Remembrance Service - Year 5

Year 5 delivered a beautiful Remembrance service in school today.  They acted, narrated, read poems, played in the orchestra and sang with great respect and dignity.  Mrs Moore was very proud of them and the message of Remembrance (part of their World War 1 topic) was shared in a meaningful way with the rest of the school and parents. 
Each class had prepared a beautiful poppy wreath which they laid at our Remembrance altar.  

Here are two of the poems written by Year 5 pupils.

Red Carpet
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I have second thoughts
I gaze upon my enemies
Trembling
I climb up the deadly steps
A ladder to the heavens
I’m crossing my fingers hoping I won’t die
Blood-red poppies in my way
Puddles of blood pulling me back
Mud in my face
There is pain in my stomach
Life seeping out
Death comes upon me
Looming over me like an eagle eyeing its prey
THUD!!
I hit the ground
A carpet of dead bodies is all I could see
I gaze upon the battlefield
And that was my last sight.
 
By Noah

Today is the day
 
Today is the day,
Where the mud will stick to my feet,
Although I will not accept defeat,
My friends die by the minute,
By a diabolical sniper,
What will I do?
 
The Hun are coming towards me,
My pulse racing,
My gasping breath,
I cannot control,
Am Re-loading,
But…
Am I alive?
 
Boom
A bullet hits me,
The machine guns laughing,
Our numbers shrinking,
Will this ever end?
So grotesque,
I wonder what it’s like to die,
Is it a relief?
Or full of grief?
 
The blood is nourishing,
The ruby-red poppies,
So remorseful, And monstrous,
The gas is drifting towards me,
Me getting shell-shock,
Trench-foot too,
The next corpse to be will probably be me.
 
By Antoni ​