Poppies

I made these poppy wreaths back around ANZAC Day with a class of Year 2 and 3 children at Lincoln Heights School.  As an introduction to the activity I read the class The Eels of ANZAC Bridge and brought in a photo of the real ANZAC Bridge in Kaiparoro.  I also read them Lest we Forget by Feana Tu'akoi.  Both of these stories deal with war from a child's perspective, making the topic relatable to children's own lives.  The eels migrating to Tonga in The Eels of ANZAC Bridge really sparked the children's attention, and the eels in this book mirrored the soldiers going off to war.  I found this a very effective way to give context to the art activity.