Anzac Day

Anzac Day

ANZAC Day is celebrated on the 25^th of April each year. On ANZAC Day there are many dawn services, parades and we even get a day off to pay our respects.

The 3/4 students did some research about the history of World War 1 and ANZAC Day.

Here is what we found out…

·       Next year marks the 100th anniversary of the ANZAC’s landing at Gallipoli

·       ANZAC stands for Australian New Zealand Army Corps

·       ANZAC biscuits were originally so hard that the soldiers call them ‘Anzac Tiles’

·       The minute silence was introduced in 1919 by a man called V.E Honey

·       Not all the soldiers who died in WW1 got proper graves but there is now a memorial in Gallipoli for all those ANZAC’s who lost their lives

·       The ANZAC spirit is said to stand for courage, mateship and endurance.  

Lest We Forget