Highlights of our Stepping Up session

Today in our Stepping Up group we talked about Sergeant Richard Travis who earned the highest military honour, the Victoria Cross, for his bravery. He cut a wire box which was in no man's land, in broad daylight, then went back to his soldiers. Later on he fired on the Germans who were attacking his men. He overpowered them, capturing their weapons. 

We saw a photo of the Victoria Cross medal and also looked at the medals the Germans awarded their brave soldiers. They looked similar!

Our teacher gave each of us a special ANZAC coin to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the Gallipoli landings. 

When we watched a video about young soldiers who enlisted for war we heard about an English boy whose family didn't want him to go to war. He was so desperate to serve his country that he lied about his age and didn't tell his family that he was going to the war. He ran away but sadly, he never came home as he was killed in action on the Western Front.