Where is Henry this week?

ANZAC DAY

By Milla, Year 3J

I looked up and saw the grey sky and yellow twinkling stars which the soldiers would have looked at a hundred years ago. I heard my mother calling my name so I raced though the crispy, cold grass and went inside my warm house. I went to the kitchen where my Mum was cooking dinner and asked her if I could go to grandma’s house. She said “Yes.”

So I jumped over the fence, knocked on the door and my Grandma answered. She took me to the kitchen and said, “So Milla you want to learn about your Great-great Grandpa?”  “Yes,” I answered. 

She could see I was staring at the picture of Herbert, my Great-great Grandpa so she took down the six medals that belonged to him. Carefully we stroked the medals then Grandma with a whisper said, “we are very lucky to have these.” She put the medals back on the wall and said, “you should go home now.”

I jumped back over the fence and at dinner I asked Dad if he knew about Herbert but he replied that he didn’t.  I snuggled into my bed and dreamt about Herbert. The next day I was going to be speaking for our school assembly about anything. I decided to speak about war because I knew a lot about it. I also wanted to speak about Herbert and what I knew about him.  When I got home, I went to my desk and wrote a speech.

I decided to visit my Grandma to show her my speech. She said it was fantastic. The next day everyone lined up for assembly. When it was my turn, I wasn’t scared because the soldiers who would have fought in the war would have been more nervous than me. I took a deep breath and did my speech.

When I got home, Grandma was waiting for me. She told me a poem that I will never forget. It goes like this:

Here are the soldiers that fought for us. 

Bravery and courage, in all of them.

Poppies bright red, full of blood and dirt from the battlefields.

Relatives loved and died.

We will never forget.

During the week we learnt about our ANZAC soldiers who represented us during WW1. We made poppies to commemorate our ANZAC's. 

Thanks Okky's mum Sascha, for helping us to make poppies! [See Below]