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Papougothismedals‘causehedidavery,verygoodjob.-William
TocommemorateANZACDaywewerefortunatetohearfromWilliam’sPapou(grandfather)Phil,whoservedintheVietnam
war…
Phil Justover100yearsago,bravesoldiersarrivedby boattoaplacecalledGallipoli.Itwasverydarkso theylandedatthewrongplace.Insteadof landingbythebeach,theylandedinadifficult placewithcliffs.Theyfoughtinawar,defending theircountry.ThebravesoldiershadveryliOle foodandveryliOlewater.SomeQmestheyonly hadbiscuits,whichweknowasANZACbiscuits.Lachlan Buthowdidtheylive?Jordan Andtheyneedmilk.Phil Therewasn’tanymilk.Someofthemlivedand someofthemdidn’t.TheyfoughtforalongQme andtheytriedtheirbest.Youshouldbevery proudofallthesoldiers.Levi Iamveryproud!Phil Andifyouseeanysoldiers,youshouldclapthem andsaythankyouandwelldone.Charlie Wereyouinthewar?Phil Yes,IwasintheVietnamwar.Iwas20yearsold.Teagan Ohmygosh.Abbey Wereyoutheonlyonenotkilled?Phil No,therewerealotofusthatsurvived.Abbey Didthesoldiersevenfightontheirbirthday?Phil Yes,theyhadtofighteveryday.It’simportantto rememberthattherearenowinnersinwar.Both sideslose.Thesoldierswenttowartofightforall ofus,sothatwehaveabeauQfulfreecountry, thankstoourbravesoldiers.
PhilinvitedustostandwhilsthereadtheOdebeforeplayingarecordingofthelastpost.Thisexperiencegaveusallsomuchandwasa
parQcularlypowerfulexperienceforthechildren,whoareintheearlystagesoflearningaboutthehistoryoftheANZACsandtheconceptofwar.ThankyouPhilforyourQmebutalsoforthesacrificesyouhave
madetocontributetoourbeauQfulfreecountry.
Victorian Early Years Learning and Development Framework
Outcome 2 - Children are Connected with and Contribute to their World
Children broaden their understanding of the world in which they live
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Frankie:IsawpeopledoingtheANZACDaysong.Isawsomepeoplespeakingonthemicrophone.Theywerespeakingaboutthewar.They
hadmedals.
Gwen:Thebossgetsallthemedals.Thesoldiersfightinthewarbecause
theythinktherewasbaddies.
Hero:TherewasbigkidssingingasongandalloftheotherbigkidsanduswassiZnginalinesowecould
listen.AllofthepeoplesiZngonthechairstalkedintheliOlemicrophoneanditwasreallyloud.Theywere
talkingaboutANZACDay.
Hugo:Thesoldierstriedtokeepallofthecountriessafe.Theydiedandtherewasanurseatthebeachwherethesoldierslivedandtheyhelpthemget
beOer.Soldiersgetspecialbadges‘causetheydidagoodjob.Thesoldiersjusteatplaincookies.
Lauren:ANZACDayiswhenschool’snotopenandweallgotoourhomesandfindsomethingtodo.IwenttoGaga’shouseandwemadeANZACbiscuits,they’resomethingthatthesoldierseatwhenthey’reatwars.Theyeatthosecookiesbecausethatmakesthem
healthier.Theydidn’thavefood,justsomeQmeswater.
Teagan:Wewenttotheoval.AlltheJuniorSchoolandallthebigchildrensatdown.
Therewasabigbandplayingmusic.Andallthepeopleonthestepsweresingingasong.ItwasaboutANZACDay.Some
peoplewentinthewarsandsomepeoplecamebackandsomepeopledied.
Honouring the ANZACS with our whole school
community
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Wayang Kulit Shadowpuppetryisauniqueformofpuppetryasthepuppetsthemselvesarenotseen,justtheeffecttheymakeastheirshadowshitthescreen.ThisweekthechildrenlearntaboutpuppetrytechniquesandWayangKulit–the
tradiQonalformofshadowpuppetsfromIndonesia.Thechildrenlearnthowtheyaremadeandhowthepuppeteermanipulatesthembehindthescreen.WewatchedsomevideosoftradiQonalshowsandthechildren
wereinvitedtohaveaturnbehindthescreen.
WemadeourpuppetsdanceandinteracttotradiQonalmusicfromIndonesia.ThechildrenenjoyedwatchingtheshadowsmoveacrossthescreenandexperimenQngwiththepuppetsastheymovedcloserandfurtherfromthescreen.WewillconQnuetoexploreshadowpuppetryoverthefollowingweeks,withthechildrenhavingthe
opportunitytocreatetheirownpuppets.
Victorian Early Years Learning and Development Framework
Outcome 4 - Children are Confident and Involved LearnersChildren will manipulate objects and experiment with cause and effect,
trial and error and motion.
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It’s not magic - it’s science! -MsHarrison
MsHarrison IthoughtwemightmakefireworksCharlie Howdoyoumakefireworks?!MsHarrison Thesearespecialchemicalsandwhentheyburntheylightup.Frankie Ohit’sgoingtobescary.Abbey HeyIthinkIrememberthefirechangescolours.Lachlan Wow!Itturnedorange!Teagan Canyouturnitadifferentcolour?ScarleO Itlookslikethecolouroffire.Lachlan It’smagic!MsHarrison It’snotmagic,it’sscience!Thisishowfireworksaremadebecausewhenthe chemicalsburnoff,theylightupindifferentcolours.Nowwe’regoingto experimentwithanotherchemical,it’scalledliquidnitrogen.It’sextremelycold soIneedtowearspecialgloves.I’mgoingtoputthisroseintheliquidnitrogen. Whatmighthappen?Charlie It’sgoingtofreezeit(therose).
MsHarrisontestedthistheory.Sheputtheroseintheliquidnitrogenandthenthrewitonthetable…Frankie It’sbroken.Lachlan That’ssofreezingcold!ScarleO Isitmadeoutofglass?
MsHarrisonthenperformedanexperimentwheresheplacedsixballoonsinthecontainerofliquidnitrogenandthenbroughtthemout.Charlie Theyshrinked!
Followingour=meinthescienceroomswehostedacombinedmorningmee=ngwiththeMoretonBaygrouptoreflectonwhatwehadheardandobserved…Sophia:Theballoonsgotmeltedinthecoldandpoppedbackupinthewarm.LoZe:RememberwhenMsHarrisonputtheballoonsinthebox.Whenitwasintheboxit
shrankanditgotbiggeragainwhenitcameout.Abbey:Thebananagotcoldandpushedthenailintothewood.Charlie:Thebananawasfrozenhard.MissKeirWhatfrozethebanana?Charlie:Citricacid.ScarleO:Itwascold.Elsie:Nightacid.Charlie:Liquidacid.Gwen:Liquidsufogen.Reece:Liquidoxygen.Hugo:Sheputtheflowerinthecoldestbox.Shebangedtheroseandpetalscameoff.Lauren:Itfeltlikeitwassmoothandsoi(beforetheliquidnitrogen).Oscar:Sheputitintotheboxandthenshecouldsmashtheflower.Jordan:Shebrokeit!Lachlan:Itwassocoldshesmasheditonthebenchanditbroketopieces!