Sunday 10 August 2014

How should we remember?

I am a teacher.  Each ANZAC Day I make sure I read stories to my classes about the sacrifices made for us during times of war.  I believe it is important for children to be taught that there was a price paid for the freedom we have.  It came with a heavy price.

With 2014 being the centenary since the start of World War 1 I decided to create a school-wide project that would both teach our students about the war but also remind them to live lives of peace.

Our whole school participated in created an outdoor artwork to recognise the sacrifice of the 91 soldiers who left for The Great War from our suburb.  It was unveiled on 28th July 2014, the 100 year anniversary of Austria-Hungary declaring war on Serbia.





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