‘They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old:
Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn.
At the going down of the sun and in the morning
We will remember them.’
From ‘For the Fallen’ by L Binyon
Talbot Heath school community marked Armistice Day with special assemblies in both the Junior and Senior school this week. Readings from the poems of Laurence Binyon, John McCrae and Wilfred Owen formed part of the Senior assembly, alongside poignant accounts of boy soldiers who falsified their date of birth to join the First World War.
Mrs Harris, who led the assembly, reiterated the importance of marking Remembrance Day by not only wearing a poppy, but reflecting, on the horror of war: ‘To remember not just the conflict, but the people whose lives were affected by it.’ Adding, ‘Now, over 100 years on, we still need to wear the poppy as a symbol of hope and Remembrance, so that those who fight in wars and those who are affected by wars know that they are not forgotten.’
The school community observed a two minute silence which was followed by Mr Hall playing the Last Post. Talbot Heath’s chaplin, Revd. Burke, gave a final blessing.
