Form 6 Pupils March in Islington’s Remembrance Sunday Parade

On Remembrance Sunday, The Gower School’s Year 6 pupils joined the Mayor of Islington, local MPs and members of the armed forces in a procession from Highbury Fields down Upper Street to the Islington Green War Memorial.

Our Form Head Girl and Head Boy took part in the official ceremony, laying a wreath made of hand-sewn poppies crafted by Form 1 and Form 2 children. This school tribute served as a poignant reminder of the sacrifices made by so many in the service of peace and freedom.

In addition, each November The Gower School raises funds for the Royal British Legion’s Poppy Appeal. Children elected to the School Council sold poppies outside the school gates each morning. Lower School children sewed felt poppies to sell in addition to the paper poppies and other goods provided by the Royal British Legion. Despite the rainy Autumn weather, children stood outside the school gates each morning to fundraise. These hand-sewn poppies were also used to create the school wreath, which our Head Boy and Head Girl laid on the war memorial during Islington’s Remembrance Sunday services.

On Friday, 7th November, Principal Emma Gowers invited Form 6 children to Islington Green War Memorial to participate in a private ceremony marking Remembrance Day. The programme included the singing of the National Anthem, observing two minutes of silence, listening to a Form Three boy perform ‘The Last Post’ on his trumpet, and finally, a reading of the third and fourth stanzas of the poem ‘For the Fallen’ by Laurence Binyon.