We remember them

Lest we forget

In the last week of Term One,  Cecil Hills High School students conducted an ANZAC Day Commemoration ceremony, remembering those men and women who have served and died in war in the service of their country.

The ceremony was a solemn occasion, with all students showing great respect for the sacrifice made by our ex-servicemen and women. The ceremony was conducted by Year 10 students Felicity Olivares, Monika Mladenovic, Christina Sartsiri and Alicia Sek.

The ceremony included an official wreath-laying by the St Johns Cadets of Cecil Hills High School represented by Shanelle Pizarro, Nikola Sekularac, Maryam Shah and Liam Anderson. Year 7 students were also part of the wreath-laying ceremony by laying wreaths they had made in their History classes. They had researched Australian soldiers from the Liverpool area who had served in WW1. Each Year 7 student laid a rose in honour of their chosen soldier.

The presentation included a tribute video made by Mr Hillsmith’s 9G History class on the Gallipoli Campaign and a presentation by 10S History students focussing on the 100 years since the important 1918 battles of Villers-Bretonneux, Le Hamel and Mont St Quentin.

This was followed by the Ode, the Last Post, one minute silence and the Reveille. The event concluded with the National Anthem performed by Edina Begic and Youna Bashir of Year 9.

Every Cecil Hills High School student showed great respect on this most important occasion.

Mr Sean Griffiths, History teacher