On 11th November 1918 the WWI ended. Finally, people would say. But as any other war, the WWI had its victims, civilians as well as soldiers who fought and gave their lives for a higher cause. Today people in the UK, Australia and Canada celebrate the Remembrance Day in honour of dead soldiers who lost their lives in the WWI.

The 8th graders learnt about that day in Australia. Australian soldiers took part in the WWI and about 62,000 of them lost their lives on the European battlefields. To commemorate them, people gather around the war memorial and the bugler plays The Last Post which is a very sad and slow tune. It is followed by a 2-minute silence after which the bugler plays a fast, energetic tune The Rouse. People wear fabric or paper poppies which symbolise the battlefields covered with poppies where Australian soldiers lost their lives and never came back to their homeland, to their families.

If you want to show your respect as well, you can do a DIY activity which includes making your own poppy wreath with the note for the Remembrance Day. Just follow these simple steps:

1 Take a paper plate and colour the border line in green.

2 After it dries, cut out the middle circle.

3 Use thick red paper and cut out the form you need to form a poppy.

4 In the middle of the cut out shape draw a black dot.

5 Use a glue to stick together the outer lines of the cut out shape. Stick it together for a few seconds until it hardens.

6 Glue the paper poppies onto the green wreath using a hot glue gun.

7 Glue the message on the back part of the wreath. Be careful to fix it in the right position so it can be read.

We leave you with the message:

Lest We Forget!