Year Nine Project Based Learning students at Lumen Christi Catholic College, Pambula Beach, have commemorated the spirit of the ANZACs by developing a dedicated ANZAC Day website for the wider school community to use as a resource in preparation for remembrance at home.

“The Digital ANZAC resource contains a selection of poetry, music and artworks, as well as some fascinating war time fact sheets that demonstrate the students’ learning about World War One, World War Two and the ANZAC contribution to these campaigns,” said Lumen Christi teacher, Danielle Lynn.

Prior to COVID-19, students had been tasked with running the College ANZAC Day assembly, as well as taking part in local services. They were disappointed when these services were cancelled. Rather than finishing the project abruptly, students and staff looked for other ways to complete the task remotely.

Students were asked to research one aspect of war and develop a short fact sheet on their topic. The fact sheets were then compiled into a booklet and uploaded to the new website.

“Students focused on the ANZAC ideals of courage, endurance, mateship and sacrifice, and were challenged to consider how these values were lived out in war time, in the present and into the future,” said Danielle.

The project explored how ANZAC values are reflected in the social teachings of the College and also in the local community. Students identified the work of organisations in the recent bushfires and the commitment and courage of all essential workers during the COVID-19 pandemic, as examples of how ANZAC ideals are lived out today.