ANZAC

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Animal Mascots Mascots of World War 1

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[|History of the Poppy]

How to make your own poppy

Scavenger Hunt

[|Museum Artefacts and descriptions]

ANZAC and importance for NZ

2012 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..

We have been learning about ANZAC Day in the classroom. We already know some things about ANZAC day. . . take a look!





We brainstormed words to do with war and feelings that some soldiers may have had. For our writing we are looking at different letters soldiers wrote back home. Miss Wilton set out a series of images and pictures on the desks, we then moved around each of these and added interesting words, synonyms (words that mean the same) expressions,words the soldiers may have been saying, feelings and senses. When we finished, Miss Wilton put these up on the wall for us to use during our writing. This helps us with our writing!



This is the Artwork we did in class to finish up our ANZAC unit.

**We had lots of questions and wonderings about the war . . . .these are some of them below**
Why did they have donkey men? Jack 7yrs What type of guns did they use? How many tanks were in World War 2? Did they use swords? Thomas 8yrs How many soldiers were there before they got killed? Chloe 8yrs How did the war start? Chloe 8yrs Who did they fight? Chloe 8yrs

How many times did they win and lose? Chloe 8 yrs Why was war at Turkey and not NZ? Georgia 8yrs Why was there no hospital at war? How many donkeys did they use? Georgia 8yrs

Why did they have to wear helmets? What do they sleep on? Why do they have airplanes? Why did they use weapons? <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">DO they still use donkeys today to carry people with injuries in war? <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">How is that the poppy is so important in war? <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Who made war? Shann 7yrs <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Why do they want to go to war? Shann 7 yrs <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Did some soldiers survive? Shann 7yrs <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">How many world wars were there? Did NZ soldiers always fight in every world war? Was tehre certain weapons they had to use? Bella 8 yrs <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Were all the wars in the same place? Bella 8 yrs <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Was there a certain gun that Australians and Nzers used?

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Why didn't the soldiers send servants to get them food? Ella 8yr <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Why were the poppies a symbol? Ella 8yrs

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Why do people even have war? <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Did they have to get the weapons before they go to war or did they get the weapons at the war? McKenzee 8yrs <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">What time did they have to go to bed at war? McKenzee 8yrs

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[|BBC World War 1]

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[|WickED War and Peace activities]

[|BBC World War 2 for kids]

World War 2

Online interactive activities

Saving soldiers activity and game

Infantryman interactive

The Winton War Memorial. . . this is where on 25th April 2012, Eli amd Sanae and other students from St Thomas Aquinas school laid wreaths and poppies for the soldiers. ..

We think going to a Dawn service is important because. ..

<span style="color: #800000; display: block; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 130%; text-align: center;">You go to it so you can remember those who fought for our country - Alex <span style="color: #800000; display: block; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 120%; text-align: center;">You go to remember those people who died, like a funeral to them and reflect on what they have done for us - McKenzee <span style="color: #800000; display: block; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 120%; text-align: center;">Because you know who died if it was your children or the people who are close to you - Chloe <span style="color: #800000; display: block; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 120%; text-align: center;">It is a way to remember the people who died and you can share your memories - Bella <span style="color: #800000; display: block; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 120%; text-align: center;">It's good to go to remember people who fought for our freedom - Georgia <span style="color: #800000; display: block; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 120%; text-align: center;">So we can remember those who died for our freedom - Ella <span style="color: #800000; display: block; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 120%; text-align: center;">It's like a celebration that you can go to to remember the soldiers who died and fought for our country - Joana <span style="color: #800000; display: block; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 120%; text-align: center;">It's like going to ANZAC service cos the soldiers who fought for us and who fought for our country for freedom - Eli <span style="color: #800000; display: block; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 120%; text-align: center;">You go to it to pray for the people who gave up their lives for us - Ethan <span style="color: #800000; display: block; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 120%; text-align: center;">It's a time you can remember who fought for the country and it could still be going on now - Bryce <span style="color: #800000; display: block; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 120%; text-align: center;">So you can remember who your cousins and grandparents died in the war - Jack <span style="color: #800000; display: block; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 120%; text-align: center;">It's good to go, because if they didn't go and fight for us we wouldn't have our freedom - Thomas



<span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 130%;">We studied the well known poem In Flanders Fields by John Mcrae. We didn't know what it was really about because it was written in an old way. Miss Wilton discussed each part of the poem and we filled in a sheet that showed our understanding of each section with a picture. We then had to write it so we could understand it in our own words. Doing this helped us with our understanding of the poem.

<span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 130%;">We also found on Youtube what the sound of a lark is. This helped us to imagine what it was like on the battlefield. . have a listen!