Published: November 4, 2024 --

Children's and Education

CBBC and CBeebies

Monday 11 November

To mark the two-minute silence at 11am on 11 November, CBeebies and CBBC will simulcast Poppies, an evocative, dialogue-free animation that sees war as experienced by animals in a WWI battlefield. The film is set to a score composed by Oscar-winning Steve Price (Gravity) and recorded by the BBC Philharmonic. Poppies will also be available on BBC iPlayer from 4th November for use in schools.

On CBeebies, there’s a special Remembrance episode of Time For School and on CBBC, Operation Ouch! travels back to the First World War.

There are resources for use in both primary and secondary school classrooms on BBC Teach, BBC Bitesize and Newsround to help teachers to mark the occasion with their pupils. BBC Teach has an assembly framework exploring the themes of being thankful for the sacrifice of others who have fought to preserve our freedoms.