Tuawha Challenge- ANZAC By Ivy and Ali
For our ANZAC topic this year the class was asked to create a survey on how much our classmates knew about ANZAC. Our survey had at least 5 questions and we had to ask 5 girls and 5 boys.
Of the responses that I received everyone knew this question, ‘When is the Greymouth ANZAC Service?’, the answer was ‘Dawn’. Therefore the percentage of people who knew was 100% or 8/8
Our second question was: Where is the Greymouth ANZAC memorial?. The answer was the ‘Cenotaph on Tainui Street’. Therefore the percentage of people who got it correct was 25% or 2/8. I would suggest that our classroom could go down to the Cenotaph, explore the Cenotaph’s names and research the people who went to war.
For our third question ‘What does ANZAC mean?’ our response was quite close. 87.5% of our classmates knew that ANZAC meant Australia and New Zealand Army Corps. 87.5% is equal to ⅞ which means that 7 out 8 got the question correct.
Our fourth question was: When was the first Gallipoli landing?. Therefore the percentage of people who got it correct was 75% or 6/8. The answer was April the 25th in 1915.
For our fifth question ‘Where is Gallipoli’ 100% or 8/8 got the answer correct, the answer was ‘Turkey’.
For our sixth question: How many NZ soldiers died in the battle of Gallipoli? The answer was around 2500. Therefore the percentage of 87.5% or ⅞. The answer was 2500.
For our seventh question ‘What flowers are seen around ANZAC’ the answer was ‘Poppies’ and everyone got it correct which means the percentage was 100% or 8/8 people got it right.
I believe that around ¾ of the class is highly educated in our ANZAC work. However that means that ¼ of our class is not highly educated and needs to go back to the basics. This means that at least seven people in the class don’t know the basics. When you span this across the school it means that 49 students at Karoro School are hardly educated in this topic. I believe that at Karoro School we could set up a program for the students who are challenged in this topic. This could educate us further in this subject and create a program where students can learn about NZ war deeper.