We started our discussion about Anzac Day by talking about how we protect those we love, how our families protect us and how we protect our pets. Then we moved into how men who loved our country and its people went to war to protect it and what the meaning is of wearing a poppy.
Students drew a poppy, talked about it and published it to their blogs.
On Friday, we made ANZAC Biscuits. We buddied up with our senior buddy class and Leanne, one of the parents came to help us.
Before we started, we all washed our hands! As Reed was reading the recipe, Leanne held up the ingredients so that we could see what it looks like.
We mixed the ingredients together and put our biscuits that we rolled on a baking tray. While we waited for them to cook, we made a box that we could put them in. We also read and decorated some poems with our buddies.
What we've learnt:
The ANZACs were grouped together into Battalions. A Battalion had nearly 1,000 men. When the ANZACs were training in Egypt, they found it very difficult to find their tents at the end of the day because there were so many, and all the tents looked the same. It was decided that each Battalion would fly a flag from their tent with special colours to help the ANZACs find their way.
This was so successful, the ANZACs decided to sew tiny flags onto their uniforms so they could find each other if they were lost in battle.
The ANZACs became very proud of their patches.
What have we done with our Knowledge?
We created our own Patches using a Word Mosaic by choosing a symbol, text and background colour. We then entered our name inside our symbol and post it into our KnowledgeNET Home Area's Welcome Page!
When our soldiers looked out from the trenches during the fighting they saw red poppies growing wild in the fields and they imagined each poppy represented a dead soldier.
Each year on Anzac Day, we wear poppies to remember those that died.
