November - A busy month

[vik3000]

Just a few ideas to keep you all busy for November:

1st All Saints Day
5th Bonfire Night
6th Dyslexia Awareness Week
9th Diwali
11th Rememberance Day
19th Anti Bullying Week
21st World Hello Day (a day to recognise the importance of communication - just say Hello to take part)
22 Thanksgiving
24 Sangha Day (Buddist Day to celebrate Friendship)
30th St Andrews Day

[vik3000]

Did you know that the name November comes from the Roman word "novem" - meaning nine - the ninth month of the Roman calendar

Also on the 3rd in 1957 the first animal a dog called Laika was sent into space.

[tasha]

Own up - which book have you swallowed!
Tasha ;D

[Wiggly]

Well, you can all add the 27th to your diaries then - my BIRTHDAY.

LOL

Wiggly
x

[sarahnev707]

That's a brilliant list Vik - don't forget Pudsey on the 16th as well!!

Great excuse to do educational, counting things with buns!

Sarahx

[vik3000]

tasha said:

Own up - which book have you swallowed!
Tasha ;D

lol - caught out and there was me hoping to impress you all with my mountain of knowledge!!!!

Nah, I've just gleaned it all from bits and bobs - magazines, calendars etc.

[susan]

susan said:

Well, you can all add the 27th to your diaries then - my BIRTHDAY.

LOL

Wiggly
x

Thats my Dad's birthday too xxx

[polly2]

great list!

Any idea what to do for dyslexia awareness wk?

Interested in this coz my son is dyslexic.

I am goin to have a quick search on net but wondered if you all had any ideas

Thanks
Hollyxx

[applejacks]

;D The most important day in November is 26th which is when me and my family go on a well earned two week holiday to the canaries
I will lovingly think of all the hardworking childminders out there whilst I am lieing by the pool working hard on my tan for Christmas

[Wiggly]

susanw said:

susan said:

Well, you can all add the 27th to your diaries then - my BIRTHDAY.

LOL

Wiggly
x

Thats my Dad's birthday too xxx

What a coincidence. How is your Dad?

Wiggly
x

[monkey1]

You all forgot that november the 16th is also........ ENRIQUE APPRECIATION DAY!....... Well it is in Angels world! ;D

[banana]

cool,

thanks for all those dates!

x

[angeldelight]

Thanks for that Monkey

Yes I hope everyone has added the 16th best day of the month that is going to be ha

Angel xx

[vik3000]

No sorry Angel - the 27th beats your 16th.

27th is TAKE THAT day in Vicky World. The day that I get swept of my feet and probably get arrested lol.

Childminder gets arrested stalking Take That after concert in Newcastle.

[nannan]

nope sorry the best day will be the 13th as my birthday, also the weekend of the 9th as going to the ncma conference all dressed up and not a man in sight, and the day I come back is hubby's birthday on the 11th, so I better buy him a big stick of rock.

[rubybubbles]

lol girls -

Back to OP, thank you Vik

[susan]

susan said:

susanw said:

Thats my Dad's birthday too xxx

What a coincidence. How is your Dad?

Wiggly
x

he had his clips out today and is extremly sore and tender as the nurse really hurt him xxx hope your dad doing ok and your nan

[theresa]

susanw said:

susan said:

What a coincidence. How is your Dad?

Wiggly
x

he had his clips out today and is extremly sore and tender as the nurse really hurt him xxx hope your dad doing ok and your nan

aww susan, i hope he told the nurse off


xx

[miffy]

Thanks for this Vik - I was just looking for a few ideas

Miffy

[lou]

Thanks hun thats great, gives us all some ideas!!!

Can i Just say my husband works for the Royal British legion so remberance day is very important to us, and my son (9) has been asked to do a reading for the service at the local british legion home.

V. Proud.

Thanks again love xxxxxx

[susan]

lou said:

Thanks hun thats great, gives us all some ideas!!!

Can i Just say my husband works for the Royal British legion so remberance day is very important to us, and my son (9) has been asked to do a reading for the service at the local british legion home.

V. Proud.

Thanks again love xxxxxx

My grandad fought in the war and came home to work in the pits and die of a lund disorder because of the pit dust, my dad was in the raf when he was younger so I have been brought up to respect and honor what those men and women did in the wars for us. I used to go to remembrance day when i was younger and be so proud of my dad marching with his dads medals on, he used to lay the wreath for the Ambulance Service ( served 24 years till he retired) when he looked up to the cenotoph and saluted i used to cry my eyes out i was so proud of him. I used to push an old soldier on the parade in his wheelchair, he received the victoria cross for bravery because he saved his batttalon from been blown up in the 2nd world war, I was so proud and honoured to push this man, sadly he is no longer with us. I do think that todays younger generations need to learn more about what these mena and women did for us and have some respect for them though I dont think its there like it used to be. I have a poem called ' Why wear a poppy ' its very long but is a wonderful poem and makes me cry whenever i read it.

WE WILL REMEMBER THEM

[lou]

susanw said:

lou said:

Thanks hun thats great, gives us all some ideas!!!

Can i Just say my husband works for the Royal British legion so remberance day is very important to us, and my son (9) has been asked to do a reading for the service at the local british legion home.

V. Proud.

Thanks again love xxxxxx

My grandad fought in the war and came home to work in the pits and die of a lund disorder because of the pit dust, my dad was in the raf when he was younger so I have been brought up to respect and honor what those men and women did in the wars for us. I used to go to remembrance day when i was younger and be so proud of my dad marching with his dads medals on, he used to lay the wreath for the Ambulance Service ( served 24 years till he retired) when he looked up to the cenotoph and saluted i used to cry my eyes out i was so proud of him. I used to push an old soldier on the parade in his wheelchair, he received the victoria cross for bravery because he saved his batttalon from been blown up in the 2nd world war, I was so proud and honoured to push this man, sadly he is no longer with us. I do think that todays younger generations need to learn more about what these mena and women did for us and have some respect for them though I dont think its there like it used to be. I have a poem called ' Why wear a poppy ' its very long but is a wonderful poem and makes me cry whenever i read it.

