Remembrance Day takes place on 11 November each year (the day that marked the end of WW1) whilst Remembrance Sunday takes place on the second Sunday of November each year. It is a day to remember people who fought and died in wars
Remembrance Day was started in 1919 by King George V of the United Kingdom. On the same day, other countries also have days to remember war and soldiers.
After learning about the significance of poppies and reading the poem ‘In Flanders Fields’ we made our own as lots of us noticed that this year it was harder to buy a poppy. We then joined in, with the rest of the school, an observed the 2 minute silence at 11am.
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.