This week our pupils remembered those who were lost for Holocaust Memorial Day.

During RE lessons, pupils have been learning about the atrocities that occurred during the Holocaust.

On the 27th January every year, people from all over the world remember the millions of Jewish people, and people from other backgrounds, who were killed by the Nazis during World War Two.

It is held on this date because this is when the largest Nazi concentration camp, Auschwitz-Birkenau, was liberated - or freed - in 1945.

This year is important as it marks the 80th anniversary of that liberation.

Holocaust Memorial Day is an important way to make sure the Holocaust is not forgotten and to try and prevent something like it ever happen again.

Library Resources

Author Tom Palmer, who visited Northfield last year has partnered with the National Literacy Trust to create a new resources to mark Holocaust Memorial Day.

The theme is “We Will Tell Your Stories” marks the 80th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau.

Tom has created a writing scrapbook that can be viewed online Holocaust Memorial Day January 2025 | Tom Palmer and shares the stories of survivors he has met when researching his books. 

His book 'After the War' about three boys, refugees from the concentrations camps who find hope and friendship again living in the Lake District. Is available to borrow from the school library along with others that tell the stories of those who's lives were devasted by the Holocaust.

We have also updated our Online Library to include a list of all books we have available for wider reading about the Holocaust Northfield School and Sports College pupils just need to go there, click reading lists and then Holocaust Memorial Day.