A time to remember at St Johns

Today we gathered together as a school community to remember the significance of why we wear poppies at this time of the year. This took the form of two church services, in which each class laid a wreath at the war memorial at the front of the school. This was a particularly important act of remembrance as this week is significant for the community of St Johns Church

One hundred years ago seven members of the parish were killed in action in the 1st world war in the same battle. One of them was a the son, Benjamin, of a former church warden, Guy Russel. Guy donated the Reredos at the front of the church  in his son’s memory.  The laying of wreaths in our service was an important way of  marking this anniversary, but also of honouring all of those associated with our local community, who gave their lives in the two World Wars and since.