Teachers across the state have the opportunity to experience some of Australia’s most important historical sites firsthand.
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Entries have now opened for teachers to apply for the 2018 Premier’s Anzac Memorial Scholarship.
Successful applicants will join 20 students, other teachers and a tour historian on the educational and commemorative trip retracing the footsteps of the Anzacs for the centenary of the Battle of Hamel.
The 13-day tour will give students the opportunity to experience Australia’s military story first-hand in Ypres, Passchendaele, the Somme and Flanders in Belgium.
The group will also participate in commemorations at cemeteries and memorials, as well as visiting battlefields, museums and other sites relevant to the Anzac tradition.
Accompanying teachers will provide supervision for the students during the tour, support their learning experience and enrich their own teaching practices.
Minister for Veterans Affairs David Elliott said the 2018 pilgrimage to the Western Front would encourage a new generation of students to better understand the service and sacrifice of our Anzacs on battlefields half a world away from home.
“The 2018 tour is a rare professional development opportunity for NSW history teachers, which will enable teachers to provide younger generations with first-hand knowledge of the sacrifice and courage of our Anzacs,” he said.
“It is vital that we remember the service of Australian men and women, and that their contribution to our nationhood and identity is honoured.”
Applications close on October 23. Visit http://www.veterans.nsw.gov.au/education/premiers-anzac-memorial-scholarship/2018-premiers-anzac-memorial-scholarship-eligibility-criteria/ to apply.
