WW1

POPPIESToday marks 92 years since the first poppy day was held in new Zealand in remembrance of fallen soldiers and to support returned soldiers in need along with their families. There are 10 facts about this special day .Fact 1: The soil in the fields were so affected by the battles that in 1915 thousands of poppies blossomed.

TrenchesLife in the trenches during world war took many forms, and varied widely from sector and from front to front.A war of Movement?Indeed, the great war- a phrase coined even before it had begun-was expected to be a relatively short affair and, as with most wars , one of great movement.

AnzacThe Anzac biscuits were the soldier's favorite food at war. When the soldier’s had no food they would send a letter to there wife’s to make some more for them. They were sent in big tin’s made of metal that could fit over 50 Anzac biscuits in one tin’s. The soldier’s were very grateful that they got the food.

Machine guns needed 4-6 men to work them and had to be on a flat surface. They had the fire-power of 100 guns.

Large field guns had a long range and could deliver devastating blows to the enemy but needed up to 12 men to work them. They fired shells which exploded on impact.

Weapons

My letter

Room 12Queenstown Primary SchoolQueenstown 19/6/14 Dear Lore Sorry I have not got back to you from when you sent me your letter. I expect there is a lot of thing's going on in the trenches. In the weekend I am going to your daughters house to stay for one night. My dad is taking me and my sister's fishing and hunting. At school I have told all my friends about you and all your cool stories. At lunch we play game like soldiers. In the weekend I do your fitness active to keep me healthy. I will fool my dreams of being a soldier like you and never give up. You were my inspiration. I will never give up when I try new thing. From Grace

This is a letter to my granddad. He went to war. His name is Lore. He was my best granddad

Memorial’sThe memorial gates in Queenstown is to remember all the soldier's that went to war and did not came back to NZ . If they did not back they would get there name on the gates.

The memorial in Arrowtown.

The memorial in Arrowtown is as old as 69 year’s. It was bolt in 1945 the end of world war two. There are over 50 name’s on the memorial in Arrowtown.

CannonThe cannon in Arrowtown is 69 year old. There is a chip in the cannon ball because a boom went of in it and chip it. Only four cannon’s came back to New Zealand from world war two.

A hero at war.Margret Amy smith was a hero at war. She was a nurse in world war 2. When she was in France the hospital would get boomed on every moon lit night. But she still lived through world war 2.

What have I learnt This term I have learnt more on memorial’s around New Zealand and life in the trenches. When we made trenches in the class really made me sad for the soldier's that lived in the trenches. I would not have liked to at war time.

That is what I have learnt this term about World War 1

By Grace and Avie