Pupils and staff from across Omega Multi-Academy Trust took part in a number of activities to mark this year’s Remembrance Day. 

In the weeks leading up to the day, pupils were given the chance to take part in the Poppy Appeal with poppy sales around the schools. Throughout the week schools have also been holding special assemblies to help students understand why we mark the day and our staff and pupils also fell silent with the rest of the UK to mark Remembrance Day.  

Alsop High School was represented at the Service of Remembrance at Liverpool Cenotaph by Year 10 student Saffia who had the honour of laying a wreath on behalf of all Liverpool schools. 

Executive Principal of Alsop High School Mr Kerfoot also placed a poppy wreath on our school war memorial to remember former students who gave their lives during World War Two. 

Great Sankey High School students who are members of uniformed services and clubs, including Guides, Scouts, Cadets, and St John’s Ambulance, were encouraged to attend school in their uniforms for Remembrance Day. They gathered in the Memorial Garden at the front of school to pay their respects and represent their clubs. The entire school also observed a silence while being accompanied by music played by Mrs Cosgrove in the Memorial Garden. 

Chapelford Village Primary School children used the week to find out more about significant figures linked to wartime history, including Winston Churchill and Alan Turing. The children worked on a series of artwork, writing pieces, and presentations. 

School ambassadors also took part in a special memorial visit and took time to learn from our veterans, asking thoughtful questions and engaging with care and curiosity. 

Children at Park Road Community Primary School opened a special Garden of Reflection to mark Remembrance Day.  Each class has used their Enrichment lessons on the theme of peace,  to design and build thoughtful sculptures to display in the garden. This special space will now offer a quiet place for reflection and to remember the much-loved members of our community who are no longer with us.

Remembrance Day is an important time for students across the Trust to learn more about why we remember all those whose lives have been affected by conflict since World War one and those who gave their lives.