ANZAC Day Assembly

Today we had an assembly at school to do our part in celebrating ANZAC Day, which is tomorrow.

We put together two white crosses with the names of two New Zealand soldiers 

They were put in the ground on the senior field and it looked like a graveyard with all the white crosses spread out in lines with the names and poppies displayed on the top of them.

We heard from different classes who put together different things. Jessica from our classroom read a poem that we had decorated with our handmade poppies.

Here's Jessica reading our ANZAC poem beautifully!

We listened to the Last Post and stood quietly remembering those who died to keep our country safe and peaceful. We also sang the National Anthem and listened to Mrs Vickers and Mrs Pedersen talk about how important it is to celebrate ANZAC Day with respect.

Please remember that there are lots of ANZAC Day services and parades around Auckland, the whole of New Zealand, Australia and in Turkey where Gallipoli is. If you can go to a parade you will see a lot of the things we've been talking about in class and if not - you can watch Maori Television or TV One and see lots of news reports, movies and information from the places around the world.

ALSO REMEMBER!!! 

No school on Monday 27th April because of the public holiday for 

ANZAC DAY