Today, Runnymede College staff and pupils gathered together to honour a promise – a promise made over 100 years ago. On the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month we pause to pay our respects to those who sacrificed their lives in the pursuit of peace and freedom.
As a school body, we came together as an act of remembrance: we remembered the moment in 1918 when the guns fell silent, marking the end of the First World War, as we also reflected on the countless other conflicts and sacrifices since then, made by brave men and women.
The Last Post was played by a visiting trumpeter before everyone observed 2 minutes silence. After the Reveille two Senior pupils presented a wreath on behalf of the school to two committee members present from the Royal British Legion.
They trod of old the fields we tread,
They played the games we play.
The part of them which is not dead
Belongs to us today.
