The children will be celebrating VE-Day with various activities throughout the day including a visit from the ice-cream van! 

The children will also be invited to attend school dressed in red, white and blue. 


Why do we celebrate this day? 

 

8 May 1945 – VE Day (Victory in Europe Day) – was one that remained in the memory of all those who witnessed it. It meant an end to nearly six years of a war that had cost the lives of millions; had destroyed homes, families, and cities; and had brought huge suffering and privations to the populations of entire countries.

Millions of people rejoiced in the news that Germany had surrendered, relieved that the intense strain of total war was finally over. In towns and cities across the world, people marked the victory with street parties, dancing and singing.