Poppy Appeal 2011

The school will be selling poppies again this year.

Poppies will be available every breaktime from 1st until 11th November. They will be available from the Year 5 volunteers outside Miss Windross's room but only at breaktime.

On Friday 11th November the school will come together at 11:00 for the 2 minute silence.

The Royal British Legion

The Royal British Legion has been helping the Armed Forces community since 1921. Their needs have changed but the need for otheir work is more vital than ever.

The Legion runs recovery centres for injured personnel; advises and supports bereaved families; gives financial help and careers advice to service leavers; provides holidays, breaks and life-long care; companionship, comradeship and practical support to the whole Armed Forces community and their families.

• Half of the people helped by the Legion are below retirement age
• This year alone the Legion will spend more than £72 million providing assistance to over 160,000 serving and ex-Serving Armed Forces personnel and their families.
• This equates to £200,000 a day or £1.4 million a week delivering vital welfare work.

The Legion is also the nation's custodian of Remembrance; campaigns on behalf of the Armed Forces community; is one of the largest membership organisations and has 2500 branches worldwide offering comradeship and support.