ANZAC Day
On Monday the 22nd of April 2024, the year 4’s were very lucky to have a special guest called Zac come to talk to us and hand out ANZAC Day books to the Year 4 students. Zac had been in the navy for 10 years fixing guns and missiles.
Zac spoke about what he remembers most about serving in the Navy. One of these was the punishments. Every morning Zac woke up and if he wasn't doing even one small thing right he would have to run 10k or do lots of push ups. He told us he became very fit after that. Can you imagine how hard that would be?
Zac talked about what ANZAC day meant to him and how he didn’t feel as attached to ANZAC Day until he left the navy. He loved the mateship of being in the Navy and all of the lifelong friends he had made.
The most challenging part of being in the Navy was being away from his family and friends. The longest time Zac had been on the ship was six months. Zac had to train a lot and one of the training drills was to stand in a pepper sprayed room for one minute. Apparently, that was what the war felt like. Those were just some things he did in the navy.
We would like to thank the PnF for giving all of the Year 4’s a special ANZAC Day book and Zac for coming to present them to us.
🌺ANZAC Day Newsletter🌺
This week, on the 23rd of April our school captains and our vice school captains went to two different ANZAC Day ceremonies. The school captains went to the Seaford RSL. They brought a wreath and carried it down. The vice school captains went to the Langwarrin Community Centre. They read a poem that was called ‘Sir’.
Woodlands Primary School celebrated ANZAC Day by holding a whole school assembly, on the 24th of April. Indy Lindley and Carter Livera, our school captains, hosted our ANZAC Day assembly. Emily Mcavoy and Locky Buchanan, our vice school captains read out a series of ANZAC Day poems. Our house and vice house captains read a book called ‘The Hidden Hat’. The sports captains were the catafalque party. They carried the Australian flag down to the front.
