East Ryde Joey Scout Program

 

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Theme: ANZAC	Meeting Type:    Hall

 

Time	Activity Description	Equipment Required:
	Coming in activity	Colour in poppies
6.00	Opening parade	Flags
6.05	Band Aid relay	Band aids and a volunteer
6.10	Biscuits Poppy wreath Land mine battleship	Make biscuits Rest colour poppies for the wreath grid
6.20	No Man’s Land	Ropes
6.25	ANZAC relay	Letters
6.30	Ambulance race	2 sheets
6.35	Sergeant Majors coming	nothing
6.40	Closing parade	Flags
6.45	Biscuits ANZAC info Story – explain about Saturday Battleship landmines
6.50
6.55
7.00
spare	Bandage tails	Strips of bandage

 

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Bless all joeys everywhere,

 Help them remember their promise to share.

 Guide them all safely home today

 And watch over them while they work and play.

 Amen

 

Games/Craft Information:

 

Band Aid relay – give each joey a band aid – they must run down one at a time and put the bad aid on their wounded volunteer

 

Poppy Wreath - Finish colouring the poppies for our wreath – staple the poppies on to the plate wreath to cover it.

 

Poppy outlines

 

No Man’s Land -

 

Two teams must cross no man’s land.  Two ropes mark the crossing. Jump across no man’s land – make the gap wider….. try carrying an injured comrade across of a hand sling

 

ANZAC relay – in turn run up and collect a letter – make up the correct sequence of words to spell ANZAC

 

ANZAC biscuits – make for later with a story

 

Ambulance run – Two joeys pull a sheet along with an injured Joey on it -

 

Sergeant Majors coming…

 

Land Mines – battleship

 

Bandage Tails – give most people a bandage tail – either have some joeys who catch as many tails as they can – or a free for all….

 

Anzac Day Wreath

 

Give the Joeys a few poppies to colour in as a coming in activity or craft activity.  Find an outline of a simple poppy to print out

 

Meanwhile make the wreath by cutting the centre out of a paper plate.  You can paint the plate green if you wish but if you have enough poppies you can cover it completely.

 

Staple or glue the poppies onto the plate and attach a string at the top to hang it up.

 

The ANZACS

Since Federation in 1901, more than 102,000 Australians have laid down their lives to help preserve the freedom we enjoy today.  We may not know all their names, but we can remember their courage, sacrifice and unshakeable pride in their country.  They are our heroes, yet they sought little more from us than that we should remember them.  As a young Australian soldier lay dying on a battle field during World War 1, it is claimed he said: “…at least in Australia they will remember me”.  He deserves nothing less.  We all should ensure that he and thousands of others who gave of themselves, sometimes their very lives, are remembered and honoured. 

 

So we ask all Australians to remember, with pride, the men and women who served this country and helped mould this Nation to what it is today.

 

Introduction to World War 1 – 1914-1918

 

During World War 1 the armies of Britain, Australia, New Zealand, France, Italy, Canada, the United States of America and Russia fought on one side.  On the other side were the armies of Germany, Austria and Turkey.

 

When the War broke out in Europe in August 1914, the Australian Government said it would send 20,000 Australian soldiers to help Britain.  At that time, Australia had a population of 4 million people.  There were no large jets at that time and the soldiers had to travel to Europe by ship.  The journey took many weeks and many of the soldiers were very seasick.  Many of the soldiers took their horses with them too, and they were also seasick.  There were also many people in Australia who worked to support the soldiers who went overseas.  Factory workers made bullets, guns and uniforms; the soldiers also needed doctors, nurses, and drivers.

 

On 25^th April 1915, the Anzacs landed at Gallipoli; they were there for 8 months and during that time many men died in battle.  We remember these brave soldiers each year on Anzac Day.

 

The soldiers were not able to cook proper meals and the food they were given was very plain.  They ate tinned meat and biscuits, which we know as Anzac biscuits. 

 

Food parcels were made up to send to the soldiers; these would include tins of plum pudding, cake and fruit, dried fruit, nuts, cheese, chewing gum, cigarettes and matches, toothbrush and toothpaste and a pack of cards.

 

The Origin of the word Anzac

 

Lieutenant-General Sir William Birdwood, who won legendary fame as Commander of the Australian and New Zealand forces which landed at Gallipoli in 1915 originated the name “ANZAC” .This is his account of how the name came about.

 

When I took over the command of the Australian and New Zealand army corps in Egypt in 1914 I was ask to select a telegraphic code address for them, and I adopted the word “ANZAC”.  Later on, when we effected our landing at Gallipoli in April 1915, I was asked by general headquarters to suggest a name for the beach where we had made good our first precarious footing, and then asked that this might be recorded as Anzac Cove.

 

The Ode of Remembrance

 

English poet, Laurence Binyon, overwhelmed by the carnage and terrible loss of life by British and Allied forces in World War 1, penned one of the most moving tributes the world has known to our war dead.  It has now become known in Australia as the Ode of Remembrance, and the highlighted verse is read at dawn service and others such as in RSL clubs.