ANZAC Interactives

ANZAC Photo Interpretation

After we had responded to the photos we put them in order to make a timeline.

ANZAC DAY

Today we looked at photos and then got inot co-operative groups (2 year two and 2 year four students and must be at least 2 girls and 2 boys). The photos included old photos and photos of todays memorial services. Each group had to look carefully at the photos and describe feelings, and ideas. Here are some of the photos...

We read this poem

In Flanders fields the poppies blow
Between the crosses row on row,
That mark our place; and in the sky
The larks, still bravely singing, fly
Scarce heard amid the guns below.

We are the Dead. Short days ago
We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow,
Loved and were loved, and now we lie
In Flanders fields.

Take up our quarrel with the foe:
To you from failing hands we throw
The torch; be yours to hold it high.
If ye break faith with us who die
We shall not sleep, though poppies grow
In Flanders fields.

The Bright Red Poppies

As the bright red poppies sway and swing their seeds, the field gets filled with bright blood flowers. They cover the ground like a carpet but the people still lie dead among the scarlet poppies. Now the poppy represents the war.

Making Poppies

WALT... follow instructions to independently make an ANZAC poppy.
We are very proud of our poppies. Don't they look good!

ANZAC Games

ANZAC Biscuit Recipe

You might like to bake a batch for play lunch tomorrow.
Bring one for your teacher to sample!

The army biscuit, also known as an ANZAC wafer or ANZAC tile, is essentially a long shelf-life, hard tack biscuit, eaten as a substitute for bread. Unlike bread, though, the biscuits are very, very hard. Some soldiers preferred to grind them up and eat as porridge.

Anzac Biscuits

Ingredients:

1 cup plain flour
I cup sugar
1 cup rolled oats
1 cup desiccated coconut
4 oz butter
2 tablespoons boiling water
1 tablespoon golden syrup
1 teaspoon bicarbonate of soda (add a little more water if mixture is too dry)

Method:

Preheat oven to 180 degrees Celsius (or approx 375 degrees F).
Grease a biscuit tray or line with baking paper.
In a large bowl, combine all the dry ingredients.
In a small saucepan over a medium heat (or in a microwave proof jug or bowl in the microwave), combine the butter and golden syrup until the butter has melted.
In a small bowl, combine the boiling water and bicarbonate of soda.
Add the bicarb and water mixture with the melted butter and golden syrup.
Combine all ingredients in a large bowl.
Mix thoroughly.
Dollop teaspoonfuls of the biscuit mixture onto the greased baking tray.
Don't forget that the biscuits WILL spread during baking, so make sure you leave room for them to spread!
Bake for 12 minutes, or until golden brown.
Remove from oven.
Allow the Anzac biscuits to cool on the tray for a few minutes before removing to a cooling rack.

ANZAC Day

Today is ANZAC Day in New Zealand.
What is ANZAC Day? Visit 'NZ History Online'. Click on the ANZAC link.