Remembrance Day at Upton Juniors in Broadstairs was commemorated by children through a series of thought-provoking activities and creative lessons.

The accent was firmly on respect for those who fought during two world wars, other conflicts and for those who remain in active service around the globe today.

The Remembrance theme filtered through the whole day’s lessons across the age ranges with children completing a variety of creative writing tasks.

These included researching and understanding about the historic Christmas Day truce in the trenches during the First World War, with illustrative silhouette artwork created.

Pupils retold this story or wrote some thoughts and feelings from a soldier's point of view on poppies and stuck them onto their pictures.

Children also learned about the iconic In Flanders Fields war poem written during the First World War by Canadian physician Lieutenant-Colonel John McCrae.

Blackout poetry – an art form where you create a new poem by selecting words from an existing text (like a book or newspaper) and blacking out the rest - was also part of the remembrance learning.

Meanwhile youngers pupils created an acrostic poem to reflect the Lest We Forget message and meaning; others used Maths skills to crack codes.

Head of School Darci Arthur said: “It was so wonderful to see all the children commemorating such a special day, giving thanks to those who have protected us.

“The storytelling, use of language, and artistic interpretations resulted in thought-provoking and evocative work. It demonstrated the depth of respect our children feel for Remembrance and highlighted how much they empathised with what they had researched and learnt.”

Upton Junior School is part of the Viking Academy Trust with Chilton Primary School and Ramsgate Arts Primary School.

*For more information contact Head of School Darci Arthur on 01843 861393