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‘In Future Fields: A Remembrance Film for Schools’ is special short film (7-minutes, 28 seconds) about 12 year-old Sophie Henderson from Ayrshire. After winning our Poppyscotland 2019 Learning Competition, Sophie made her beautiful poem ‘In Future Fields’ into a moving song which she recorded with musician Scott Nicol with 25% of the proceeds going to Poppyscotland. […]

Curriculum Area:: Curriculum for Excellence; Expressive Arts; Health and Well Being; Language and Literacy; Languages; Mathematics; Numeracy; Religious and Moral Education/Citizenship; Science; Sciences; Social Studies; Social Studies/Citizenship; Technologies
Suitable For Levels:: First Level; Second Level; Third Level; Fourth Level; Senior Level

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A short film to introduce Sowing the Poppy seed: Poppyscotland Learning.

Curriculum Area:: Curriculum for Excellence; Expressive Arts; Health and Well Being; Language and Literacy; Languages; Mathematics; Numeracy; Religious and Moral Education/Citizenship; Science; Sciences; Social Studies; Social Studies/Citizenship; Technologies
Suitable For Levels:: Early Years; First Level; Second Level; Third Level; Fourth Level; Senior Level
Tagged With:: Curriculum for Excellence; Poppyscotland; The Scottish Poppy Appeal

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On 12th June 1940, Jack Low was a 21 year-old Scottish soldier with the Queen’s Own Cameron Highlanders. He was also part of the 21,000-strong 51st Highland Division who that morning had been forced to surrender to the Germans at St. Valery-en-Caux in France. Marched and then put on cattle trucks to POW camps in […]

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Curriculum Area:: Curriculum for Excellence; Expressive Arts; Health and Well Being; Language and Literacy; Languages; Social Studies
Suitable For Levels:: First Level; Second Level; Third Level; Fourth Level; Senior Level
Tagged With:: Conflict; Poetry; Poppyscotland; Prisoner of War (POW); Remembrance; Second World War; St. Valery - The Battle of St. Valery; Veterans; War

Davy Steele and the Battlefield Band’s haunting song ‘The Beaches of St. Valery’ is at once a hymn to soldiers and heartfelt tribute to Davy’s father and uncle who were involved in the last stand at St. Valery-en-Caux. Listen to this achingly moving song here. Questions are included to help young learners / home-schoolers reflect […]

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Curriculum Area:: Expressive Arts; Health and Well Being; Language and Literacy; Languages; Social Studies
Suitable For Levels:: First Level; Second Level; Third Level; Fourth Level; Senior Level
Tagged With:: Assembly; Poetry; Poppyscotland; Remembrance; Second World War; St. Valery - The Battle of St. Valery; Veterans; War

Interview With A Veteran Challenge. Learners are challenged to interview a veteran in their local community and present their findings to their classmates, wider school community or group. Teacher’s notes and students’ notes are combined into one easy to download document which is available as a Word or PDF file.