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REMEMBRANCE DAY

Remembrance Day at JPGS was a day of unity, respect
and recollection. The School had been gearing up for
the day with rehearsals, artwork and history lessons
reinforcing the message behind Remembrance Day.

The JPGS Remembrance Day Assembly started at 10.30
AM on the 11th day of the 11th Month, 100 years after
the end of World War 1. Mr Bedford started off with
an introduction to the origins of Remembrance Day
and how it is still remembered today with a talk on the
events of WW1 by Mr Mahmood and Mr Mason.

Sarah Al Saleh played some compelling pieces on the
piano throughout the course of the assembly. Pupils
participated from both Grammar and Prep School
further reinforcing the message of unity and
cooperation encompassed by Remembrance Day.
Prep School had several performances from readings
by Year 2 through to Poems by Year 3 and a truly
inspirational song by the whole of Prep at the end of
the assembly. Isra Attari and Manal Ahmed gave readings
with a poem and WW1 letter from the trenches respectively.
Overall, a truly inspiring, dutiful and busy day for the staff
and pupils of JPGS starting from early in the morning
with the Head Boy Abdulrahman Moumena, Head Girl,
Manal Ahmed and the Headmaster heading off to perform a
reading of a WW1 letter in front of diplomatic officials from
Germany, Italy, France and Britain followed by the JPGS
Remembrance Day Assembly.

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