Anzac day100 YEARSBy Sasha

Our Memorial

Our memorial was built to remember the students who took part in fighting in the war.

“In memory of the brave lads who attended this school and who died for liberty and country in the great war 1914-1916” the obelisk says

Our Memorial

The obelisk was built in 1916, but we don’t know when it was finished. Joseph Kennedy the Principal of N.P.S at the time built the memorial when he wasn’t supposed to. The government wanted more and more people volunteering but reminding people of all who died in the war discouraged people to volunteer. But Joseph Kennedy and all the students at N.P.S paid a penny for a brick to build the memorial anyway.

Poppies

Poppies are a symbol of remembrance of the war. They are so important because they were the first flowers to pop up and grow after the war. Poppies especially symbolise the soldiers who died as the vivid red colour shows the blood.

The Last Post

The Last Post is a traditional song played on every Remembrance and Anzac Day. The Last Post is played on a bugle, it is played because every morning the bugle was played to wake the soldiers, then every night the Last Post was played to say the fighting was over for that day. Today it is just a symbol of respect.

Bugle

REMEMBER ALL THOSE SOLDIERS WHO FOUGHT IN THE WAR FOR US.