Armistice Day2015 as it was marked on the campus.

Today we were able to fully mark Armistice Day with all the pupils, students, Governors and staff on site (with some parents thrown in for good measure).

The British Legion also supported us this year bringing a self evident additional reality to the event.

The response from all our pupils to Armistice Day was amazing. I was really please see all our pupils wearing their poppies with a real sense of pride and importance.

As I walked through the playground at lunchtime the Brodetsky KS1 pupils were all trying to show me their poppies.  One pupil showed me the poppy his mother had knitted for him.  The time taken to make that poppy was significantly longer than the two minutes we gave today.  This in itself was a true act of remembrance.
In the morning every pupil (both from LJFS and BJPS) took part in an assembly themed around Armistice Day and how it would be marked today.

At 10.50am am all the Brodetsky pupils in Cub, Brownie and Beaver uniforms joined all the LJFS sudents, representatives from the BJPS School Council,  Cllr Dan Cohen, Rabbi Kleiman and Raina and the Zone team as we gathered beneath the Union Flag. 

Mrs Bhogal, dressed in a sari as she marked Diwali, wore a poppy on her shoulder.

I had the privilege of joining representatives of the British Legion as they marched their standards into our memorial area.

At 11am the standards were dipped and everyone on the campus joined together for two minutes of silence and reflection.

Every parent can be proud with how their child conducted themselves, as am I.  When you come to school next I hope you may take the time to pause by our wreaths.

Photographs From Today (Courtesy of John Fisher)