Remembrance Day in Year 5

Today Year 5 said ‘Thank you’ to war poets, photographers and artists as we commemorated 100 years since the end of World War One.  We started our day by making poppies that we tied to the cage outside in the playground.  We had a look at the photographs taken by Ernest Brooks, who was an official photographer during the First World War, and created our own silhouette paintings in a similar style to one of his most well-known photographs.  We read some poetry and learnt about some of the most famous poets who fought during the war.  The whole school went outside to have our photo taken with the poppies we had made and ended the day with an assembly led by Mrs Doherty which encouraged us to reflect on the war and the impact it has had on us today.