Each April 25 we come together as a nation (as do New Zealand) and publicly acknowledge the sacrifices that our ANZACs gave on what would have been a horrific battle at what we now call ANZAC COVE.
It is important to help our young people gain insight into what led up to this battle and how it changed and shaped our culture.
The content that we cover can be distressing and we need to monitor this and help our kids process the facts and emotions they come across in their work on this topic.
At the bottom of this post, there are some photos of ANZAC books and some links to short videos to watch with your kids. Here is a link to my Pinterest board that has lots of craft ideas. I will be adding to this over the next few days too.
I have put together a new pack that is open-ended and can be used with any picture storybook about ANZAC Day. At the bottom of this post, I have some photos of some of the books I personally own and will share with my grade.
This pack contains writing prompts, reading tasks and a mapping task.
Here is a PowerPoint to share with your grade that covers some talking points for further exploration.
To see more click here to see it on TpT
To see more click here for TpT
or
This is from Behind the News - click to start the segment
This is narrated by a New Zealander. I love that it is as it reinforces that Australians and New Zealanders were in this together.
This one was put together by an 11-year girl - amazing job
This one takes my breath away
Even our Foundation (Prep) students need to have an understanding about ANZAC Day.
We have created this pack just for our very young students so that they can engage in an understanding of what this day means.
This pack will help you to explore through reading, writing, craft and cooking why ANZAC Day is so important to commemorate with our young students.
or
