Anzac Landing at Gallipoli

Rafael brought some war toys for us to look at. He had a helicopter, some tanks, a frigate and a couple of soldiers.

We learnt that the ANZAC soldiers sailed on ships when they went to fight on the Gallipoli peninsula.

Today we are learning what it was like for the ANZAC soldiers as they landed at Anzac Cove, Gallipoli on 25 April 1915.

We looked at a map and saw that Gallipoli is beside Europe and above Africa. 

We watched a video using lego that explained the story.

We learnt that the Anzac forces arrived in ships early in the morning of April 25. The Australian soldiers landed on the beach first as the Turkish soldiers fired down on them. We were surprised that many soldiers died as the boats landed. 

In the video, the soldiers with the brown hats are the Allied forces, comprising the Australians and New Zealanders while those with white hats were the Turks. We noticed that soldiers used bayonettes and that the trenches were filled with sandbags. 

We were surprised that the Anzac soldiers failed in their attempt to conquer the ridges of Gallipoli. When we saw the drip rifle go off and saw the secret evacuation we felt proud of the cleverness of the Australian and New Zealand soldiers.  Here is a picture of a drip-rifle. 

We did a little work in our booklets. 

Here are some key ANZAC words that we practiced sounding out.