The History Club worked hard to make over 650 felt poppy kits for students to make their own poppy to wear on Remembrance Day. Students made these poppies during pastoral time over the preceding week.

Mrs Fetterplace’s Modern History class conducted a Remembrance Day service and a minute's silence over the College loudspeaker.

The student leadership team attended the Camden RSL Remembrance Day service accompanied by Mr Muller. Students were particularly interested in the guest speaker, Kate Munari, the only Navy helicopter pilot in Afghanistan.  Our College Captain, Abbey C, was invited to give the student address entitled ‘My Anzac Ancestor’ where she spoke about her great-great grandfather, Paddy Bugden VC who was killed in World War I. Her address was very well received by the community and her concluding remarks are below:

‘One thing that is very clear, however, is that Paddy Bugden’s story is one of many. There are countless other young Australian men who, like Paddy, bravely responded to the call and made the ultimate sacrifice. The stories of these young men are repeated and retold amongst their families, who honour their ancestors each time we gather to share their memories. In the Camden area alone, almost 500 of the 3000 people living here enlisted to serve in the war. We gather together, in times like today, to honour the memories of all those who have fought bravely and given their lives, as well as those who came home and built this great country under the cover of the freedoms they fought for, the same freedoms that we still experience each and every day, and to all of them, we humbly say thank you..'

Lest We Forget

Fran Musico Rullo - HSIE Teacher