Every year, on the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11 month, Australians pause to remember the service and sacrifice of our servicemen and women. This day, Remembrance Day, has been observed in Australia since the end of World War 1 and commemorates servicemen and women who suffered or died in the line of duty.

This week our Secondary Visual Arts students and our Art Faculty Coordinator, Carol Clough created artworks around the red poppy that is worn on Remembrance day to honour the service of our veterans. The red poppies were amongst the first to flower in the devastated battlefields of northern France and Belgium in the First World War and are a universal symbol of remembrance and a reminder of the human cost of war.