ANZAC Ceremony

Today 23rd April we had an ANZAC Ceremony.I thought it was very serious and different.The ceremony didn’t go on for that long.At the ceremony a man,Lieutenant Geoffrey said a few words.Lieutenant Geoffrey trained at the army.When Lieutenant was finished each class went to go put a cross in the ground.The crosses had ANZAC names on them.Voni put the last thing in the ground.

Our school then stood up and sang He Honore and then silently sat down.Leutaninant then said a short poem with us called Lest We Forget.As Lieautenant Geoffrey said Lest We Forget he said it very strongly and stood with pride.It was the same for when the Last Post played he stood very strong and looked very serious.When the Last Post played everyone was very silent.

After the Last Post all the junior classes went back to their classes quietly while the seniors walked to the hall to learn more about Lieutenant Geoffrey.In the hall he told us a little bit about him self and asked for any questions.Lots of people asked questions like did you fight?,or was it hard training?,Did you always win?.Lieutenant said yes to most of them but he said this question,Did you kill anyone? is hard to answer.Lieutenant said he has because it was his job.I think that Lieutenant didn’t want to kill anyone though.

We asked a lot of questions but then some people weren’t listening and asked questions that were already asked.That was when things started getting confusing so Mrs Raj brought the small assembly to an end.But before we all went back to our classes Voni said a few words to thank Lieutenant for coming.

I thought that it was awesome that a Lieutenant came to our school and talked about the army.I also learnt some new things about Lieutenant Geoffrey,the army and WWI and WWII.I also thought this ANZAC Ceremony was very quiet and serious.