Winners of Anzac Day Schools' Awards
We congratulate everyone who's entered the Anzac Day Schools' Awards. Our awards help schools connect with veterans and current members of the Australian Defence Force to provide students with a personal and meaningful understanding of Australia's wartime history.
We acknowledge the hard work, dedication and creativity of all schools that submitted an entry. These winning entries showed a strong commitment to the annual theme. The students shared their learning in different ways, including websites, videos, presentations, artwork, podcasts and other projects.
2022 winners
National winner and Brigadier Bill Rolfe AO Award for Veteran Involvement winner
St Joseph’s College, Lochinvar NSW, demonstrated strong engagement with peacekeeping veterans with learning activities across the school community, including interviews, artwork and a commemorative service. The students shared their reflections on peace and service through a school peace tree.
Australian Capital Territory
Charnwood-Dunlop School invited veterans of peacekeeping operations to share their experiences across different classes. They created artwork and incorporated reflections and learning into their Anzac Day commemorations.
New South Wales
Students from Year 9 at Al-Faisal College, Liverpool researched and investigated peacekeeping, sharing their findings through creative and thoughtful activities. These included an interactive museum installation, an in-class news report, presentations and a creative dance.
Northern Territory
Mother Teresa Catholic Primary School students interviewed local peacekeeper veterans from their community. The students were then inspired to create a school Peace Garden, to acknowledge peace and service. The whole school community was involved in designing and constructing the garden.
Queensland (and Award for Innovative Commemoration)
St Philomena School researched and created a website on peacekeeping, which incorporated historical material, interviews with veterans, and the students’ creative writing and artworks. The students’ mature and sensitive work was complemented by the well-presented website.
Tasmania (and Remote Schools Award)
Rosebery District School students led their project by researching peacekeeping and identifying a peacekeeping veteran located near them in remote Tasmania. Students invited the veteran to visit their school and conducted interviews about his experiences. The students then created an informative presentation to share their learning.
Victoria (joint winners)
Upwey South Primary School became fascinated with women in peacekeeping. Students investigated the roles of female peacekeepers and then identified and interviewed a current female peacekeeper deployed overseas. The students incorporated their research and findings into a fascinating and meaningful presentation.
Wodonga Primary School students interviewed peacekeeper veterans in their community and local Defence families, capturing their stories in an incredibly detailed website. This allowed students to showcase their connections with the veterans they interviewed and share their greater understanding of service experiences.
Western Australia
Mount Magnet District High School engaged with a wide range of information and stories of peacekeepers available online and conducted learning activities across different year levels, including art, craft and commemoration. Some secondary students creatively used their business studies skills to sell framed artworks, the profits from which were donated to a peacekeeping veterans’ organisation.
Award for Creative Use of Technology
Spring Mountain State School students in the media club interviewed a local peacekeeping veteran and designed a meaningful and informative presentation. A highlight was a creative group of senior students, who calculated the measurements to allow the whole school to form a giant peace sign on the oval, which was captured by a drone photo shoot.
Specialist Educational Setting
Forest Primary School students researched and investigated peacekeeping. Then they invited a local veteran peacekeeper to visit the school. The students conducted an interview, which was filmed and produced into a video to be shared across the school, extending their learning on this topic.
Certificate of Excellence winners
NSW
Irrawang High School
Jindabyne Central School
NT
Ludmilla Primary School
St Joseph's Catholic College
Qld
Georgetown State School
Ipswich Junior Grammar School Early Education Centre
St Mary's Primary School
St Stephen's Catholic College
Vic
Killester College
Parkridge Primary School
2021 Winners
National winner
Rosalie Primary School, Western Australia
Australian Capital Territory
Palmerston District Primary School
New South Wales
Rydalmere East Public School
Northern Territory
Rosebery Primary School
Queensland
Our Lady Help of Christians School
South Australia
Cowell Area School
Tasmania
Stanley Primary School
Victoria
Killester College
Western Australia
Bicton Primary School
Brigadier Bill Rolfe AO Award for Veteran Involvement
Aspley State School
Innovative Commemoration
McDowall State School
Creative use of Technology
St Patrick's Primary School
Remote Schools Award
St Paul's Primary School
Specialist Educational Setting
Leeming SHS Education Support Centre
Certificate of Excellence winners
ACT
Alfred Deakin High School
NSW
Ballina Coast High School
Gol Gol Public School
Holsworthy High School
Murringo Public School
St John Vianney’s Parish Primary School
Wattle Grove Public School
NT
MacKillop Catholic College
Wanguri Primary School
Qld
Everton Park State High School
Finch Hatton State School
Kimberley College
St Mary’s College
St Mary’s Primary School
Thargomindah State School
Townsville State High School
SA
Eastern Fleurieu School - Langhorne Creek Campus
Jervois Primary School
Nairne Primary School
Pinnacle College
Tas
Ravenswood Heights Primary School
Vic
Cobram Secondary College
Mildura Specialist School
Murchison Primary School
Oakleigh Grammar Junior School
St Mary’s Primary School
WA
Lakeland Senior High School
Orelia Primary School
South Thornlie Primary School