Quilt by Brenda McPartlin.
Mrs McP is one of our very talented junior school teachers, she shared her stunning poppy quilt with us today.
At the start of Discovery today we were lucky enough to have a parent who is in the army come to talk to us about his job and ....
.... teach us to march.
Then we ....
.... made New Zealand flags ....
.... stamped poppies with our fingers ....
.... played with these very special toy soldiers and army vehicles ....
.... built tanks out of old boxes ....
.... made medals out of silver foil and cardboard ....
.... and started to make a beautiful poppy wreath to take to the ANZAC Day parade in Upper Hutt.
Check out the ANZAC Day wreaths we made last year with our senior school buddies.
ANZAC Day and the meaning behind it can be hard to explain to children. We discussed how it is a special day to remember New Zealand and Australia soldiers who died in a battle at Gallipoli during the First World War.
We looked at this book 'My Grandad Marches on ANZAC Day.'
This website talks in more detail about ANZAC Day, Gallipoli and their significance.
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