Sharing at our ANZAC Assembly

A selection of student and well-known ANZAC poems shared at our special ANZAC assembly held at the end of Term 1.

Poppies from different perspectives

Painting poppies

Remembering at Ruapotaka

As ANZAC Day falls during the school holidays, Ruapotaka held a special assembly on Friday to remember all the soldiers and nurses who travelled to foreign lands to serve New Zealand during World War I. We remembered by wearing our poppies and by listening to students read poems. Prudence read her ANZAC poem on behalf of Room 10.

Remembering at the museum

As ANZAC Day approaches, we have been remembering all the things we experienced and learnt about last year when it was the 100th Anniversary of the landing of New Zealand and Australian soldiers at Gallipoli. Yesterday we visited Auckland War Memorial Museum with Room 9 as part of our learning. Although the Minecraft exhibition about Gallipoli had gone, we explored the trenches, equipment and weaponry the soldiers used and thought about the challenges they faced living and fighting in a foreign land.

Remembering: crayon and dye

Performing our poems

Room 10 took a turn to host Syndicate Assembly this afternoon.  Ka pai to those who read their ANZAC poems.

How would you describe an ANZAC biscuit?

Current Events: A Look Back at ANZAC Day

We completed some activities on the Chromebooks today to find out something about ANZAC Day around New Zealand and to practise the digital skills we learnt with Mrs Grant yesterday. Some of us found it a bit tricky taking a partial screenshot at first!

SOLDIER

We are learning to write different kinds of poems.  Last week Saluselo created an acrostic SOLDIER poem which he read at our special ANZAC assembly last Friday.

Remembering at assembly

Ruapotaka held an assembly on Friday to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the landing at Gallipoli in front of our Field of Remembrance.  Thank you, Saluselo, for reading your "Soldier" poem.

Remembering at the Museum

On Thursday we explored the displays about Gallipoli and World War One at Auckland War Memorial Museum.  We learnt a lot about the tough life of a soldier then.  Most of us felt sad in the Sanctuary looking at the walls and seeing the names of so many soldiers who died.

The favourite part of the visit was the special Minecraft exhibition about Gallipoli.  Some of us put on the goggles and tried out the activities.

Remembering with a poppy

Learning and remembering