b'Remembrance ASSEMBLYOn Monday 11th November 2024, King Edward VI Handsworth Grammar Schoolfor Boys held its annual Remembrance Assembly in Big School. We were honoured to welcome Nick Tipper, a former student who served in the armed forces, andSuri Ram, our Chair of Governors, to join us for this solemn occasion.The Head Teacher, Mr Johnson, led the act of remembrance and Mrs Harvey delivered a heartfelt address, sharing the story of one of her relatives and their experiences in the British Army, bringing a personal connection to the proceedings.The assembly also paid tribute to the war memorials honouring the Old Boys of Handsworth Grammar School who fought and died in the wars. These young men, who once sat in the very hall where the Remembrance Assembly was taking place, shared the same aspirations, hopes, and dreams as the current students. Reflecting on their stories brought a poignant sense of continuity and connection, reminding everyone that the sacrifices of those who came before them were made so that future generations could gather in peace and unity. This powerful link between past and present deepened the meaning of the assembly and highlighted the enduring significance of remembrance within the school community.Members of the Senior Prefect team played an active role in the assembly: Eshaan Prabhakar and Shrey Kapoor recited powerful poems, while Ravjot Singh and Manveer Ghatora laid wreaths at the stained glass window, a symbol of remembrance and sacrifice.Year 7 students attended the assembly in person, while the rest of the school community joined via live stream from their form rooms. Towards the end of the assembly the Last Post was played, followed by a two-minute silence observed in deep respect.At the going down of the sun and in the morning, we will remember them.Laurence Binyon Lessons from Auschwitz project 2025Outline of the project we were also meant to visit Owicim but our schedule was too tight for that On 2nd February, we attended our firststop. However, our tour guides still gave seminar, where we were taught mainlyus sufficient knowledge about the town about pre-war Jewish life and wereso that we could understand the roots given a few case studies on real-lifeof Auschwitz (Owicim renamed by the examples of Jewish families before theNazis). At the end of the Poland trip, we war. Furthermore, we had a wonderfultook part in a memorial ceremony, where meeting with an actual Holocaust survivornumerous other students lit candles for who detailed her plight from the Nazithe victims of the Holocaust, and listened regime in Polandquite an eye-openingto our tour guide Rabbi Shaws speech experience. on the event.We visited Poland on 7th February,On 11th February, we attended an online equipped with the details of the trip fromfollow-up seminar, which helped us reflect the orientation seminar, and took a touron our day visit to Poland. We engaged around various Holocaust-era sites suchin break-out rooms with students from as Auschwitz I and Auschwitz II-Birkenau;other schools, and it was an interesting 28'