Pupils form a human poppy

Pupils from St Cuthbert's RC High School form a human poppy

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On Tuesday 11 November, Year Seven pupils from St Cuthbert's RC High School took part in a solemn assembly for Remembrance Day.

They remembered soldiers in wars past and present, including an ex pupil, who have lost their lives in conflict and then, following on from that, they made their way to the school gym where Miss Holt and Mrs Burlison helped them to form a human poppy.

A picture of this was emailed out to all classes prior to the bell ringing at 11am for a minute's silence.

The human poppy image and the poem 'Take a Stand' by John Bailey were used as foci for the reflection prior to the minute's silence.

At the end of the minute's silence, Music teacher Michael Turner played the last post on the school yard.

All classes had been asked to make sure windows and doors were open so that they could hear the piece.

Also on Tuesday, a group of children took a large poppy to the Celebration of Faith at St Martin's Church in Castleton. Art teacher Mrs Sue Hamilton had led the children in creating the impressive icon over a number of lessons.

Congratulations to the following for their fantastic creative work at this very poignant time of year, and especially Cameron Pilkington who read during the Service in-front of a 200 strong congregation.

Sam Dillon, Maxx Strachan, Jakub Urbanek, Jakub Przysiwek, Oliwia Lis, Patrycja Szczepaniec, Evena James, Ayesha Mustafa, Charlotte Burston, Cameron Pilkington, Leo Cassandra.

We would like to thank all children and teachers who worked hard to make this year's Remembrance Day very special.

The minute's silence and the playing of The Last Post were very meaningful symbols of our respect and all our pupils behaved commendably throughout.