This morning, the Blazes took a trip to the memorial at St John’s Church to lay the beautiful poppy wreaths that we had made together at preschool. 

As we stood and took a moment to admire the memorial, we talked about why we wear and lay poppies and what Remembrance Day means.

We explained that Remembrance Day, which takes place on 11th November, is a special day when we pause to remember and say thank you to all the brave people who helped us, looked after our country and worked hard to keep us safe and protect our freedom.

We talked about how the poppy has become a special symbol of remembrance as they grew on the fields where they helped us and how laying poppy wreaths is one way we can show our love, respect and gratitude to the ones who helped us.

We also did a minute silence whilst we admired the poppys.

The children were so thoughtful as we shared this special moment together. We are incredibly proud of the care and kindness they showed.