April 13th: Easter Hat Parade at Kyilla Primary School

Easter weekend falls in the middle of Western Australia's upcoming 2 week school holiday, so Kyilla Primary School held their Easter celebrations today. Shortly after school started, all the children, teachers and parents that could attend gathered out on the school grounds for the annual Easter Hat Parade. All the kids created their own hats during class time and paraded around with them as the parents looked on with pride. Then we moved to the undercover area/canteen where they have the school assemblies. 
The school choir sang 3 songs including a song about ANZAC Day (April 25th) and "You Have a Friend in Me". Then I was surprised when they announced that the year 3's and 4's were going to be performing a dance to "Walk the Dinosaur". Rein kept this very hush hush.... and we never caught him practicing at home. Well, he had the moves down and I found myself giggling the whole time - he is quite a ham.  

Just in case you were wondering what ANZAC Day is it is the equivalent to our Remembrance Day in Canada. It marks the anniversary of the first major military action fought by Australian and New Zealand forces during the First World War. ANZAC stands for Australian and New Zealand Army Corps. The soldiers in those forces quickly became known as ANZACs.