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Rememberance day
On Tuesday 11 November, we had a special Remembrance Day Assembly. Pupils from Year 3 to Year 6 made excellent contributions to this assembly by reading their poems and thoughts about war and peace. Armistice Day is on 11 November and is also known as Remembrance Day. It marks the day World War One ended, at 11am on the 11th day of the 11th month, back in 1918.
We held a two minute silence at 11am to remember the people who have died in wars. The anniversary is used to remember all the people who have died in wars, not just World War One. This includes World War Two, the Falklands War, the Gulf War, and conflicts in Afghanistan and Iraq.
Why do we hold a two minute silence?
The first two minute silence in Britain was held on 11 November 1919, when King George V asked the public to observe a silence at 11am.
This was one year after the end of World War I.
He made the request so "the thoughts of everyone may be concentrated on reverent remembrance of the glorious dead".
