students who had given up their lunch time breaks to practice:
In Flanders Fields
By John McCrae
In Flanders fields the poppies blow
Between the crosses, row on row,
That mark our place; and in the sky
The larks, still bravely singing, fly
Scarce heard amid the guns below.
We are the Dead. Short days ago
We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow,
Loved and were loved, and now we lie,
In Flanders fields.
Take up our quarrel with the foe:
To you from failing hands we throw
The torch; be yours to hold it high.
If ye break faith with us who die
We shall not sleep, though poppies grow
In Flanders fields.
