100 Years, 1000 Poppies

100 years ago, WW1 was declared. Today marks the armistice that ended that war. Since then, a poppy has been worn to mark the fallen. On this centennial, my friend Dina and I decided to create individual poppies for all 1000 pupils in our school. We aimed to get everyone to write a message on them, and we also distributed names of 1000 soldiers who had fought nearby to our school. Almost unbelievably -there were moments where we wondered if we'd get 10 done, let alone 1000!- we managed to display them all on a huge window over the dining hall. We are so proud of what we have achieved, as we have spread the message to everyone in our school, and got them to really think about this incredibly important day. 

                                                              Placing the first poppy...

                                      

                                         

One of the 1000 poppies...