National Schools Peace Project
The National Schools Peace Project is a collaboration with the Australian War Memorial’s “Places of Pride” project and The OZY Youth Choir Honouring Defence Service’s “Peace Project”.
It is an opportunity to engage with your local Place of Pride and do a Peace Project at your local memorial (Place of Pride) with your school or classroom |
WHAT IS THE PEACE PROJECT?
The Peace Project seeks to encourage communities, schools, and organisations to come together-
It is about remembering both those who gave their lives and those who came home and are still coming home to daily live the horrors of war in their memory. In celebrating national peace, it is also about looking for ways to better support our veterans (and their families) who return home from conflict to find peace within themselves.
Peace Projects have already been held at The Australian War Memorial, on Bondi Beach, NSW Government House, Wagga Wagga, Junee, Leeton and Narooma. Special school Peace Project assemblies have been held in a number of schools including Inaburra Christian School, Wattle Grove Public, Kooringal Public and Holsworthy High, Sydney Invictus Games and Rouen, France with more planned during 2019 and beyond.
- STAND FOR PEACE
- STAND FOR VETERANS AND THEIR FAMILIES
- SING TO REMEMBER
- RETHINK REMEMBRANCE
It is about remembering both those who gave their lives and those who came home and are still coming home to daily live the horrors of war in their memory. In celebrating national peace, it is also about looking for ways to better support our veterans (and their families) who return home from conflict to find peace within themselves.
Peace Projects have already been held at The Australian War Memorial, on Bondi Beach, NSW Government House, Wagga Wagga, Junee, Leeton and Narooma. Special school Peace Project assemblies have been held in a number of schools including Inaburra Christian School, Wattle Grove Public, Kooringal Public and Holsworthy High, Sydney Invictus Games and Rouen, France with more planned during 2019 and beyond.
WHAT IS THE NATIONAL SCHOOLS PEACE PROJECT?
The National Schools Peace Project seeks to carry on the Peace Project concept at a local school level in conjunction with the Australian War Memorial’s “Places of Pride” project.
As we leave the Centenary of Anzac years behind us, we need to find ways to rethink remembrance for this generation of “online” young people and to find ways to deeply engage them in the act of remembrance. Standing together in unity and singing to remember (combined with the multimedia and social media elements) is a powerful way for them to recognised and honour our veterans and their families and the sacrifices that have and continue to be made for our peace and freedom.
The National Peace Project was held at the Australian War Memorial (AWM) on the Centenary of Peace Day, 19 July this year (and subsequent video of the event) will become a key education resource for schools holding a Peace Project at their school. The video will provide schools with important footage of the War Memorial Event which will tie in with the relevant resources on the AWM’s website .
The vision is that schools across Australia will firstly, do a Peace Project at their “Place of Pride” in conjunction with the War Memorial’s “Places of Pride” Project and then add doing a Peace Project to their commemorative calendar each year as part of the Remembrance Day Commemorations and to use both the Peace Project and War Memorial’s Place of Pride educational resources regularly in their classrooms.
As we leave the Centenary of Anzac years behind us, we need to find ways to rethink remembrance for this generation of “online” young people and to find ways to deeply engage them in the act of remembrance. Standing together in unity and singing to remember (combined with the multimedia and social media elements) is a powerful way for them to recognised and honour our veterans and their families and the sacrifices that have and continue to be made for our peace and freedom.
The National Peace Project was held at the Australian War Memorial (AWM) on the Centenary of Peace Day, 19 July this year (and subsequent video of the event) will become a key education resource for schools holding a Peace Project at their school. The video will provide schools with important footage of the War Memorial Event which will tie in with the relevant resources on the AWM’s website .
The vision is that schools across Australia will firstly, do a Peace Project at their “Place of Pride” in conjunction with the War Memorial’s “Places of Pride” Project and then add doing a Peace Project to their commemorative calendar each year as part of the Remembrance Day Commemorations and to use both the Peace Project and War Memorial’s Place of Pride educational resources regularly in their classrooms.
HOW YOU CAN DO A NATIONAL SCHOOLS PEACE PROJECT