Elmwood School marked Armistice Day on Wednesday 11th November by inviting members from the Staffordshire Regiment to come along and enjoy a meal prepared and cooked by students in the ‘Elms Restaurant’. The meal was organised by Ms Hilary Shaw, Food Technology Teacher, and students ranged in age from 11-15 excelled themselves with both the quality and presentation of the meal as well as acting as perfect hosts.
The whole School, with visitors who included the School Paediatrician as well as Medical and Teacher Training Students, then all congregated in an outside garden area where everyone observed the two minutes silence with the last post being sounded by one the old Soldiers. The pupils behaved impeccably and made Elmwood very proud of the respect they showed and in fact many students went and shook hands with the Soldiers on parade. The School were also presented with a copy of the latest novel written by one of the soldiers, Mick Power, entitled ‘It puts muscles on your eyebrows; which was gratefully received and will make interesting reading.
Feedback from visitors, staff and students was of a special day which Ms Shaw is already saying is one of the best she has ever had during her teaching career. This was further reinforced by Mr Singer, Secretary of the Regiment, when he delivered a thank you letter and stated that the pupils had been attentive, polite and a credit to the School and in his opinion Elmwood should be a Flagship School; he couldn’t praise the children enough for their behaviour and the respect they had shown.
