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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!