ANZAC Day Writing

Room Three have been learning about ANZAC Day. 

Today we used our 5 senses to help us imagine what it would be like being a soldier in the war. We pretended we were a soldier called Alex and we wrote letters home from the war. We hope you enjoy reading them.

Dear Mum, I am now at war. I have climbed up a very tall mountain, avoided all the trenches and I am now fighting. I can hear guns shooting, bombs exploding and tanks firing. I've been touching heavy metal guns. So far I've tasted death and dirt. I've seen and avoided the German soldiers, trenches and flicking mud.Love AlexP.S I feel very confident.P.P.S I mss you.P.P.P.S I love you.by Flynn

Dear Mum,I am now at war. At war I can hear crashing helicopters. I am touching a rock gun and tasting vomit. Mum, I am seeing soldiers in trenches. There is one smell Mum and the smell is blood.From AlexP.S I miss you so much Mum. I love you so much.by Liam

Dear Mum,I am in Turkey now. Guns are being fired all around. I am needing to duck to avoid getting hit and apologize for the shaky writing. Wait, an officer is calling me...I'll be back in a minute!I can smell gun powder and fire. I somehow sense hidden danger. An eerie silence hangs over us..BOOM!!!!! "Where did that come from" Jack yells! He has just gone down.....Love AlexP.S I am not liking this scary horrid and scary place and I am missing you. I love you!by Kiri

Dear Mum,The wind is whistling. I can hear feet pounding and hearts thumping. I can smell gun powder being loaded into the trucks. All the food we have is five boxes of Anzac biscuits. I saw six soldiers heading for us. In this trench it's cold. I can only feel mud at the moment. We don't think we're safe. One of us has died from the shooting of the guns.I feel scared and I miss you and I love you.From Alexby Jack

Dear Mum,I am now at Gallipoli. It feels like I am half deaf from all the helicopters exploding in mid air. The weapons are so heavy they are really hard to hold. The Anzac biscuits you sent me are very nice. They give me lots of energy to fight. There are soldiers and poppies everywhere and I'm so sweaty. The gun powder smells terrible and I can't make it smell better.I feel very scared. I miss you and I love you.From Alexby Lachlainn

Dear Mum,I am now at war. I'm off the boat and up a hill. I hope I come back home. I'm doing very well and remembering to duck from the buets. I have been trying to get people with my weapons. It's so smelly over here and very muddy and yuck but not as much as I expected. More people than I thought are trying to hurt me.I'm feeling scared and frightened.Love Alexby PaigeI am hearing click, click bang, bang!....I touched mud. I tasted mud. I saw trenches. I smelt poo and wee. I was so scared. There were guns and tanks to.from Alexby Ross

Dear Mum,I watch the war as I go along the road. I can hear shouting voices of the people. I'm very scared when I see the gun. I can hear falling people. "Ah, hot!" I can feel burning hot crackles. Wow, yum! I can taste Anzac biscuits. Ah!!! Fire! i hate fire, I'm scared of that and I can smell the gun powder. I love to look at the poppies. I'm so scared of the trenches, I hate the trenches.I miss you.from Alexby Yen

Dear Mum and Dad,I am in a really, really terrifying war. I can hear guns shooting and many people screaming. Mum, I hear the bombs going up into the sky and coming back down and exploding. I can feel a cold gun as cold as the snow. I can taste disgusting mud going into my mouth. Dad, I can see flashes in my face. I can smell other really disgusting stuff.I feel terrified. I love you. I miss you.from Alexby Tania

Dear Dad,I am now in Gallipoli. All of the girls are making me coffee and biscuits to give me strength and courage. I can hear guns explode, bullets and falling cannons that sound like crackling fireworks.bye Dadp.s Take care of one another. I love you and I miss you.by Chelsey 

Dear Mum,I am now at war fighting the soldiers in Gallopoli. I have been shot in the leg but I survived it. I have been smelling poo and wee, mud and sweat. It is a horrible war. I can hear the voices of the dying. The other army team have been losing a lot of men, so are we. They have lost 4385 men and we have lost 5003.from Alex the soldierP.S I am feeling brave and a bit scared. Love you.by Tyrone

Dear Mum,I am now at war. I am shooting out of the trench and it is so noisy. I can't even concentrate on writing to you because of all the loud bombs and guns. I ma shooting with the gun, the gun is as cold as snow but I am trying my best. I am with my mates shooting. Oh no, I just fell down and I have the taste of dust and mud, disgusting. My friends help me up and then we go back and do what we are meant to be doing. All I see are soldiers running around like crazy and some with painted faces that are light green and dark green and some of them are camouflage. It stinks in here but that's the only choice and I can smell dead bodies.bye Mum, see you laterfrom AlexP.S I miss you sooo much and I love you so much as well. I am feeling so alarmed!Okay bye...by Helleena