WE WILL REMEMBER THEM

Well said Susan, like i say we are very passionate about it here, My husband has contact every day with the fantastic men and women who fought for our country, I am so proud of everything he does and now Joshua will be doing a reading, you can only imagine how much i will be crying next sunday!!!

Wear your poppies with pride xxxxxx

[buildingblocks]

Lou you have every right to be proud of your little boy and your hubby doing his job.

My dad was in the parachute regiment and was in the second world war. It was the saddest day of my life last year when he said he wasn't going to be marching at the Remembrance Day parade in Scunthorpe. He has been there no matter what in wind rain and all weathers.

We think he had a mini stroke last March but he wouldn't have any of that but it has been hard to see him go from a 80 yr old who cycled to Norfolk to camp to this frail man he is now who has gone down hill since he stopped his last bit of cycling to a local market.

Over the years I have typed many articles for him to send to various magazines and papers putting them right on facts when they have published wrong info. It is a standing joke that he has been o all the major places where there was battles etc usually after or before the main events happened. But I am so proud of him.

I shall always remember the year that I was shopping in our town centre with a little girl I nannied for who was about 7 or 8. They were lowering the flags and every one was silent and there was a group of two or three teenage boys messing around and calling out (normally would have said something but as I was in charge of young child thought better not) every one was looking but nobody said anything till this little voice of R aged 8 turned round and said would you mind being quiet we are thinking about the brave men who died and so should you. I was so proud of her and then more surprisingly the boys shut up and looked very ashamed.

SO when people tell me we should forget and not cover it with children as they don't understand I tell them rubbish. It is important that we never forget and that we let the children know. I always find it hard watching the cenotaph service on TV and seeing the Chelsea Pensioners getting fewer and fewer each year

Susan could you email me that poem please

Love Kate

[vik3000]

You are right of about including Remberance Day - I have a little stash of poppies and stickers that I attach to the children as they are forever asking what they are - I have explained very loosely to the young ones and they love wearing their sticker or poppy.

Lou I am very proud of your lad on your behalf too - how wonderful for you all.

My Dad fought in WW2 and I am proud that I can do my bit to honour all who have served this country and our freedom.

[raggydolls]

did u know the money for red poppies apparently is used to promote war as in buying guns etc so we can fight but there is a white peace poppy which apparently the money raised for that is being used to try and stop wars from happening, im not religious or anything its just something i have heard along the way from different ppl, both my son and hubby attend different religious groups so beileve in different things and i for one steer well clear. my sister has her bday on rememberance day and i always shed a tear for those we have lost.

would u mind posting the poem so we can all see it as ive never seen a poem for rememberance day b4

thanks

[rainbowmum]

raggydolls said:

did u know the money for red poppies apparently is used to promote war as in buying guns etc so we can fight but there is a white peace poppy which apparently the money raised for that is being used to try and stop wars from happening

I just want to clarify that the Red Poppy does nothing to fund war or guns. The Royal british legion are an independant charity who work for the benevolence of those who face hardship as a result of either serving our country or having lost a husband/wife/son/daughter who were serving!

For example a war widow unable to replace a worn out fridge could be bought a new one. Children facing a poor christmas without Daddy could be bought gifts, an ex service man living in a shabby flat could be helped redecorate. Lots of tiny things that help make life better for people to whom we owe a debt for helping keep our homes safe, both in history and in the present day.

By all means buy a white poppy to show your desire for Peace but please dont pass the Red poppy seller by!

Raggy Dolls this isn't directed at you, I know you were just mentioning something you heard xx

[theresa]

hi sharon, that's what i've always believed it was for and also to hold luncheons for the ww2 veterans so they can meet other people, especially lovely if they're lonely. As you say it's the little things that can make a world of difference to their lives.


xxx

[vik3000]

Long before the Great War, the red poppy had become a symbol of death, renewal and life. The seeds of the flower can remain dormant in the earth for years, but will blossom spectacularly when the soil is churned. Beginning in late 1914, the fields of Northern France and Flanders became the scene of stupendous disturbances. Red Poppys soon appeared.


Red poppies
The Flanders poppy has been a part of Armistice or Remembrance Day ritual since the early 1920s and is also increasingly being used as part of ANZAC Day observances. During the First World War, the red poppies were seen to be among the first living plants that sprouted from the devastation of the battlefields of northern France and Belgium. Soldiers' folklore had it that the poppies were vivid red from having been nurtured in ground drenched with the blood of their comrades. The sight of the poppies on the battlefield at Ypres in 1915 moved Lieutenant Colonel John McCrae to write the poem In Flanders Fields (see The recitation for more information). Flanders poppies also featured prominently in several other literary responses to the carnage of the Western Front. In English literature of the nineteenth century poppies had symbolised sleep or a state of oblivion; this symbolism was carried into the literature of the First World War, but a new, more powerful symbolism was now attached to the poppy - that of the sacrifice of shed blood.



Both paragraphs taken from various websites regarding Remberance Day.

I am proud to wear a (red) Poppy as are my children to remember and thank all those who gave us our Freedom today and those who continue to serve our country and lay down their lives for freedom and justice everywhere.
I will never forget some of my Dad's stories of WW2.

(sorry this is not aimed at anyone - just expressing why I wear a red poppy)