Remembrance Day 11th November 2011

MEMORIAL SERVICE 

The Armthorpe School held a short memorial service on Friday 11/11/11, including a two minute silence, to mark Remembrance Day.

The whole school community gathered outside the school buildings on the yard at 10:50pm and after a short introduction from Mr Cope, a bell marked the start of a two minute silence at 11am. Over 700 students, teachers and support staff paid their respects to the fallen service men and woman, those affected by war and those brave individuals who serve today The sound of The Last Post played through speakers as representatives from each form brought forward pink carnations and rosemary that were later taken to an Armthorpe church and which will be displayed on Sunday.

The pink carnations were chosen because they mean ‘I will always remember’ in the language of flowers.  Rosemary was chosen as it stands for remembrance.

The carnations were tied with yellow ribbon, to reflect the yellow ribbons used to think of members of the armed services who are abroad.

The student representatives included those who not only gave a tribute on behalf of their form, but also on behalf of the people of their nation.  We are lucky to have representatives of a range of peoples who fought alongside Britain in the war on Nazism, and who have a shared experience of the suffering war brings.  These include students from the modern nations of Poland, Czechoslovakia, Russia, Zimbabwe, the Congo, Pakistan, and Lithuania.  The first student to present a tribute was a member of the Ghurka community from Nepal.

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