This week is the lead up to a very important time of the year for us, as New Zealanders as we prepare for the 100th year commemoration of our ANZAC's. As part of our learning we have been investigating the history of the ANZAC's, how they came about, about their part in WW1 and other aspects of our service men and woman. (Keep an eye out over the next few weeks as we start publishing our learning on our individual blogs)
During our learning we have been watching videos, analysing photographs, reading diary entries and reading articles online to help us get a sense of what it might have been like to be a soldier.
We have been comparing photographs of the trenches in Belgium, France and Gallipoli to get a sense of the conditions our ANZAC's fought in.
We have made a commemoration wall display for the fallen soldiers, we added the names of the relatives that we have who served in WW1 and those who died during this war. We made our own poppies and attached them to our crosses as a sign of respect.
We have also setup a small table with some artefacts that include our NZ flag, a wooden cross, a picture of a Lemon Squeezer, a bugle (thanks to Miss Elrick) and an empty casing from ammunition.
That's really cool that you are also learning about Gallipoli and the war.
ReplyDeleteAt my school we did 3 weeks of learning about the war prior to Anzac Day.
We learned about Gallipoli, The great war and The war at home.
I am really happy to be quad blogging with other schools since you are one of them. Im from Silverdale School in Miss Tindles Class :)