The Sacred Heart Elementary School has been working on a poppy project over the past month. The inspiration came from the installation of poppies at the Tower of London in the UK. Barbara-Ann O'Halloran came up with the idea for the Elementary School to do a version of it for the SHES Remembrance Day ceremony on Friday, November 7th. With the support of Mr. Tugwell, Mrs. O'Halloran and Ms. D'Arcy Wilson, SHES Art Teacher, came up with a plan and purchased the materials and then organized the classes to make the clay poppies.
They worked with clay and each child from Primary to Grade 6 used a template and moulded the clay into a poppy shape. After they were all fired, the students painted and glazed them.
Each poppy was created in memory of a Canadian soldier killed during WW1.
Below are pictures of the process and the ceremony today. There are also pictures of the SHHS High School Remembrance Day Ceremony this morning.
Below are the photos from the Girls' High School Assembly this morning with guest speaker Honourary Captain Fred George.
Below is Bailey Francis with His Honour Brigadier-General the Honourable J.J. Grant,
Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia at Government House
for the Canada Youth Remembrance Society 10th Anniversary Reception this week.
Bailey was the Vimy Pilgrimage Award Winner this year and spoke about her visit to
Vimy in April 2014. Bailey also spoke to the Grade 6 class about her experience as well.
