Armed Forces Day and Eat like a Tommy!

On the 27th June Great Wyrley High School hosted 'Eat like a Tommy Day'-an event that was intended to mark the centenary of the First World War and give the students of Great Wyrley a small glimpse of what the food was like for an ordinary soldier.  The catering staff did a fantastic job of the food-it was delicious!

Each dish had a special reference to an aspect or key theme of the First World War and they were largely based on dishes that soldiers would have been served either at home during that era or when they were in the reserve trenches.  It was homely and wholesome food!

The date chosen to run Eat like a Tommy Day coincided with Armed Forces Day (28th June) and so to mark the occasion students that are part of a cadet force were invited to come dressed in their uniforms.  

Connor Smith Y9

Nathan Ankritt and Louis Fellows Y8

Jacob Parker Y7

Megan Gwilt Y9

Milly Owens Y7

Each student that came dressed in their cadet uniform was given 40 vivos! Well done!

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Great Wyrley High School has Poppies!

A while back I posted about the lack of poppies, wondering when or if they would sprout! Well-ta da!-here they are-

If you would like to see the poppies they are in the
quad area.  We have planted them to create a visual
commemoration for those that sacrificed their lives
during the First World War.

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The Men who Fought in War. By Lauren Williams

A man went to war

hoping for some fame,

some fortune,

to have medals under his belt.

 

The man went to win the war.

All he thought

while he fought

was about the fame.

 

But then one night

BANG!

The explosion went off

and killed the man who fought in war.

 

And when he died

the fame didn't matter anymore

as he died

he thought about his family-

 

thought hard

and wished his family could hear his message:

'Darlings, I am lost-

but keep cheering on the men who

are still fighting.

Let's win this war!

 

But remember, the fame doesn't matter anymore.

Remember that, my dears'.

 

Let's remember this:

that fame doesn't matter,

friends and family do.

 

Let's remember the men

who fought for US

so we could have freedom-

so the next generations could live on.

 

They died selflessly,

those men.

 

I'm not asking for you

to die for King and Country,

I'm asking you-

Let's remember them.

The men who fought in war.

 

Let's wear our Poppies with pride.

Let's look at these Poppies

and think of them

as the souls of the men

who fought in war and

died for us.

 

Let's wear them

next to our hearts

where they belong.

The men who fought in war.

 

By Lauren Williams (Year 7)

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