THEME: Our Anzac HeroesSUBTHEME: Mothers Day Gifts
5:50:COMING IN ACTIVITY: Anzac Word Finder/Colour in Simpson/Dot to Dot/Poppy
6:00:OPENING CEREMONY:
On the 25th April 1915 – 100 years ago now, the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps arrived on the beach at Gallipoli. Some of the soldiers who fought there had lied about their age – they were supposed to be at least 18 years old, but some were only 14 or 15, the same age as some of the Scouts at 1st Carlingford, which would have been pretty scary. It was very dangerous at Gallipoli. The Anzacs came ashore in the wrong place – the beach was very small, and the Turks were up in the hills and could see them coming.
6:05: Game: Storm the Beaches
Divide the Joeys into two teams. The Turks will be standing on chairs (up in the hills) along one side of the hall. The ANZACs need to crawl past the Turks – from one end of the hall to the other. Both teams will be given bean bags and have to try and wound each other as they go past. They can only throw their own bean bag once. If hit they need to stop where they are hit and not continue to make it to the other side. How many ANZACs made it safely to the end? Change over positions and repeat.
Another thing that was really, really important about the Anzacs, was that they had to help each other to stay alive. They had to work together to get back to the hospital when they were hurt, or to get back to safety. Their mates were very important to them – and they would do anything for their mates. They would always look after each other. The ANZAC spirit reminds us of our own Joey Scout Promise – all Scout members have made a promise to help other people.
6:10: Game: Cross the Minefield
Your mate has been wounded in the eye (wear a blindfold). You need to guide your wounded mate through the minefield (newspaper that has been scattered all over the floor). Can you get your mate to safety?
Divide the Joeys into two – one will be blindfolded and the other needs to guide them through the minefield. Can they get their mate through the minefield without any mines exploding (stepping on the newspaper will explode the mine). Have one pair go through the minefield at a time. Change over.
6:15: Game: Over the Wire
Joeys in relay formation. Joeys have to mime getting from one end of the hall to the other. Go over the barbed wire, under the log, crawl through the trench and return. Next Joey.
6:20: Activity: Anzac Biscuits/Koala Woggle/Complete Mother’s Day
Anzac Biscuit Recipe (Joey have one each and use rest for the following week when Mums come to Joeys)
- 1 cup rolled oats
- 1 cup plain flour
- 2/3 cup brown sugar
- 2/3 cup desiccated coconut
- 125g butter, chopped
- 2 tablespoons golden syrup
- 1/2 teaspoon bicarbonate of soda
- Step 1 Preheat oven to 160°C/140°C fan-forced. Line 3 baking trays with baking paper.
- Step 2 Combine oats, flour, sugar and coconut in a bowl. Place butter, syrup and 2 tablespoons cold water in a saucepan over medium heat. Stir for 2 minutes or until butter has melted. Stir in bicarbonate of soda. Stir butter mixture into oat mixture.
- Step 3 Roll level tablespoons of mixture into balls. Place on trays, 5cm apart. Flatten slightly. Bake for 10 to 12 minutes or until light golden (see note). Stand on trays for 5 minutes. Transfer to a wire rack to cool completely. Serve.
Koala Woggle: Glue onto 2cm piece of plastic tubing.
Getting messages from one end of the battlefield to the other could be difficult – and it was the task of some men to act as message carriers. In order to correctly convey a message it is very important to listen to the message.
6:40:Activity: Message Relay
Divide Joeys into two teams and have them line up in relay fashion in the middle of the hall. Two Leaders are at one end of the hall, and two at the other. Each Joey has to run to one end of the hall where they will be given a message. They run to the opposite end of the hall and give their message to the waiting Leader.
6:45: Game: Saving Lives
Divide the Joeys into 2 teams. 1 team member (wounded soldier) is at one end on a hessian sack (donkey). The rest of the team is at the other end in relay formation. On “go” the first 2 Joeys from each team run down to the wounded soldier and pull him to safety (back to team).
6:50: Story: Simpson and His Donkey
At Gallipoli, one of the ambulance officers decided that he could help more injured people if he used a donkey or two, to help him get soldiers down from the battlefield to the army hospital. His name was John Simpson, and he had a couple of donkeys that used to go with him, one was probably called Duffy and the other called Murphy. Every day, even though it was very dangerous, Simpson would crawl on his belly and drag soldiers back to safety. He would then put the injured soldier on the donkey’s back and lead him down to the beach. Every day, they would go up to the battlefield, collect people who were hurt and bring them back down again, even though bullets would be flying everywhere and bombs as well. Simpson and his donkey became famous among the Australian soldiers at Gallipoli because of their bravery. One day, one of the donkeys walked back to the hospital and Simpson wasn’t with him – he’d been killed while trying to help other people.
6:55CLOSING CEREMONY: