In the spirit of ANZAC day, the year 5/6 classes spent a session baking ANZAC cookies. Students learnt that ANZAC biscuits have long been associated with the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps (ANZAC) established in World War I.

The students were interested to learn that the biscuits were sent by wives and women's groups to soldiers abroad because the ingredients did not spoil easily and they kept well during naval transportation.

Part of their historical study of our ANZAC soldiers was to explore the famous escape from Gallipoli.  Students wrote interesting dialogues during English class, explaining their understanding of the event and demonstrating their use of direct speech punctuation.

Jack Griffin of Year 5/6 SS writes:

One day Grandpa Jeff was talking to his grandson,  Johnny.

”Grandpa, how did the Army leave Gallipoli beach?” questioned Johnny.

“Well, we had buckets full of water with a hole. So the water dripped into a bucket that had a piece of string around the trigger and as it got heavy it pulled the trigger.The gun shot and we ran to the boat.”explained Grandpa Jeff quietly.

“How did you escape on the sand?” asked Johnny.

“We put towels on our feet to muffle the crunch of the sand,” replied Grandpa.

“Thanks Grandpa.That was an amazing story!” sighed Johnny.

“You are very welcome Johnny. The war was a very scary time. I’m glad you were interested to ask.” stated Grandpa.