This is my Armistice Day Essay

Armistice Day

In 1918 the 11^th day of the 11^th month at 11 o’clock in the morning Armistice Day began. A day that brought peace to our world. The day the guns dropped and the war had ended. Many people celebrated at parties and parades with millions of people in many different countries. World War 1 has finally come to the end. Now there is a day to celebrate this horrible fighting   coming to an end.

But what does Armistice Day mean to New Zealanders it means that the war has ended and there should be no more war I love those ones that had fought for our clean green country.

World war one has ended finally after four years of fighting. In New Zealand at the same time we New Zealanders  had a influenza it mainly effected Auckland because all there celebration got put to a hold to stop further spreading they held there celebration in the middle of 1919. New Zealand troops were able to come home on an average of 4500 people per month from the United Kingdom France and many more from Egypt. World War One was not over until the 28^th of June 1919 because that is when the treaty was signed. The treaty was signed in the palace of Versailles outside the town called Versailles in France. They had taken more than 100,000 from New Zealanders to war. 18,000 people had died and 40,000 people wounded. 25,000 people came back to New Zealand. On many parts of the western front fighting continued as normal.

I had gone to one of the retirement homes in Winton and asked just about everyone about Armistice Day only two people knew about Armistice Day. No one in my family knew about it and not many people from room 10 knew about Armistice Day.

But fame is theirs and future days. On pillar’d   brass shall tell their praise shall tell when cold neglect is dead “These for their country fought and bled”

How does Armistice Day make people feel? It makes Bob from the rest home feel happy that the war has ended and is over and for Armistice Day great that there is a day to celebrate that is over. With Douglas he feels like it is part of his life because it means everything to him. Those two people are the only two people that knew about Armistice Day and they had been in World War 2.

Bobs dad was in the First World War. He said his dad had got wounded while he was fighting in France so he went over to Ireland and brought a walking stick then came back to fight in the war.

Armistice Day has been called many different names like Remembrance Day, Remembrance Sunday and started to be called Veterans Day since 1954. We have two minutes silence to remember Armistice Day.

“Freedom is never free” So the people at war would say because they fought there lives for our clean green country.

What does Armistice Day mean in the dictionary: It is a Noun- A legal holiday in the United States “formerly Armistice Day but called Veterans’ Day Since 1954.

How can we remember Armistice Day?  We can have a parade like the old days or it could be put on every calendar when it is made. Put it on the radio for the two minutes silence. Even have two minutes silence in the ads of everyone’s T.V show.

You are to remember them by wearing a red rose or if you don’t have a red rose you are to wear a poppy to remember the day that all those guns were dropped and the war had ended.

They shall grow not old as we that are left grow old

Age shall not weary them nor the years condemn

At the going down of the sun and in the morning

We will remember them.

But many people say “lest we forget”

What does that mean Used in Remembrance Day ceremonies as a caution against forgetting those who died in war; Used on ANZAC Day memorials in remembrance...

Heads bent solemnly in remembrance
As the prayers of thanks are read
Those here have walked the byways of the dead
And have brought tales for the young
That death may not visit them so easily
Seas of faces that should be so much more
Line the walkway of the monarch
Who has stood with them since youth
And still stands now
As they do
Hymns lace the air
And many fly with the notes
Scenes pass before their eyes for a moment
Then are gone
As they pull themselves forward to the now
As the last post echoes through the hills
Of lands that have been torn, or part of war
And the tears roll out of the buglers mouth
And join the tracks on the faces of the few
And then silence

Silent contemplation

By Cheyenne McRae Year 7 Winton School

Path colour is RED

Something I have to achieve by year 7 is:

Getting a better spelling and reading score and my goals for reading, writing and maths.

Term 3 Reflection

Something I am proud of is:    Is the Rippa rugby  because we have won all of our games and are playing in the finals.

Something I need to work on:    Is my spelling because I'm not too good at it and I need to work on getting 10 out of 10 every week.

My Reading Goal:     Is to sound words out and share my ideas more often. I can achieve this by putting my hand up more, reading to my parents and out loud more. I can also say more ideas and remember it doesn't matter if it's wrong.

My Writing Goal:     Is to proofread I can do this by reading it carefully and by reading it over and over again.

My Maths Goal:    Is to learn my 7, 8, 9, 12 times table. I will achieve this by getting someone to test me on them at maths time and writing them out ten times each.

This is a photo that matches what I'm proud of.

Camp Tautuku

On the 4th to the 6th of September. Room 10 went to Tautuku camp. On the first night we got into our sleeping groups and then we all had to go and get changed for our walk to the beach it wasn't that far up the road. My highlight was the whole camp I wish we could go again. Here a some photos:

Kaitlin and I at Mclean falls

A group activity

Flying fox time.

A Chimeny we had to climb up. 

Tautuku Day Spa.
[Aka getting pay back]

Path colour is lime

This week we are showing our speeches to the class there is alot of great speech topics.
We have been taking photos for the made awards. Witch my photo are below. The Olymipc games have finished we ended up with 5 gold medals.

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