Battle of the Somme

Yesterday the Alf s Imperial army came to Brightwater School from the Waikato. We had a sword fight on the front lawn. It was Middles vs Seniors and Juniors vs Juniors. I was so exited when they came and they had red and white uniforms with a white helmet. They told the whole school about the Battle of the Somme, it started in 1916 in France 100 years ago. We made a lot of noise so that we knew what it was like for 7 days of fighting in the war. It was fun because we made a sword each and in the sword fight mine didn't break.         Ella and Nico