ThinkBoard

For maths we did a think board to exercise our brain and to warm up our thinking.

Respect

Yesterday for skills for adolescence we did a Google drawing about respecting others and who we are.

6 Hats Current Events

Today for reading we had to do a Current Event about a article and I chose Snake and Crocodile

My Goal Setting

These are my goals for this term.

Character Description

Yesterday for reading we did a character description about Dick Grace.

Forgotten Hero

For Reading we did a Presentation about Forgotten which is a book about war.  

NorthHead

This is a presentation on researching specific information about a significant historic places in New Zealand.

Maths Think Board

Today for maths I was doing a Think Board. The think board tasks took lots of effort and number knolwedge.

WW1

WW1

Anzac Day

Anzac Day  - Cloze Task

 

WAL:ABOUT ANZAC DAY AND ABOUT WHAT IT MEANS.

Most Anzac day services being with a march of returned service personnel

wearing their medals, and marching behind banners and standards. The

veterans are joined by other community groups, including members

and the armed forces, the Red Cross, cadets etc.

The march continues with  the local war memorial, where a service takes place.

This includes the laying of wreaths by various organisations and members of

the public. Flowers have traditionally been laid on graves and memorials in

memory of the soldiers. Laurel and rosemary are often used

in wreaths. Laurel was used by the ancient Romans as a symbol of honour

and was woven with a wreath to crown victors or the brave. Rosemary is used

for remembrance. The wreaths are laid to honour the people  who  have died

fighting for New Zealand.

The poppy has become the symbol of Anzac Day. The Flanders poppy as it is

now called grew in the trenches and craters of the  war zone in Belgium and

at Gallipoli. These poppies grew wild in the spring. The soldiers thought of the

poppies as soldiers who had died. The poppy was made famous by Colonel

J.M. McCrae's poem fought in Flanders' Fields. Poppies are sold on the days

before Anzac Day to raise money for the R.S.A. [Returned Services Association]

In most ceremonies of remembrance there is a reading of a poem. This is

often "The Ode to the Fallen" by  Laurence Binyon. It was first published in

the Times newspaper in 1914.

They shall not grow old  as we that are left  grow old.

Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn.

At the going down of the sun and in the morning.

We will remember them.

The last post is the trumpet call sounded in army barracks at 10pm at  

night to mark the end of the  activities. It is also used at military

funerals and commemorative services to show that  the soldier's day has

drawn  a final close.

This is usually followed by a period of silence for one or two minutes as a sign

of respect for those who have died. After observing the silence the flags are

raised from half-mast to the masthead. The Rouse is then  played. The Rouse

called the soldier's spirits to arise and fight  for another day.

The Reveille is played at the  dawn services instead of the Rouse. The Reveille is

played only as the first call in the morning. It woke the soldiers up at

dawn.

Often hymns were sung and speeches made. The important part of the ceremony is to remember those who died.This blog post is about what anzac day is and what we do on the dawn parade.