Remembrance Day at Thornhill Woods P.S.

On Friday, our students experienced a meaningful Remembrance Day.  Intermediate students and their teachers  attended an official ceremony at the Woodbridge Cenotaph.

The ceremony was attended by students from other schools, as well as the Royal Legion, firefighters, police officers and the Mayor of Vaughan.

Students in  Gr. 1 - 6 students were led by a group of Gr. 6 students in a ceremony that began at 10:30 in the gym.  We heard a moving rendition of the poem, "In Flanders Fields", the Last Post and we sang O Canada, to the backdrop of age-appropriate slides depicting  various wars.  At 11:00 a.m. we all observed a minute of silence. 

Some of our Gr. 1 students reflected on Remembrance Day in class.

Kindergarten students gathered in one FDK classroom to watch the ceremonies in Ottawa online. 

We hope that our students came home with reflections to share and questions to engage their families in discussions about Remembrance Day.