Congratulations to all the students in both classes. They worked very hard to learn their parts and the words to the songs for our assembly. As our item was close to our ANZAC Service we combined our learning in the classroom with our item.
Thank you to my team of helpers who helped with the painting of the back drops for our item. Thank you to Mr Sanderson for all his work on the script and the sound system (including special effects!!).
We began our item with a song mix," Tipperary and Pack up your troubles", which showed the joyful and hopeful beginning of the war, when the boys signed up for 'the grand adventure' as they saw it. Most people believed they would be home for Christmas but in fact the war dragged on for over four years.
Our item then moved to the Western Front and the hospital stations. The ANZACs were well known for their ability to laugh at themselves and make jokes about the dreadful conditions. We demonstrated this with a 'Doctor, Doctor!' skit.
Several students then performed a skit, based around the 'Horrible Histories' program called "Life in the Trenches." This was really well enacted and gave some very interesting, if sometimes disgusting information.
Our final item was the song 'Last Night I had the Strangest Dream" which wrapped up our information on the war with a call to end all wars and live in peace. A big 'thank you' goes to Mr Honey for giving up his time and accompanying the song on the guitar.
Students conducted themselves, in this informative and sometimes amusing item, at all times with the needed respect for our ANZACs and the sacrifices they made for our country.
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