A group of pupils from Class 9 (Year 6) of Golden Grove School-Ysgol Gelli Aur represented the school at the Remembrance Day Service at Pembroke on Sunday.

Joining the parade from East Back, the pupils walked behind the band as the assembled group made its way to the cenotaph outside Pembroke Castle. Pupils Amy and Lauren laid a wreath on behalf of the school.

Class 9 have been studying life as it was during the time of World War II and and making comparisons with World War I and gaining insights to the military action of recent years.

As a part of these studies, the pupils have been looking at the significant involvement of Pembrokeshire as a base for military operations ranging from direct action, defence and training.

They made a visit to the Control Tower at Carew, where they were given a fascinating insight into the operations carried out from the base. They were able to gain a great feel for the history through wearing uniforms of the era.

A similar visit was made to the Pembroke Dock Heritage Centre, where once again they were given in-depth information about the significance of Pembroke Dock as a military base and the hugely important roles played by the crews and support personnel of the Sunderland Flying Boat Squadron.

All of this has helped to broaden the knowledge and understanding of the wars fought and the importance of community spirit.

As well as the outside educational visits, the school hosted a visit from a Welsh drama group, Aradgoch, who staged a dramatisation of life as a refugee in WWII, with a twist.

The storyline of A Soldiers Hat and a Pink Tutu was played out by actress Lowri Sion, who took the part of a young lady who, in the present day, had issues with her father going to Afghanistan. She moved to a family home in Wales where she found artefacts from a young girl who was placed there as a refugee from WWII; the artefacts transported her to the World War II period.

The play was both a powerful and moving portrayal of the life of the refugee, plucked from the city and placed with relatives in rural Wales.

Lowri had the audience captivated as she switched from character to character, playing out the emotions of both past and present day conflict. Having been transfixed by the story, the pupils were led in to a workshop session to play out of the main points from the play.