Kurunjang Primary School pupils acknowledged the 100th anniversary of the Anzac landings at Gallipoli at a special ceremony last week at the school.
Pupils prepared for the ceremony by making wreaths, writing speeches and learning poems.
Grade six pupils Stephanie and Challese prepared a speech together for the ceremony and said it was important to remember all those who fought in the war.
“It’s about respecting and remembering all the soldiers who fought in the war because they put in all their effort to fight for our country, so our country can be safe,” Stephanie said.
“It’s important to us especially because it’s the hundredth anniversary.”
Challese said a lot of research went into their speech and the pair worked together at lunch times in preparation.
“We’re going to talk about remembering all the soldiers and what they did for our country, and also the nurses,” Challese said. “Some of them didn’t come back.”
Classroom teacher Melita Calleja said the whole school community learned about Anzac Day in the lead-up to the ceremony.
“We really want to teach the students about respecting and understanding the importance of what our Diggers and what our war veterans did for us,” Ms Calleja said.
