We Remember

ANZAC Day Message from School Captains

We acknowledge the Traditional Owners of the land throughout Australia and recognise their continuing connection to land, water and culture. We pay our respects to their Elders past, present and emerging.

On this day 105 years ago, ANZAC forces landed on the beach of Gallipoli on the 25th of April, 1915 to fight until 1916.  During this time we horrendously lost over 8000 lives, and we hope honor their memory and legacy by celebrating their sacrifice for our country. We continue this through our upholding of the Australian spirit with courage, mateship, fairness, persistence, integrity, humour, initiative, endurance, determination, ingenuity, respect.  All encompassed in the selfless spirit of the ANZAC. Many more Australian lives have been lost through war reaching well over 100,000 casualties. We are here to pay our deepest respect to all of them.

We honor our fallen brothers and sisters and remember the sacrifice they made for our country. To all of those who have bravely served and continue to serve our country we would like to pay our respects.  We are also here for the voices and bodies who were not heard, the women, children and indigenous Australians who all suffered and are so often left out of the picture.

The bravery and selflessness that all Australian defence force personnel hold is incredibly admirable.  To get up in the morning and keep fighting, keep pushing, despite the hardships and the odds being stacked against you is something we can all learn from, particularly in this time.  The ANZAC’s got their motivation from each other, they supported and looked out for one another and they put their own lives at risk to save many more.  This ANZAC spirit has been carried down from generations to create the Australia we know and love today.  In recent events we need this spirit more than ever.  It can be seen in our health care workers, teachers and primary carers.  It can be seen in every one of us as we do all that we can to fight for each other's lives.

The inhumane horrors countless lives have suffered throughout years of warfare to allow us to safely live within our country shall not be forgotten. Their mateship and selfless spirits live on through us as we embody what they fought to protect. We are the future of our country and we couldn’t have gotten here without the people who laid the foundations of our nation. Together, we can prosper and we can unite because of their sacrifice. 

“They shall not grow old, as we that are left grow old.

 Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn them.

 At the going down of the sun and in the morning.

We will remember them.

Lest we forget”

School Captains:

Otis Showell Roach

& Greta Kennedy

Anzac Day Schools' Awards

The Department of Veterans’ Affairs (DVA) is proud to host the Anzac Day Schools' Awards.

This is a national competition recognising the work of primary and secondary students, teachers and schools to engage with veterans and honour Australia’s wartime history.

Students can explore, extend and demonstrate their learning, either as individuals, a class, year level or as a whole school. 

The Awards have changed this year, with:

• A new Australian wartime theme
• A later entry close time, giving schools longer to prepare and submit entries
• A different prize structure

Read below for more information on the new Awards.

https://anzacportal.dva.gov.au/research-education/competitions/anzac-day-schools-awards