Veterans
Films (view all)
Remember Grampian TV? Watch this 8-minute clip from their highly engaging 1980 documentary, ‘St Valery: Last Post for the 51st’. St Valery survivors tell their stories: “It was like a bee trying to sting an elephant. That’s my opinion anyway. We had no chance.” #StValery80.
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A short film showing the main elements of The Act of Remembrance from a service filmed in Edinburgh on 2nd November 2009.
- 01:12:00
Extracts from the Remembrance Sunday service in Glasgow’s George Square on 9th November 2008. Features veterans, readings, The Last Post and wreath laying.
- 07:20:00
Short promotional film made by Mat Durham for Poppyscotland in 2007. Mat was a 22-year old former soldier when he made the film, who had served three operational tours in Iraq and Afghanistan.
- 05:38:00
An impressionistic short film featuring the often moving reminiscences of a group of veterans from a variety of service backgrounds.
- 04:32:00
A short documentary film detailing the experiences of one veteran who has been helped by Poppyscotland.
Learning Materials (view all)
Read and/ or perform the stunning production of ‘The Beaches of St Valery’ using the original script by Stuart Hepburn. This powerful play recounts one man’s experiences of the Battle of St Valery in 1940. Originally produced by A Play, A Pie and A Pint at Òran Mór. Prepare to be spellbound! #StValery80 Playwright: Dr. […]
- Curriculum Area:
- Curriculum for Excellence
- Expressive Arts
- Language and Literacy
- Languages
- Social Studies
- Suitable For Levels:
- First Level
- Second Level
- Third Level
- Fourth Level
- Senior Level
- Tagged With:
- Conflict
- Curriculum for Excellence
- Debate
- International
- Play
- Remembrance
- Second World War
- St. Valery - The Battle of St. Valery
- Veterans
- War
- Wartime Songs
Originally produced by A Play, A Pie and A Pint at Oran Mor in Glasgow the critically acclaimed ‘The Beaches of St Valery’, is Stuart Hepburn’s powerful play recounting one man’s experiences during and after the Battle of St. Valery in June 1940, France. Watch the play or read the play script and answer the […]
- Curriculum Area:
- Curriculum for Excellence
- Expressive Arts
- Language and Literacy
- Languages
- Social Studies
- Suitable For Levels:
- First Level
- Second Level
- Third Level
- Fourth Level
- Senior Level
- Tagged With:
- Debate
- Remembrance
- Second World War
- St. Valery - The Battle of St. Valery
- Veterans
- War
Remember Grampian TV? Watch this 8-minute clip from their highly engaging 1980 documentary, ‘St Valery: Last Post for the 51st’. St Valery survivors tell their stories: “It was like a bee trying to sting an elephant. That’s my opinion anyway. We had no chance.” #StValery80.
This reading and research activity introduces learners to the part Winston Churchill, Charles de Gaulle, Victor Fortune and Erwin Rommel played in the Battle of St. Valery in June 1940. #St.Valery.
- Curriculum Area:
- Language and Literacy
- Languages
- Social Studies
- Suitable For Levels:
- First Level
- Second Level
- Third Level
- Fourth Level
- Senior Level
- Tagged With:
- Conflict
- Debate
- Remembrance
- Second World War
- St. Valery - The Battle of St. Valery
- Veterans
- War
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 […]
- 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 […]
- 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
Scottish Victoria Cross Research Challenge. Learners are challenged to find and research Scots who were awarded the Victoria Cross. Teacher’s notes and students’ notes are combined into one easy to download document which is available as a Word or PDF file.
- Curriculum Area:
- Language and Literacy
- Social Studies
- Technologies
- Suitable For Levels:
- Fourth Level
- Senior Level
- Tagged With:
- Badges and medals
- Conflict
- Falklands War
- First Gulf War
- First World War
- Remembrance
- Second World War
- The Falklands War
- The Iraq War
- Veterans
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.
- Curriculum Area:
- Expressive Arts
- Health and Well Being
- Language and Literacy
- Social Studies
- Technologies
- Suitable For Levels:
- Fourth Level
- Tagged With:
- Assembly
- Poppy Remembrance
- Remembrance
- Veterans
Community Calendar Challenge. Learners are challenged to research their local area, identifying local war memorials and historical events connected to war and conflicts. They design and create a calendar which combines appropriate images and messages from people and places which have been involved in, or affected by conflicts. Teacher’s notes and students’ notes are combined […]
- Curriculum Area:
- Technologies
- Suitable For Levels:
- Second Level
- Tagged With:
- Community
- Veterans