Harrodians of all ages participated in Remembrance events in the run up to November 11th and many poppies were sold - and made - on behalf of the Royal British Legion's appeal
In the Pre-Prep, children had been busy making their own poppies which they wore. The collection of paper flowers created out of egg boxes by PP3 were assembled into a single giant wreath.
As usual, each school age group had its own Remembrance assembly, In Monday's Pre-Prep service Mr Hooke talked of the importance of the poppy as a symbol.
Head of History, Andy Nowell was the speaker for the Prep service. He used his grandfather as an example of someone, who like thousands of veterans, did not talk about the war and wanted no recognition for what they'd done. He also explained the idea of the Unknown Warrior and suggested that pupils could use Remembrance to think about ordinary soldiers in all wars.
Commemorations reached their climax on Friday. Captain Stewart led the senior assembly talking of the fragility of freedom and the sacrifices made by those who have defended it in conflicts down the years. Many Senior students provided contributions in the shape of poems of remembrance.
A group of pupils representing each year (13s, 14s, 15s, L6 and U6) built a field altar from drums and flags, laying a sword and military hat on top and lighting a candle. Head of Music Mrs Ashe, played the last post on the saxophone as she had in all the assemblies.
Finally Harrodians observed a minute's silence on the playing fields during mid-morning break at 11.00am. The whole school stood in silence and stillness until a whistle brought our commemorations to an end.
