Anzac Resources

Anzac Day is fast approaching and it’s going to look different this year, particularly for teachers and students.

‘Meet the Anzacs’ is a nonfiction narrative picture book about how Australia put together a first national army to fight in WWI. There are teaching notes here, and a video here

‘The Anzac Billy’ is a picture book story of a boy missing his dad, and the story of the filled billies that were sent to Gallipoli in 1915 from Australia and New Zealand. Teachers notes can be found here

‘Haywire’ is a middle-grade novel about the Dunera, and the 2500 + internees she carried to Australia in early WII, told from the persepectives of two young teenagers caught up in the maelstrom of war

Please contact me for more information.

3 Comments

Natasha Crisp on April 6, 2021 at 10:49 am

Hi there. I am a teacher and I am looking for Teacher notes for Haywire Please.

clairesaxby on April 6, 2021 at 4:44 pm

Hi Natasha,
Thanks for your comment. I’ll check with Scholastic about Teacher Notes for Haywire, but in the meantime I’m happy for you to contact me by email at clairesaxby@optusnet.com.au if I can help at all. Claire

clairesaxby on April 6, 2021 at 5:08 pm

Hi again Natasha,
Please contact me at the email above re teacher notes. thanks
Claire